Director in Development Management

2 weeks ago


United Kingdom Assystem Full time

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.
Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.
We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.
Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.
Join our team as an Engineering Director to lead the strategic planning, engineering capability development and technical delivery of projects across our Decommissioning and Fuels business.
As a Global top 3 independent nuclear engineering organisation, Assystem is active across the full decommissioning lifecycle. In the UK, we work across the Civil and Defence nuclear estates, pioneering agile and fit-for purpose, customer-focused solutions, drawing on our established pedigree for delivery engineering excellence. Assystem have a proud heritage gained over decades both in the UK and overseas, (delivering, supporting, managing) some of the most complex engineering projects in decommissioning, repurposing legacy assets and key new build projects such as Hinkley Point C. 
Following a string of contract awards and in the face of a strong pipeline of critical bids, Assystem is recruiting an Engineering Director to lead the strategic planning, engineering capability development and technical delivery of projects across our Decommissioning and Fuels business lines, in alignment with the directorate’s 2030 Plan.
Represent Assystem Values: Lead the growth of a diverse, collaborative, and high-performing engineering team.
# Engineering Leadership: Provide oversight for complex, multi-disciplinary projects within your assigned account, and act as the go-to person for any engineering issues raised by project teams or clients.
# Collaborative Implementation: Work closely with the Technical Director, Business Managers, Key Account Management, and Resource Management to support the implementation of the Budget Delivery Plan, Key Account Plans, and department transformation initiatives.
# Lead the integration of expertise from UK business streams (PMC and Digital) and international entities to deliver unified, collaborative solutions.
# Competitive Differentiation: Ensure your team possesses best-in-class technical talent to innovate, support business development, and solve challenging problems.
# Interface with customer stakeholders and regulatory bodies at all levels, including senior leadership, to build strong, trusting relationships.
# Partner with sales and operations teams to showcase Assystem's technical capabilities to current and potential customers, while driving the engineering aspects of proposals and value propositions.
# Cross-Department Alignment: Collaborate with other Engineering Directors to align capability development, share transferable skills, and optimize capacity across all business units.

Drive major, multi-disciplinary engineering projects across the entire lifecycle with strategic and technical expertise.
~⚛️ Nuclear Decommissioning Expertise: Successfully manage and deliver large-scale, high-hazard nuclear decommissioning projects.
~️ Engineering Management: Demonstrated experience in leading engineering teams and projects.
~ Regulators), resolving challenging project issues with a win-win approach.
~ Excellent IT skills to support project delivery and management.
~ Project Measurement & Delivery: Experience in measuring and delivering project/programme benefits.
~ Contract Management: Quality Compliance: Ensure compliance with Quality Management Systems and subcontractor design assurance.
~ Educational Excellence: Engineering degree qualified, preferably Chartered.

If you’re ready to take on an exciting challenge and lead the way in innovative engineering projects, we want to hear from you
Due to the nature of work this role will be delivering and for the protection of certain assets, the successful candidate has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non-ITAR country. We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter . Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.



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