Gemma Nixon

Astute’s Nuclear Team is partnering with a leading engineering and technology organisation specialising in complex maritime and defence systems to recruit a Safety Engineer to join its established team based at their offices in Winfrith Newburgh.   The strategically important Safety Engineer role comes with a competitive salary, excellent benefits package including dental insurance, travel insurance and enhanced holiday allowance, flexible working arrangements, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge research and development projects that support future technologies and capabilities. If you’re a Safety Engineer, already hold or are able to obtain SC clearance and are looking to work for an organisation that values innovation, technical excellence, and professional development, then submit your CV to apply today.   Responsibilities and duties of the Safety Engineer role Reporting to the Manager you will:  

• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, customers, suppliers and assurance bodies to ensure that safety risks are identified, controlled and reduced to an acceptable level.
• The role will involve working across the full engineering lifecycle, from early concept and bid phases through to design, testing, acceptance and in-service support and will include:

 

• Developing and maintaining Safety Management Plans and Functional Safety Management Plans.
• Leading safety and compliance assessments during concept, bid and design phases.
• Deriving, managing and maintaining safety requirements with full traceability through the engineering lifecycle.
• Leading hazard identification and risk assessments using techniques including HAZID, HAZOP, SWIFT, FMECA, FTA and ETA.
• Managing live hazard logs, including control ownership, action tracking, ALARP justification and residual risk.
• Working with multidisciplinary engineering teams to drive design-led risk reduction and inherently safe solutions.
• Assessing supplier and system interfaces to ensure appropriate safety controls and evidence are in place.
• Developing and maintaining structured Safety Cases and supporting safety arguments and justifications.
• Facilitating hazard workshops, safety working groups and design reviews.
• Supporting internal and external assurance, certification and customer engagement activities.
• Providing ongoing safety support through change control, periodic Safety Case reviews and in-service activities.
• Supporting bid estimating and the management of safety engineering work packages.

  Professional qualifications   We are looking for someone with the following:  

• A degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Safety Engineering, Safety Cases and lifecycle assurance.
• Knowledge of hazard analysis and safety-critical standards such as Def Stan 00-056, MIL-STD-882E or IEC 61508.
• Strong understanding of ALARP and risk management.
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills.
• IEng/CEng status or a willingness to work towards professional registration.

Experience with DOORS, Enterprise Architect or PTC Windchill would be advantageous, as would a TÜV Functional Safety qualification. Security Clearance: You must be eligible to obtain SC clearance.   Salary and benefits of the Safety Engineer role  

• Competitive Salary and benefits package including:
• Enhanced Annual Leave
• Flexible working scheme
• Travel Insurance
• Enhanced Pension Contribution
• Income Protection
• Dental Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Discount scheme and more.

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Astute’s Nuclear team are recruiting for The Nuclear Island Buildings Manager to join a key team across the Hinkley Point C project in Bristol. The Head of Nuclear Island Buildings Team will be responsible for managing the entire buildings integrated team based across both the UK and Paris, ensuring the delivery of all associated design activities for the Hinkley point C project. The Head of Nuclear Island Buildings Manager is a business critical role contributing to the completion of the HPC design phase and comes with a salary ranging from £60,000 up to £80,000 depending on seniority, and experience. If you’re an experienced Senior Manager with a history of managing large and complex teams across nuclear construction projects and are looking to work for an organisation spearheading the design phase of the HPC project, then submit your CV to apply today.                         Responsibilities and duties Working as the Head of Nuclear Island Buildings Team, you will be responsible for:  

• Managing a team of 250+, supporting on the design activities for the HPC Project both across the UK team in Bristol and Paris. This will cover all disciplines within the buildings e.g. civils, layout, MEH, equipment, steelworks, transverse/hazard studies, technical integration
• Ensuring the effective delivery of all associated design activities in line with safety, quality, design maturity, time and cost requirements.
• Being the main point of contact for the HPC Project for all day to day operational management of HPC Nuclear Island Buildings design delivery.
• Ensuring the effective and efficient resolution of technical topics and open points associated with the scope of the integrated team.
• Management and reporting of all Risks & Opportunities (existing, updated, new) for Nuclear Island Buildings Team.
• Management of the relationship with all internal and external stakeholders and the client as well as managing interfaces with other integrated teams across the HPC project.
• Any other duties as required.

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• At least 5 years’ experience in senior engineering / leadership / project management;
• Nuclear New Build, EPR or PWR experience.
• Robust knowledge and extensive experience of the EPR design and engineering processes;
• Project and delivery management experience.
• Good understanding of requirements and expectations of UK laws, regulations, nuclear industry operating experience and best practices.
• Leadership experience in a highly regulated, technical environments.
• Excellent communication, organisational and people engagement skills.
• Flexibility to travel

    Salary and benefits of the Nuclear Islands Buildings Manager role  

• Basic salary of £60,000 - £80,000 DOE
• Hybrid working model
• Competitive Package

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Astute’s Nuclear Team is partnering with a leading engineering and technology organisation specialising in complex maritime and defence systems to recruit a Project Manager to join its established team based at their offices in Winfrith Newburgh. The strategically important Project Manager role comes with a competitive salary, excellent benefits package including dental insurance, travel insurance and enhanced holiday allowance, flexible working arrangements, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge research and development projects that support future technologies and capabilities. If you’re a Project Manager with experience working within, already hold or are able to obtain SC clearance and are looking to work for an organisation that values innovation, technical excellence, and professional development, then submit your CV to apply today.   Responsibilities and duties of the Project Manager role Reporting to the Head of Delivery you will:  

• Lead complex technical projects from concept and development through to test and acceptance.
• Define project structures, work breakdowns, programmes and delivery teams.
• Manage project budgets, timescales, milestones, risks and opportunities.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary project teams, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Manage key customer and stakeholder relationships, including senior Government, Navy and industry representatives.
• Ensure effective risk, quality, security, configuration and change management.
• Manage contracts to ensure delivery remains aligned with business and customer objectives.
• Lead customer and supplier negotiations and support commercial management.
• Represent the project externally and provide clear reporting to senior management.
• Contribute to bids, developing project plans, risks, work packages and delivery strategies.

  Professional qualifications   We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Proven experience successfully delivering complex technical projects.
• Strong project management and commercial awareness.
• Experience managing significant-value projects to challenging deadlines and requirements.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Degree educated in a relevant STEM discipline would be advantageous.
• Membership of a recognised project management body such as APM would be desirable, but is not essential.
• Defence experience, particularly within the maritime or underwater domain, would be highly advantageous.

Full SC Security Clearance required – candidates must be eligible to obtain this   Personal skills The Project Manager role would suit someone who is:  

• Delivery-focused, motivated and commercially aware.
• Confident leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Innovative and comfortable challenging conventional thinking.
• A strong communicator, able to engage technical and non-technical audiences.
• Tenacious, organised and able to manage competing priorities.
• Comfortable representing projects with customers, suppliers and senior management.
• A collaborative team player with strong leadership skills.

  Salary and benefits of the Project Manager role  

• Competitive Salary and benefits package including:
• Enhanced Annual Leave
• Flexible working scheme
• Travel Insurance
• Enhanced Pension Contribution
• Income Protection
• Dental Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Discount scheme and more.

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Astute’s Nuclear team is partnering with an international leader in nuclear power to recruit an Environmental Engineer for its Bristol based office. Working on Sizewell C and Hinkley Point C, you will ensure the designs meets required regulations and standards, compliant with the UK’s Nuclear and Environmental Legislation. The Environmental Engineer role comes with a base salary up to £65,000 with life assurance, professional body memberships, 9% minimum pension (8% ER contributions) and 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays. If you’re an Environmental Engineer and are looking to work for an organisation that specialise in the nuclear steam supply systems with a 50+ year history, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Environmental Manager you will:

• Contribute and manage topics relating to environmental matters for systems and buildings within the designs.
• Support in the design process, construction, and commissioning phases with technical requests and design changed.
• Review reports in conjunction with other design entities.
• Involvement in Assessment Findings from regulators.
• Support systems engineering and layout engineering departments to ensure functional requirements, waste streams, and other environmental monitoring topics.
• Oversee the Chemical Production Inventory and COMAH justifications.

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Educated to a degree level in environmental related topics, e.g sustainability, environmental engineering, ecology, geology.

