Layout Engineer – Nuclear

ALTEN

Layout Engineer role involves designing and validating MEP layouts for Nuclear Projects at ALTEN. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver compliant layouts while ensuring quality and risk management.

Posted 6/13/2026contractRemote • Derby • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and validate Conventional Island layouts to ensure all technical and programme requirements are met.
Progress design packages through the gated Design Review process.
Proactively engage with stakeholders to capture requirements, assumptions, and constraints.
Understand and manage risks associated with Conventional Island installations, making decisions aligned with programme risk.
Work in accordance with Health, Safety and Environmental requirements, ensuring compliance with corporate and legislative standards.
Collaborate with installation, layout, and CAD engineers to develop module clusters that meet system, component, and transverse requirements.
Ensure quality is maintained throughout the SMR lifecycle by contributing to technical reviews and project review gates.
Support configuration and data management, ensuring accurate and controlled design information.
Apply knowledge of risk management, data‑driven manufacturing, installation process improvement, and construction planning to optimise design outcomes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in Plant Layout, Piping Layout or general Layout background in complex projects.
Proven experience delivering installation design programmes to time, cost, and quality.
Experience leading the development of design solutions from concept to detailed definition using Robust Design methodologies, including DfX and trade-off studies.
Strong logical problem-solving skills and engineering judgement to determine optimal modular arrangements.
Systems Engineering Understanding
Requirements management
Stakeholder management
Technical and programme risk management
Design for through-life operation, nuclear safety, fault scenarios, and EMIT Gated Design Review processes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Private Medical Insurance
Cycle & Tech Scheme
Employee assistance programme
Life insurance & Pension Scheme
Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
Flexible way of working (role dependent)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Plant LayoutPiping LayoutRobust Design methodologiesDfXtrade-off studiesrisk managementdata-driven manufacturinginstallation process improvementconstruction planningdesign solutions

Soft Skills

logical problem-solvingengineering judgementstakeholder management