Data Engineer - Design Configuration

Assystem, Switch On
Almondsbury, BS32 4DS, United Kingdom
Last month
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Company Description

⚡️💡 About Assystem

At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. Our 8,000 Switchers combine engineering expertise with advanced digital technologies to deliver complex infrastructure solutions. In the UK, we contribute to major nuclear programmes including Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and future Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Our digital engineering and data capabilities are key to enabling efficient, data-driven delivery across the asset lifecycle.

🤝 Why Join the Community of Switchers?

Join one of the three largest nuclear engineering companies in the world and play a key role in delivering high-quality asset data for major infrastructure programmes. At Assystem, your future team operates at the centre of digital engineering, ensuring data integrity and configuration management across complex projects. You will be part of a collaborative environment where data excellence directly supports safe and efficient project delivery.

Job Description

🚀 The Job Mission

This hybrid role is suited to candidates able to commute to Bristol or relocate nearby, .

You will support digital configuration and asset data delivery within a major nuclear project environment.

Working closely with your future team, you will ensure data quality, integrity and readiness for operational systems.

• Populate asset management systems with accurate equipment identifiers and configuration attributes.

• Perform data validation and quality assurance across equipment installation and configuration datasets.

• Maintain asset and system schedules, resolving discrepancies and data anomalies effectively.

• Support development of datasets aligned with business rules for enterprise asset systems.

• Produce regular performance reports to support management review and decision-making processes.

• Collaborate with construction, completions and handover teams to ensure data consistency.

• Support digital configuration processes through structured work management activities.

• Identify and resolve data issues, ensuring alignment with configuration and change management processes.

Qualifications

🛠 Essential Skills

• Strong experience in asset data analysis, validation and data quality assurance processes.

• Proficiency in tools such as Power BI, SQL, Python and data processing platforms.

• Experience working with asset management or enterprise data systems.

• Ability to manage data integrity independently within complex project environments.

• Knowledge of configuration management standards and change control processes.

• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks.

• Excellent communication skills to present data issues to multidisciplinary teams.

• Strong analytical and numerical capability with high attention to detail.

✔️ Desired Skills

• Degree, HNC or HND in data engineering or related discipline.

• Experience working within nuclear or highly regulated infrastructure projects.

• Familiarity with enterprise asset management systems such as Asset Suite.

• Experience supporting work pack or document management processes.

• Understanding of project lifecycle data requirements from construction to operations.

Additional Information

🌟 Why Apply?

Join Assystem and become a key player in delivering critical nuclear projects that shape the future of energy. Embrace this opportunity to excel in a dynamic environment where your expertise and leadership will drive global innovation.

🌟 Your Benefits Package

🏠 Hybrid Working – Flexibility to work from home and the office

🏖️ 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

🔄 Buy & Sell Holiday – Make your time off work for you

💰 8% Company Pension Contributions

🛡️ Income Protection & 3x Salary Death-in-Service Cover

🤒 Competitive Sick Pay – Support when you need it

🏥 Healthcare Cash Plan – Claim back on dental, optical & more

💪 Free Digital Gym Access – Expert-led fitness classes

🎁 Exclusive Discounts – Restaurants, days out & top brands

📞 24/7 Employee Support Line – Mental health, financial & legal help

🚴 Cycle to Work Scheme – Save money & go green

💉 Free Flu Jabs & Eye Test Vouchers

🧾 Paid Professional Membership Fees

❤️ Volunteer Days – Make a difference on company time

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions.

Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter, bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future!

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future

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