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Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for an Systems Engineer with a background in nuclear or defence, to be engaged on a staff basis and located in Sheffield with a hybrid working model.

Reporting to the Systems Engineering Capability Lead you will be responsible for applying Systems Engineering processes, methods, and tools to a wide variety of projects across our nuclear decommissioning and waste management portfolio while also assisting in the continual development of our capability.

The Role:
We are looking for engineers who have experience and expertise in Systems Engineering to grow and develop our capability. This capability complements our existing & well-established core engineering disciplines (Mechanical, Civil & Structural, and Electrical, Control & Instrumentation) as well as our growing capabilities (Engineering Management, Technology Solutions, and Robotics).

The Individual:

You should have a demonstrable understanding of the application of a Systems Engineering approach to design. Experience with key Systems Engineering methodologies (e.g., architecture definition, Pugh matricies/optioneering, interface management) as well as requirements management, structured verification, and the use of requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS.

Experience with MBSE tools such as Capella or Sparx EA is desirable as is experience and awareness of different engineering lifecycles. Experience with VS code and/or other coding languages and frameworks is also desirable.

You should be keen to join a capability at an early stage and to support the Systems Engineering Lead in its development, bringing your experience and knowledge to assist in this. This role may also entail working in an environment where the processes have not yet been defined, so successful applicants will demonstrate a proactive approach and an ability to carefully assess situations and propose appropriate courses of action.

Ideal candidates will be adaptable in their application of their experience and knowledge of systems engineering, being comfortable in applying it in multiple ways to allow for the differing approaches our clients may request in line with their own processes. This will also allow for easy adoption of processes as they develop.

You should be adept at contributing to numerous projects at the same time. The capability is responsible for supporting an ever-growing number of projects across the Nuclear & Power business and therefore may therefore deploy individuals onto multiple projects as the demand for Systems Engineering varies throughout each project's lifecycle.

How will you contribute to the team:

An innovator - You will encourage people to experiment, produce new ideas and challenge others to think and do things differently. You'll contribute to the definition of new ways of doing things and will be constantly looking for ways to improve how things are done, unafraid to challenge the norm.

An Improver - You spend time on making the processes, methods, and toolsets more efficient, optimising your resources, and adjusting things to be leaner.
You will be fully integrated with engineers, engineering managers and project managers in other parts of the business.

Excellent team player - You are able to collaborate effectively with colleagues in multiple disciplines, technical and non-technical, to help integrate multi-disciplinary worksteams which are often present on our projects.

An effective communicator - You are able to confidently explain how and why to apply Systems Engineering practises to a variety of individuals, including those with less knowledge, understanding or appreciation of the discipline, assisting them to see the value where they previously may not.

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