Systems Engineer
| Posting date: | 21 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £50,000 to £60,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Excellent salary + market leading benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 December 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, Bristol, BS34 8JH |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4746629_1763724211 |
Summary
Your new company
You will be joining a leading engineering organisation that delivers complex, regulated projects with a strong focus on innovation and sustainability. The company is committed to safety, collaboration, and employee well-being as core values. With a global presence and a reputation for technical excellence, this is an opportunity to work within a dynamic environment that encourages curiosity, ambition, and continuous improvement.
Your new role
As a System Engineer, you will act as a technical coordinator and change facilitator, ensuring system configuration activities align with project milestones. You will support cross-disciplinary collaboration to maintain design integrity and drive technical excellence across European engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and communicate priorities aligned with project timelines and milestones.
- Provide technical guidance to system engineers and team leads to resolve multidisciplinary issues.
- Coordinate with interfacing disciplines (layout, civil, safety, electrical, instrumentation & control, commissioning).
- Monitor progress and escalate issues to relevant stakeholders.
- Facilitate participation in technical committees and reviews.
- Promote design stability and challenge unnecessary modifications.
- Ensure completeness and consistency of design changes before integration.
- Oversee updates to configuration attributes and specification databases.
- Lead cross-system technical tasks within Waste Systems or the wider systems department.
- Report KPIs and cascade strategic directives from project leadership.
- Monitor system design maturity and support quality assurance processes.
- Conduct peer reviews of technical documentation.
What you'll need to succeed
Essential:
- Degree in Mechanical or Process Engineering (or equivalent).
- Minimum 5 years' experience in process engineering or relevant project work.
- Background in regulated industries (nuclear, energy, infrastructure).
- Ability to manage workloads and meet deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English.
- Proactive and collaborative approach to working with remote teams.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of system design principles, instrumentation & control architecture, and safety classification frameworks.
- Experience in nuclear or large-scale engineering projects.
- Familiarity with effluent treatment systems or similar process systems.
- Commitment to continuous improvement in engineering quality and documentation standards.
What you'll get in return
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunity to work on high-profile, technically challenging projects.
- Collaborative, international team environment.
- Professional development and career progression opportunities.
What you need to do now
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