Gemma Harfield

Astute’s Nuclear team is partnering with the leading provider of nuclear support services in the UK to recruit a Senior Integrated Planner for its Glasgow location. The strategically important Senior Integrated Planner role comes with a salary of up to £70,000 and flexible working. If you’re a Planner and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.                 Responsibilities and duties As the Senior Integrated Planner you will:  

• Gather and combine data from various sources to create P6 Resource-loaded schedules.
• Collaborate extensively with key stake holders across different organisational boundaries.
• Create and maintain individual Site Directors' Primavera P6 plans as needed.
• Identify, analyse, and report on discrepancies, risks, issues, and opportunities in the integrated plans to ensure timely solutions and value for money for the MOD.
• Develop and oversee a monthly DHI-level CSI integrated infrastructure plan to provide a strategic overview.
• Demonstrate cause-and-effect relationships and run mitigation scenarios when necessary.
• Work with NC, Project Managers, and MOD to ensure a consistent, reliable version of the truth.
• Engage with Engineering and Compliance groups to understand their tasks and interactions.
• Communicate effectively with the entire Clyde Community.
• Prepare monthly reports on progress, changes, cause and effect, and mitigation measures for the CSI Steering Board, NC, and MOD.
• Submit the integrated infrastructure plan to the HMNBC strategic plan monthly, ensuring it is accurate and reliable.

Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Experience in producing P6 Schedules is essential
• SC Clearence prior or current (DV would be highly desirable)
• Primavera P6 practitioner
• Project Management qualifications would be desirable
• Experience with NEC 3 or 4 contracts would be desirable

Personal skills The Senior Integrated Planner role would suit someone who is:  

• Experienced in stakeholder management
• Capable of managing multiple workstreams
• Knowledgeable in change and risk management

Salary and benefits of the Senior Integrated Planner role  

• Up to £70,000
• Hybrid working
• Opportunities for growth and progression
• Benefits package  

   

Astute’s Nuclear team is exclusively partnering with HTSL, a radioactive isotope provider with a commitment to quality and optimal performance, who are looking to recruit a Radiation Metrologist for their Deeside site.  The essential Radiation Metrologist role comes with a salary up to £32,000, pension and excellent opportunities for progression. If you’re a Radiation Professional and have experience in instrumentation and are looking to work for an organisation that puts quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction at the forefront of everything they do, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Operations Manager you will:  

• Serve as a Qualified Person according to ACOP and national Good Practice Guides (NGPGs).
• Apply and interpret international standards and NGPGs in the laboratory setting.
• Develop, document, and implement procedures for calibrating and testing instruments, including writing technical reports.
• Act as the authorised signatory for all calibration and test certificates.
• Represent the company at the Ionising Radiation Metrology Forum (IRMF) and stay updated on relevant technical and regulatory issues for the RCS Laboratory.
• Present technical developments to the HPIWP and Defence Group when required.
• Conduct Type Testing for customers and other stakeholders.
• Make minor updates to the laboratory database and related software.
• Implement quality improvements that are cost-effective and support continuous improvement efforts.
• Support regulatory inspections as needed.
• Assist in maintaining and enhancing the quality management system.
• Conduct internal and external audits as per the annual audit schedule.
• Serve as Radiation Protection Supervisor.
• Train staff in areas under your responsibility.
• Any other duties as required.

Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Educated to a minimum of Level 5 (Foundation Degree or HND) and preferably Level 6 (University Degree) in a science based subject
• Nuclear Instrumentation Calibration Course (NICC HMS Sultan) qualified or equivalent would be advantageous
• At least 2 years relevant previous experience of working in Radiation Metrology
• Programming experience, ideally linked to database applications would be advantageous
• UK driving licence

Personal skills The Radiation Metrologist role would suit someone who is:  

• A proven track record of being accurate and organised in approach to work
• A high level of attention to detail in relation to successfully completing analytical tasks
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Good Knowledge of statistics to allow the generation and review of uncertainty budgets.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Experience of working within the framework of a rigorous quality and safety management system
• Proactive in expanding own understanding and knowledge

Salary and benefits of the Radiation Metrologist role  

• Salary up to £32,000
• 5% pension contribution
• 25 days holiday PLUS Bank holidays
• Opportunities for progression

 

