Senior Civil Engineer

Are you ready to take ownership of critical plant systems on a site that’s driving forward one of the UK’s most important decommissioning programmes? Do you want to apply your civil engineering expertise in an environment where legacy infrastructure meets modern, purpose-built facilities giving you a uniquely varied and rewarding technical challenge? At Hunterston A, you’ll be joining a highly skilled Systems Engineering team at the heart of ensuring plant safety, performance, and longevity. From ageing facilities repurposed for decommissioning to new waste processing facilities, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining and improving systems and infrastructure that are essential to safe operations. This is an opportunity to influence real outcomes while working alongside experienced, multi-disciplinary engineers in a collaborative and supportive environment. What Will You Be Doing As a Senior Civil Engineer within Systems Engineering, you’ll act as the technical authority for a portfolio of civil assets and infrastructure across the site, ensuring they are maintained, inspected, and managed in accordance with regulatory requirements, engineering standards, and long-term asset management strategies. You will be responsible for assessing asset condition, identifying risks and deterioration mechanisms, developing inspection and maintenance programmes, and specifying engineering solutions that maintain asset integrity and support operational objectives. Working closely with maintenance, projects, and contractors, you’ll provide technical guidance on civil engineering matters while supporting investment planning, modifications, and infrastructure improvements. Owning and developing engineering strategies for assigned systems and infrastructure to ensure long-term performance and safetyMonitoring, analysing, and improving system performance through data, inspections, and walkdownsLeading or supporting maintenance planning, modifications, and technical documentationInvestigating events and applying operational learning to continuously improve plant reliabilityEnsuring compliance with nuclear site licence conditions, regulatory expectations, engineering standards, and company procedures. Who Are We Looking For You’re a capable and motivated Civil Engineer with a strong background in infrastructure and structural asset management within industrial, energy, utilities, petrochemical, nuclear, or other highly regulated environments or major project delivery. You are comfortable taking ownership of engineering issues, providing technical leadership, and making informed decisions that balance safety, operational requirements, and asset lifecycle considerations. You have experience managing ageing infrastructure and understand the importance of robust inspection, maintenance, and asset management practices. You are a strong communicator who can work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, including operational teams, project managers, maintenance personnel, contractors, and regulators. Whether it’s interpreting safety cases, supporting maintenance strategies, or guiding less experienced engineers, you bring both technical credibility and a supportive, team-focused approach. For those still developing, there is genuine opportunity to grow into this role with structured support and progression. A minimum HNC (or equivalent) in engineering, ideally supported by a degree in a relevant disciplineProven experience in a civil engineering role within highly regulated environments or major projects.Understanding of plant operations, maintenance, and system performance management, ideally within nuclear or similar regulated industriesStrong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence, mentor, and contribute across multi-disciplinary teams We offer a wide range of benefits - discover them all on our Careers website. To learn more about NRS and the work we do, we invite you to explore our organisation by visiting Nuclear Restoration Services - GOV.UK. It’s a great way to discover our mission, our people, and the impact we deliver Please note: All successful candidates will need to provide proof of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment/education history (typically covering the last 3–5 years) in line with NRS Baseline Security requirements. Some roles may also require full Security Clearance, which involves additional checks. For details, please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) guidance. At NRS, we value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We want to ensure you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application or interview process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We offer flexibility on base location for multi-site roles and are happy to discuss flexible working options. Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the stated deadline should we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible