I&C Architect (M/F)

Company Description

Assystem is now one of the world’s top three independent nuclear engineering firms. With over 60 years’ experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial clients in delivering complex and strategic infrastructure projects subject to stringent safety and security requirements. 

Assystem employs 8,000 experts across 13 countries and is involved throughout the entire project lifecycle, providing engineering, project management and digital solutions. 

Job Description

Your future team

Following the government’s announcements regarding the construction of new EPRs and the emergence of alternative solutions with smaller capacities (SMRs, AMRs), the nuclear sector is entering a new era of growth accompanied by new technological challenges.

You will be joining our teams responsible for Control and Command projects for ‘game-changing’ new players in the nuclear sector who are developing ‘disruptive’ technologies centred on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs). As with high-power reactors, the fuel cycle is a key element in the future operation of these innovative solutions. The manufacture of often specialised fuels requires dedicated industrial facilities, in which I&C plays an essential role not only in plant operation but also in process safety and nuclear safety.

The post, based in Avignon, with the possibility of spending most of the time in Aix-en-Provence, involves the role of I&C Architect, which is essential for guiding the design choices of future systems, taking into account regulatory and standard requirements, production, safety and security considerations, as well as operational and maintenance constraints. Lessons learnt from previous decades are also part of the picture.

Your responsibilities

As a Nuclear I&C Architect within the fuel cycle (conventional systems, functional safety systems and classified safety systems), based on the principles defined during the project’s preliminary design phase, you will lead and carry out the engineering studies for the I&C systems of the RNR MOX plant. Your main responsibilities will include:

-Defining the control and instrumentation requirements arising from studies of process systems, utilities (fluids, ventilation, electricity) and nuclear safety (FOH, radiation protection, criticality)

-Defining and managing the functional requirements of the systems,

-Participating in the development of technical deliverables for the Process/Safety/Security architectures,

-Co-designing control and command systems whilst taking into account applicable safety requirements and interfaces with Level 2 (HMI) and Level 3 (MES) systems, which are closely integrated with control and command in such facilities (production management / material accounting / criticality management),

Why join the Switchers community?

Assystem has over 55 years’ experience in the nuclear sector. We are one of the top three largest nuclear engineering firms.
Attractive employee benefits: 1 to 3 days of remote working, holiday bonuses…
Training opportunities throughout your career.
Numerous career opportunities: 70% of our managers have been promoted from within