    Personal skills The Environmental Engineer role would suit someone who is:

• Experienced working in an Environmental position within Engineering projects.
• Knowledge of environmental implementation requirements and environmental studies.

    Salary and benefits of the Environmental Engineer role  

• A base salary up to £65,000
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (33 in total), rising to 28 days.
• Pension (starting at 9%)
• Individual and family private healthcare (inc partner and children up to 24 years old)
• Life assurance 4x salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Income Protection
• Professional Body Membership
• Access to training and Development opportunities.

 

Role - Field Service Engineer

Location: Thames Valley Area

Package: £30,000-£35,000 per annum + Company van

 

 

Introduction

Astute Technical are proud to be working with the leading supplier of waste recycling equipment, servicing, and consumables in the UK. They are looking for a Field Service Engineer to add to the growing team. A primarily field-based role in the Thames Valley area, the permanent full-time position will require on-site attendance to the clients' locations, dependant on the needs of the business.

 

 

Roles & Responsibilities

As the Multi-Skilled Trainee Engineer, you will be responsible for:

· Carry out regular servicing/preventative maintenance on Recycling Machinery - Primarily balers and compactors.

· To attend breakdowns and complete repairs as required on all recycling equipment at customers sites in our core regions. Within a timely and competent manner, working safely to current legislation.

· You will be required to install and decommission the equipment along with completing training with operatives on the safe use of the equipment.

· Build strong relationships with your colleagues, communicating and working together as a team to maintain customer satisfaction.

 

 

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

· Qualified or experienced field service engineer

· Experience with recycling balers and compactors essential

· Candidate must be competent in the following areas, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and welding.

· Full UK driving license.

 

 

Salary & Package

What's on offer for this exciting role:

· £30,000-£35,000 per annum

· Fuel card supplied.

· Company phone and tablet

· Holiday loyalty scheme

· Pension

· In house and manufacturer training provided.

· Progression is available for the right candidate.

· Company van including power tools.

 

 

How to apply? To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to [email protected] or call 02392288208 to speak to Julia Shaw who can tell you more.

Graduate Site Chemist

Waste Management Peterborough  Salary £25,000 - £27,000 DOE Monday- Friday

Introduction

We are currently recruiting for a Site Chemist to join one of the industry leaders in hazardous waste management solutions across the UK. Working as the Site Chemist, you will be responsible for taking and analysing hazardous waste samples on-site to ensure safe and compliant waste is processed at all times.

The Job

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Assist with the hands-on operation of the hazardous waste site ensuring materials coming onto and off site are consistently safe and compliant to site permits and environmental regulations.
• Assist with compiling lists of wastes to be transferred off site to third party disposal points. Liaising with other staff to ensure correct routing of wastes.
• Assist with non- conformance procedures and sample processing within the site laboratory for incoming waste streams.
• Providing services to customers to enable wastes to be assessed, priced and collected
• Utilise appropriate systems to manage non- compliances.
• Use of FLT/Dump Truck and other mobile plant as required
• Assist with the daily/weekly plan for the operational areas and laboratory, adapt to the unplanned and unexpected to deliver targets, KPI’s and other requirements.
• Ensure house-keeping requirements and continuous improvement programmes are supported both directly and through the plant team.
• Partake in improvement of process, contributing to micro project development.
• Undertake area administration activity including Chemist Check sheets, process sheets, stock sheets, production records, etc.

The Candidate

To be considered for this position, candidates are expected to have an appropriate chemistry qualification to degree level as well as experience handling a diverse range of chemical compounds including understanding of inter-reactions.

Some knowledge of hazardous waste or industrial chemistry would be beneficial as well as previous experience working in a site-based role or in an industrial hands-on environment. This role would suit someone looking to further their career within the chemical sector and an interest in moving into the waste management industry. A NEBOSH certificate or IOSH H&S qualification would also be beneficial. 

