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Date Added: Thu 12/03/2026

Project Engineer (Nuclear)

Malton, YO17, UK
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Company: CETO TALENT

Job Type: Contract, Full Time

Salary: £35 - £47.88/hour

Malton, North Yorkshire | Hybrid Working
💰 £35.26 - £47.88 per hour (Umbrella) - 37 hours per week
📅 12-Month Contract | 4 days per week (only 2 on site / 2 from home)

Ceto Talent are supporting a major UK industrial infrastructure programme in the search for a Senior Project Engineer to join a complex nuclear engineering project based in Malton, North Yorkshire.

This role offers the opportunity to work on technically challenging projects within a highly regulated environment, supporting the development and delivery of engineering solutions across the full project lifecycle.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering fit-for-purpose engineering solutions, ensuring robust technical governance, configuration control, and compliance with engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

* Identify project functional requirements and stakeholder needs for assigned projects

* Manage engineering support activities across project delivery phases

* Contribute to Project Execution Plans including design, safety case and commissioning strategies

* Support project optioneering and concept design development

* Develop fit-for-purpose engineering solutions for complex project and produce and approve technical specifications

* Manage detailed design activities in line with design authority standards

* Prepare engineering modification proposals where required

* Conduct technical assessments and approvals of contractor documentation (method statements, work instructions, risk assessments)

* Provide technical supervision of construction and deconstruction activities to ensure compliance with design intent

* Review and approve as-built drawings

* Specify and oversee commissioning or decommissioning activities

* Manage project handover to operations, ensuring documentation and training requirements are completed

* Liaise with system engineers and key stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle and maintain configuration control across the project lifecycle

* Support continuous improvement across health, safety, environment and quality practices on site

Experience Required

* Significant experience in a practising engineering role within industrial plant environments (Mechanical, Electrical, C&I or Civil)

* Strong background in complex engineering project delivery

* Experience supporting projects in highly regulated environments

* Knowledge of engineering standards and technical governance processes

* Experience with risk assessments and safe systems of work

* Understanding of construction design and management responsibilities

* Contract management experience within engineering projects

Qualifications

* HNC or equivalent engineering qualification (Level 5)

* Degree level qualification (Level 6) desirable

* Membership of a relevant professional engineering institution

* Chartered status desirable

Working Pattern

* 4 days per week total

* 2 days office / 2 days site - 2 days from home

* Working hours: 07:25 - 17:00

If you are an experienced engineer looking to work on technically complex infrastructure projects within a highly regulated environment, we would be interested in speaking with you.

Apply now or contact the consultant, Jasmine White at Ceto Talent
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