About FLI Structures

FLI Structures is a leader in the design, fabrication, and installation of steel towers, platforms, screw?pile foundations and infrastructure for the telecoms, rail, highways, energy, radar, pipe?bridge and flood?mitigation sectors. We pair cutting?edge engineering with strong QHSE credentials (ISO 45001, RoSPA Gold). Our in?house teams enable fast, high?quality bespoke solutions alongside repeatable standard products

api.occupop.com+2fli.co.uk+2uk.indeed.com+2. Role Overview

We’re looking for a diligent and technically adept Estimator to join our Commercial team. You’ll prepare cost estimates for steel structures, foundations, and associated infrastructure components—from materials and labour to transport, plant, and installation. You’ll work with engineers, project managers, suppliers, and clients to ensure proposals are accurate, competitive, and commercially sound.

Key Responsibilities

• **Preparation of Estimates**

  • Perform detailed material take?offs from structural drawings and specifications. • Develop comprehensive cost estimates—covering materials, labour, equipment, logistics, subcontractors, and OPE.

• Commercial Analysis & Value Engineering

  • Analyse project scopes to identify opportunities to improve design efficiency and reduce costs without compromising quality.

• Supplier/Subcontractor Management

  • Source, evaluate and build relationships with suppliers/sub?contractors (e.g. steel fabricators, transporters, piling teams) to secure competitive pricing and lead?times.

• Cross?Functional Coordination

  • Collaborate with design, engineering, fabrication, HSEQ and installation teams to ensure alignment on scope, risks, scheduling, and buildability.

• Bid & Tender Support

  • Assist in bid preparation, including commercial documentation, risk registers, and presentation materials. • Participate in pre?bid and post?bid reviews and client pricing negotiations.

• Project Monitoring & Reporting

  • Track and report on cost changes and variations against estimates. • Support continuous improvement of estimating methods and systems.

What You’ll Bring

• Professional Qualification

  • HND (min) in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or similar.

• Relevant Experience

  • Ideally 3–5 years in estimating steel structures, heavy civil or infrastructure projects (e.g. towers, foundations, pipe bridges). • Proven ability to understand structural drawings and produce cost?based take?offs.

• Technical Skills

  • Confident with Microsoft Excel, Word, and ideally estimating software. • Familiarity with structural fabrication and piling processes is a strong plus.

• Core Competencies

  • Excellent communication skills for liaising with internal teams and external subcontractors. • Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and risk awareness. • Ability to manage multiple bids simultaneously and meet strict deadlines.

What’s in It for You?

• Competitive Salary & Benefits: Commensurate with experience, including pension, holiday allowance, death?in?service cover, and employee assistance schemes (education/health perks).

• Career Growth: Opportunities to advance within the Commercial and Project Management streams.

• Supportive Culture: Health & safety oriented, quality-focused, and committed to your growth.

• Hybrid Working: Combination of site/office presence and remote flexibility.

• Purpose-Driven Impact: Contribute to significant UK infrastructure, renewable energy, and telecom projects that underpin national connectivity and sustainability.

To Apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter to [[email protected]] (or use the contact form on FLI’s careers page). Explain why you’re a great fit for FLI Structures, including any estimating software you’ve used and notable project examples.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Be instrumental in shaping bids for high-impact infrastructure that supports telecoms, rail, highways, flood defences, and renewable sectors.

• Join a 70-year?old company known for quality, innovation, and robust in?house engineering and fabrication.

• Work with a diverse and expert team across multi-disciplinary fields, including design, engineering, fabrication, and installation

About Us: Roxtec was founded in Sweden in 1990 and is the world leader in the field of cable and pipe seals.  This market position has been achieved by pursuing a consistent, customer-oriented strategy.  Our pioneering modular-based seals with Multidiameter™ are the base for our rapid and sustainable growth, but the positive trend is first of all built on committed people, strong values, and a clear customer focus.    External Technical Sales Manager We are currently seeking a technical sales professional to further develop the land-based markets for Roxtec in the northwest of England. The role will be varied in focus, covering both engineering specifications with leading industry design companies, but also extending to both owners and contractors involved in operating and constructing projects in our chosen markets and applications. Job Description

