Engineering Manager (Engineering Policy & Standards Support)

Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements.

Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management and digital solutions.

Overview

Policy & Standards Engineer

🚀 Exciting opportunity to join a newly established Policy & Standards Team within the Design Authority function! You'll play a key role in developing and maintaining the engineering governance framework that supports safe, compliant, and effective project delivery across a highly regulated environment.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

📋 Develop and maintain Engineering Management Arrangements

📖 Produce and update Engineering Policies, Standards and Guidance

✅ Support the delivery of Technical Assurance Frameworks

🔬 Contribute to Engineering Substantiation Processes

✍️ Develop and maintain Design Acceptance Procedures

🔄 Manage Configuration Control Arrangements

⚙️ Support Change Control Processes

🛡️ Ensure compliance with Safety Management Arrangements

📈 Drive continuous improvement in engineering governance and best practice

🤝 Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering and assurance functions

Who We're Looking For

⚛️ Nuclear industry experience is essential

We're seeking an experienced engineering professional with a background in engineering management, governance and technical assurance rather than detailed design engineering.

🎯 Ideal Background

✅ Engineering Manager

✅ Principal Engineer

✅ Technical Authority

✅ Design Authority Engineer

✅ Engineering Governance & Assurance Lead

🔑 Key Skills & Experience

🛡️ Strong understanding of engineering governance and assurance within regulated environments

📝 Experience developing

⚙️ Ability to translate technical and regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance

🔄 Knowledge of configuration management and change control

🤝 Comfortable acting as an intelligent customer and providing engineering oversight

Responsibilities

Creating and maintaining engineering policies and standards; Supporting robust engineering governance and assurance activities; Developing processes that underpin design authority responsibilities; Ensuring consistency, compliance and quality across engineering activities; Providing guidance to support effective engineering decision-making

Requirements

Engineering Management Plans; Engineering Arrangements; Policies & Standards; Governance Documentation