 

What’s on Offer

• Basic Salary of £25,000 - £27,000 DOE
• Opportunity to progress career in the Chemical and Waste Management industries.
• Full training and support

 

How to Apply

To apply, please call Gemma Nixon on 02392 222 964 or send a copy of your CV to [email protected]

Senior Account Manager

Water Treatment and Water Hygiene

West Midlands

Up £40,000 + Commission and Company Vehicle

 

Introduction…

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Account Manager to join the UK No.1 specialist of Water Treatment and Water Hygiene. Working as a Senior Account Manager, you will be achieving personal sales targets via a mixture of contract base retention and growth, upselling to existing clients and actively seeking out and converting new clients.

Roles & Responsibilities As a Senior Account Manager you will be responsible for:

• Managing and maintaining Client accounts and responding to requests and compliance issues
• Monitoring performance and raising with Delivery team is issues arise
• Negotiate  contract renewals and re-engage lost accounts.
• Monitoring financial KPIs and take action as require to ensure the account remains on budget
• Compile quarterly reviews to track account progress and up/cross-sell opportunities

 

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Experience of working within the Water Treatment and Water Hygiene sectors
• Strong sales experience including account management experience
• Previous history of exceeding sales targets
• Good negotiation skills
• A full UK driving licence

Salary & Package What’s on offer for this exciting role:

• Up to £40,000 basic salary
• Commission
• Company vehicle, laptop and phone
• Full training provided
• Fantastic company benefits
• Holiday package

 

Service Engineer – Water Treatment Glasgow/ East Kilbride  £30,000 + Company Van + Overtime     Introduction We are currently recruiting for a Service Engineer to join one of the industry leaders in specialist water treatment equipment in the UK. Working as a Service Engineer, you will be responsible for servicing, maintaining and repairing water purification systems at various customer sites across the Scottish Central Belt area covering Dundee, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and surrounding areas.  This role will involve a 1 in 6 callout rota                   Roles & Responsibilities Reporting to the Field Service Manager, you will be responsible for:

• The maintenance, service and repair of various specialist water treatment equipment including standard base exchange, filtration, deionisation, reverse osmosis and laboratory water treatment products.
• Installation, removal and commissioning of the equipment on-site.
• Understand the water treatment process, product and technical issues with an ability to fault find using first line investigation techniques.
• Contribute to financial sales targets by recommending and quoting the necessary added value spares, refurbishments and consumable items to maintain the customer's equipment in optimum operating condition.
• Performing out of hours and breakdown cover when required.
• Assisting clients with technical faults.
• Completing risk assessments, activity reports and other documentation as required.
• Offering after sales technical support.

    Skills & Qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Minimum Level 2 Engineering qualification
• Full UK Driving license
• Industrial maintenance experience
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Willingness to learn

    Salary & Package What’s on offer for this exciting role:

• Competitive salary
• Company vehicle + fuel card
• Laptop, mobile and PPE
• Overtime available
• 5% commission on all successful parts quotes

    How to apply? To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to [email protected] or call 07441391669 to speak to Sophie Thwaites who can tell you more.     INDREC

Operations Engineer

Water Treatment Chemicals

North London

Competitive Salary + Car

 

Introduction

We are currently recruiting for an Operations Engineer to join an international waste treatment business. Working from home you will be tasked with providing a first class corrective / preventative service and offering after sales technical support to clients across the North London area. 

 

The Job

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for…

• Supporting existing customers with service, chemical treatment, monitoring and account management activities.
• Providing legionella control to ensure customer compliance with ACOP L8
• Conducting account reviews.
• Compiling customer log books for maintenance and duties. 

• Have previous experience working on low and high-pressure steam boilers, cooling tower control systems, and more

• Provide customer operations training for chemical products.
• Upselling parts, consumables and plant upgrades where needed.

 

The Candidate

Candidates will have the following experience.

• A HNC or degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering or Chemistry qualification or similar or qualified by experience.
• A full UK driving license is required.
• Knowledge and experience of chemical water treatment would be an advantage e.g. cooling tower management, boiler optimisation.
• Experience of having worked as an Operations/Service Engineer or in a Technical Support role or laboratory experience would be an advantage.

 

What’s on offer?

• Competitive Salary of up to 
• Company Car / Van
• Laptop & Mobile Phone
• Commission for selling spare parts / consumables.
• 25 days holiday + 8 public holidays.
• Life assurance
• Pension scheme

 

How to apply.

To apply, please call Gemma Nixon on 02392 222 964 or send a copy of your CV to [email protected].