• Identify and target all land-based market opportunities (rail, advance facilities, pharma, telecoms, power generation, onshore chemical and oil and gas, and construction) and work closely with them to develop our brand further and generate specifications that will help further our sales in our chosen applications.
• Identify, quantify and target projects. With a clear focus on key decision makers (owners /operators, engineers, contractors or resellers) Typically this work will be varied in both focus and value. The main aim is to develop our brand further and generate specifications that will help further our sales in our chosen applications.
• Develop business, often from a cold start point through to standard specification / client approved lists
• Search for new clients who would benefit from the use our solutions and support in order to maximise market potential
• Maintain our existing client base of owners, operators, designers and installers.
• Attend industry events and forums in order to network for new opportunities

• Focus is not limited to traditional structures and plant, we also target equipment and modular based construction
• Present Roxtec solutions to specifying engineers (electrical, control, instrumentation, mechanical, structural) via technical presentations, site visits, installation training, promotion with resellers and other means as appropriate
• Drive sustainable sales growth through gaining engineering specifications for Roxtec solutions and delivering world-class support throughout the project lifecycle
• Create and execute targeted sales plan
• Identify and communicate resources needed to meet sales objectives
• Effectively promote and apply Roxtec Core Values, within Roxtec and within industry
• Plan and manage all customer contacts and meetings within Roxtec CRM system
• Provide routine, accurate and meaningful market information, forecasting and product planning to management
• Provide pre-sales technical advice and solution guidance. This will extend to providing design input for our range of bespoke products where required.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• University degree and/or equivalent. Consideration would be given to those without relevant degree and/or equivalent if sufficient industry specific experience working in a similar role could be demonstrated.
• Professional sales experience with preference to those that have a successful record presenting complex and/or technical solutions to decision makers, specifying engineers.
• Existing working relationships within owner / operators, engineering, contracting and design firms
• Knowledge in our target sector, with experience of civil construction, electrical, controls, automation and/or mechanical systems for our chosen markets.
• Strong understanding of industrial business practices and effective sales techniques – must be able to develop, manage and perform to a sales and business plan with a consultancy approach.
• Experience of business development with the ability to demonstrate structured planning and new prospect engagement
• Ability to use industry news / project databases / relationships to develop technical sales opportunities
• Effective networking skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written and oral)
• Proven ability and confidence to prepare and present solutions and strategies to groups of co-workers, clients or prospects.
• Proven ability to manage long-term and complex sales projects to success
• Role involves working away from home for periods during the working week to serve the UK market
• Ability to travel internationally on occasion

Beneficial Skills / Knowledge

• Experience of providing technical support / surveying of applications
• Successful track record of selling premium solutions against low cost competitor
• Knowledge and experience within the power, process, industry and infrastructure markets preferred.

Astute’s Nuclear team is partnering with a leading provider of complex Engineering Solutions and services to the nuclear energy, industrial and petrochemical sector, to recruit a Planning Lead for its Warrington office. The Project Controls Lead position will play a vital role within the project planning team and will manage/oversee the delivery of pre-construction P6 Programme, including constructability. It comes with a salary starting at £50,000 - £75,000 depending on experience. If you’re an experience Primavera 6 software planner who can develop plans from engineering information into a task specific schedule and are looking to work for an organisation that continues to be a pioneer in the nuclear sector, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties: As the Planning Lead you will:  

• Develop standardized P6 planning work packages using AIMS SOPs, Client Procedures, and referent knowledge to ensure consistency.
• Create project-specific schedules, integrating activities across multifunctional teams, and iterating them through project stages up to Level 4 for execution.
• Manage cost and resource-loaded P6 programs, monitoring progress and ensuring alignment with Client requirements for pre-construction and project execution.
• Optimize project schedules by coordinating with suppliers, client functions, and stakeholders, providing regular updates to project management.
• Proactively forecast and analyse project activities using EVA techniques, managing variations and maintaining accurate cost, resource, and schedule profiles.
• Foster a collaborative, "best for project" mindset, ensuring open communication, stakeholder alignment, and adherence to AIMS standards and practices.

    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Time Served Apprentice / NVQ level 2 / C&G - and / or suitable experience in construction engineering
• HNC/HND (or equal) in an engineering or Project Management discipline.
• Proficient in the use of P6 and cost/resource loading scheduling techniques.
• Knowledge and application of construction methodologies across MEH scopes.
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• CCNSG Safety Passport Training / IOSH Managing Safety Certificate (shortform)

    Personal skills: The Planning Lead role would suit someone who has:  

• Ability to achieve SC status readily.
• Minimum of 5 years senior planning lead experience, with direct reports and supplier oversight.
• Commercial awareness, e.g. experience in Variation and Claims management with strong presentation and communication skills.

