Job Description for Structural Finite Element Analyst: This is where your skills play a critical role in keeping everyone safe.
Working in Safety, Security & Safeguards gives you the chance to make your mark on some hugely interesting projects.
NNL does work that nobody else in the sector is doing, and this means we need experts like you to make it possible, whilst keeping everyone safe.
We're committed to using nuclear science to benefit society for years to come.
This means that you can build a long and successful career here whilst playing a meaningful role in delivering cleaner energy, reducing waste and keeping colleagues and the public out of harm's way.
NNL are looking to expand our existing team of engineers who perform structural analysis work to support our clients in the civil nuclear power industry.
The successful candidate will be required to carry out a wide range of structural integrity assessments using commercial finite element codes.
This will include Impact Assessment Analysis, Fitness for Service, Fracture Mechanics and Remnant Life Assessments to appropriate British, American or European design codes.
The individual will be expected to manage all aspects of a technical project, which includes project delivery, commercial awareness and management of project staff.
This role is client-facing so it is essential that applicants are able to demonstrate willingness and an ability to work directly with client engineers.
Main Responsibilities for Structural Finite Element Analyst: Structural Integrity assessments of new and existing nuclear plant and equipment.
Numerical modelling and the use of commercially available Finite Element codes.
Assessments to ASME III and relevant British Standards such as BS7910.
Presentation of results to customers.
Ability to think laterally to solve complex technical problems.
Essential Criteria for Structural Finite Element Analyst: Suitable candidates will possess a good degree in Engineering, Maths or Physics and will have a strong understanding of fundamental engineering principles.
Experience of linear and non-linear Impact assessment analysis using ANSYS, ABAQUS, LS-DYNA or equivalent.
Experience of undertaking Structural Integrity assessments of safety critical structures/components to British, European or American design codes, such as ASME III.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Ability to interface on a technical level with client engineers and stakeholders.
Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).
Desirable Criteria for Structural Finite Element Analyst: Post-graduate qualification (MSc or PhD) in a relevant field is highly desirable.
Familiarity with Fracture Mechanics, Life Assessment, Damage Tolerance Assessments, and Fitness for Service Assessments using R5, R6, BS7910 or API-579.
Familiarity with IAEA Transport Regulations.
Familiarity with performing thermal assessments using finite element codes.
Why join us?
NNL isn't just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact.
It's also a place where you'll feel appreciated and valued.
We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong.
We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.
We also offer a range of employee benefits: Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
NNL offers attractive pension plans.
If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%.
Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.
Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
Access to 'Mydiscounts' which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).
About The Company NNL is an incredible place to work.
A place where people do things that have never been done before.
A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.
This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless.
If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures, providing reasonable adjustments as appropriate.
We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued.
We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging and the ability to access to workplace in a way which works for you.
Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services.
Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team.
We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL.
We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.
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