Senior Design Engineer - PAVA

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

We’re looking for a Senior Design Engineer - PAVA (Public Address and Voice Alarm) to join our Network Services team, supporting engineering projects across the Nuclear space. This is a technical delivery role focused on the end-to-end design of Public Address and Voice Alarm (PAVA) systems, from early design through to detailed design, documentation, testing, configuration and validation.

The role is hybrid, primarily home-based, with an expectation to attend the Warwick or Dunball offices around 3-4 days per month, with occasional additional travel depending on project needs. Flexibility to travel is required, including a full UK driving license.

Due to project / programme requirements, you must be eligible for SC Clearance (minimum of 5 years UK residency rule applies).

What you’ll do:

• Lead the design of PAVA projects, producing high-quality design documentation that meets project specifications, standards and regulations.
• Develop detailed design outputs, including drawings, bills of materials, compliance statements, calculations, surveys, test procedures and commissioning documentation.
• Take designs from early-stage requirements through to detailed design, including HLD, LLD, configuration, testing and validation activities.
• Review design dependencies, technical information and design documentation produced by colleagues, suppliers or project teams.
• Work closely with colleagues, suppliers, clients and internal teams to resolve technical design queries and support project delivery.
• Support continuous improvement by reviewing processes, recommending best practice and sharing technical knowledge across the team.
• Provide technical guidance to design engineers and junior engineers, while remaining focused on technical delivery rather than people or project management.

You’ll be an experienced Design Engineer with a strong technical background in Public Address Voice Alarm (PAVA), Public Address General Alarm (PAGA) or similar safety-critical communication systems. You’ll be confident producing detailed design documentation (high level and low level), solving technical problems and working with stakeholders to deliver and deploy right-first-time solutions. This role would suit someone who enjoys leading design delivery, supporting complex engineering projects and sharing technical expertise with others., * Experience designing Public Address and Voice Alarm systems, with PAGA experience also highly relevant.

• Strong understanding of applicable design, installation, commissioning, maintenance and engineering standards, including BS 5839-8 and EN 54.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation, drawings, calculations, compliance statements, test procedures and supporting design packs.
• Experience working in safety-critical or complex infrastructure environments such as nuclear, utilities, oil and gas, rail, aviation or transport.
• Familiarity with Zenitel systems would be advantageous.
• Must be eligible for BPSS and SC security clearance, including a minimum of 5 years of UK residency.
• Holder of a UK driving license.

Pulled from the full job description

• Employee discount
• Company pension, * Car allowance
• 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme

We are guided by our values and behaviours:

• Be Inclusive
• Take Responsibility
• Collaborate
• Be Customer-focussed

Join us and help deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.