As Senior Layout Integration Engineer, you drive integrated plant layouts for Fusion and Modular Nuclear programmes, acting as technical lead for major areas and work packages. You will coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces, guide design maturity through reviews and studies, and ensure delivery quality and programme commitments. This role places you at the core of layout optimization, equipment and piping arrangement, and safety-conscious integration across systems. You join a global engineering team delivering critical nuclear projects with a strong focus on collaboration and impactful solutions.
Pay / Benefits
Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
25 days’ paid annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy or sell days
Professional fees reimbursed
Flexible working
Employee referral scheme
Responsibilities
Lead plant layout development from concept to detailed design
Coordinate equipment, piping, cable tray, access and maintenance layouts
Lead piping routing studies and layout optimisation
Own delivery of layout work packages and plant areas
Manage requirements, assumptions, constraints and interfaces
Coordinate interfaces between systems, buildings, structures and supporting infrastructure
Facilitate model reviews, layout reviews and multidisciplinary workshops
Lead clash detection and interface management
Support Human Factors, Fire, Architectural and Civil & Structural integration
Ensure layout solutions meet system, safety, construction and maintenance needs
Lead multidisciplinary work to resolve requirements conflicts and integration challenges
Author technical reports, optioneering studies, design philosophies and engineering recommendations
Present and defend technical recommendations to stakeholders
Support modularisation, transportation, lifting and construction assessments
Mentor engineers and designers
Support development of layout standards, methodologies and best practice
Key requirements
Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent industrial experience
Significant experience in plant layout, piping layout, plant integration or multidisciplinary engineering delivery
Experience leading plant area development and multidisciplinary coordination activities
Experience facilitating design reviews, model reviews and technical workshops
Experience using CAD/BIM platforms (E3D, PDMS, Plant 3D, Siemens NX, Revit, Inventor or similar)
Experience using Navisworks or equivalent clash detection software
Strong understanding of equipment arrangement, piping layout, constructability and plant integration
Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, requirements management and interface management
Experience supporting gated design review processes and technical governance
Strong report writing, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills
Ability to author, defend and implement technical recommendations
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