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Senior Process Designer

Posted: 19/02/26
Recruiter:Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd
Reference:3073215925
Type:Contract
Disciplines: Engineering
Salary:£35 - £41 Hourly Inside IR35
Location:Seascale, Cumbria
Description:

Senior Process Designer
Location: Cumbria - Sellafield Site
35-41/hour Inside IR35


About the Project
Join the Asset Care Project Delivery team, delivering critical process asset care across a portfolio of projects. Initially, you will focus on execution support, including as-built drawing updates for the HP Steam replacement project and other key site initiatives. This is a highly site-focused role providing engineering design support for projects in the execution phase, ensuring safe, reliable, and fully compliant outcomes.

Role Overview
As a Senior Process Designer, you will:

  • Produce engineering design work packages (specifications, drawings, analyses, verifications) that meet legal, functional, and performance requirements.
  • Support project execution directly on-site, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Deliver fit-for-purpose, fully integrated design solutions aligned with cost, schedule, and quality targets.
  • Liaise with stakeholders across technical and non-technical backgrounds, ensuring smooth communication and integration.
  • Perform peer review/checking of reports, drawings, calculations, and supporting documentation.


Knowledge & Expertise

  • Experience in highly regulated industries, preferably nuclear.
  • Proven ability to deliver safe, operable, and compliant design solutions.
  • Skilled in producing design deliverables including specifications, technical reports, drawings, calculations, installation method statements, and risk assessments.
  • Strong experience in multi-disciplinary design delivery teams.


Essential Qualifications & Experience

  • Degree in Process Engineering with a minimum of 2 years' design delivery experience, OR HNC/HND with 5+ years' design delivery experience.
  • Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Experience in peer reviewing technical outputs.


Desirable Experience

  • Experience within asset care delivery on operational facilities, supporting construction/installation/commissioning phases.
  • Familiarity with Sellafield Practices, Processes, Engineering Standards, and Engineering Guides.
  • Experience responding to Engineering Queries (EQs) and Fault Observations (FOs).


Why Join?
This is an exciting opportunity to work on-site at Sellafield, contributing to essential asset care projects and ensuring that critical process systems remain safe, operable, and fully compliant. You'll be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team delivering high-profile, high-quality engineering solutions.

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