Move from pump support into system-level design within the UK’s emerging SMR programme.

We’re supporting a leading organisation in advanced nuclear and clean energy technologies as it expands its systems engineering capability in the UK. 

This role forms part of a next-generation Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme, contributing to design, licensing, and long-term delivery.

The position sits within a central systems engineering group acting as a technical centre of excellence, supporting plant and reactor systems across the full engineering lifecycle. The role is based in the Greater Bristol region, drawing talent from Gloucestershire, Somerset, Oxfordshire, Bath, and South Wales.

You may currently be specifying or maintaining pumps in an operational or project environment, but finding limited opportunity to influence upstream design decisions. Perhaps you’re ready to step into a role where equipment choices, specifications, and lifecycle considerations genuinely shape how a nuclear plant is built and licensed.

This position offers that progression. You’ll develop and review nuclear-grade pump specifications, work closely with system engineers and equipment vendors, and consider operability, maintainability, testing, and outage impacts from the earliest design stages.

The technical environment includes established analysis tools such as Pipe-Flo, HTRI, and Mathcad, alongside exposure to UK regulatory-facing engineering and first-of-a-kind SMR design challenges.

If you bring solid pump engineering experience and are curious about applying it within the UK’s growing SMR landscape, we’d be glad to have a confidential conversation.

Capax Mundi supports engineers across nuclear, advanced reactors, and the energy transition in finding technically meaningful, long-term roles.