    Salary and benefits of the Senior Mechanical Engineer role:  

• Salary of up to £75,000 depending on experience
• Opportunity to progress within an international company
• Company benefits

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Astute’s Nuclear team is partnering with a leading company working within the Nuclear Engineer sector, currently require a Senior EC&I Engineer to join their design team in Oxford. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working in the EC&I discipline at a senior level and the ability to hold security clearance.    The position sits outside IR35, paying around £50-£55 per hour and will start with a 12 month contract. Suitable candidates will ideally work in their Oxfordshire sites on a hybrid basis. If you’re a Senior EC&I Engineer and are looking to work for an organisation that believes their people are the key to success, then upload your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties As a Senior EC&I Engineer you will work in a hands-on design-based position to deliver and design engineering solutions. This will involve:

• Checking and approval of engineering documents and drawings.
• Liaising with clients and managers of other engineering disciplines to develop cost effective technical solutions.
• Communicate best practice across the UK EC&I design delivery team.
• Responsible for managing the quality and progress of EC&I engineering work carried out within a project.
• Development of designed to technical and client specification / satisfaction.
• Actively contribute to design and safety reviews (HAZOP and risk assessment.)
• Ensure quality of work throughout the design phase.
• Comply with safety and stator regulations (CDM and CE, etc.)

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Degree in an engineering discipline.
• Full Membership of a relevant institution (e.g. IMC).
• Experience in a senior role in the management and delivery of nuclear environment projects, or other equivalent highly regulated industry.
• Experience of leading teams within a project environment and the management of medium sized design teams in the delivery of scheme and detail design packages.
• Expert understanding of EC&I principles such as safety systems, circuit protection, communication technologies or instrumentation.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering design solutions. Concept through to commissioning experience (full lifecycle).

    Personal skills The Senior EC&I Engineer role would suit someone who has:  

• DV security clearance or the ability to go through the vetting process.

    Salary and benefits of the Senior EC&I Engineer role  

• £50 - £55 an hour
• 12-month contract

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Astute are partnered with Capula, part of the EDF Group, a long-established and highly reputable system integration specialist operating across energy, water, renewables and manufacturing sectors. Due to continued growth, Capula are looking for a Site Technician to join their Energy team, based from Stone with regular UK site travel. This is a hands-on site role focused on installation, wiring, and testing of protection and control systems across transmission, distribution, and power generation projects. As a Site Technician, you will ensure systems are installed, tested, and ready for commissioning to a high standard, working closely with site and engineering teams.   Responsibilities and duties of the Site Technician role As the Site Technician, you will be:  

• Wiring and assembling protection and control systems on site
• Installing and terminating cables (multicore, paired, copper, fibre)
• Building cubicles, frameworks, and cable management systems
• Supporting build and test of hardware rigs
• Working with Site Managers to prepare materials and deliverables
• Completing electrical testing including:
  • Insulation resistance
  • Earth bond continuity
  • Point-to-point wiring checks
  • HV withstand and safety checks
• Carrying out quality checks and updating ITP documentation
• Logging and resolving site issues with engineering teams
• Supporting commissioning readiness and handover
• Working safely on test rigs and completing isolations
• Travelling and staying away at UK customer sites when required

Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• 1+ year site wiring or installation experience
• EC&I / electrical installation experience (substations or protection systems preferred)
• Ability to read electrical drawings and wiring schedules
• Full UK driving licence
• Willingness to travel and stay away

Desirable:

• Apprenticeship trained
• Mechanical assembly experience
• National Grid site experience
• SSSTS, 18th Edition, PASMA or similar tickets
• LOTO / Arc Flash / Confined Space awareness

Personal Skills The Site Technician role would suit someone who is:  

• Hands-on and detail focused
• Safety conscious and reliable
• Able to work independently and in a team
• Good communicator on site
• Organised and methodical
• Flexible with travel and working away

  Salary and benefits of the Site Technician role

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible working arrangements
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare
• Lifestyle screening
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Mental health assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Green car scheme
• Support toward professional registration (IEng / CEng) and paid membership fees

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