Location: Sellafield, Cumbria, with occasional travel to Warrington
Contract: 12-month contract
Rate: Dependent on experience (DOE)
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Area Engineering Manager to support the delivery of a major engineering programme within a highly regulated, safety-critical environment.
This is a senior engineering position with responsibility for leading and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities throughout the engineering lifecycle. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, maintain the integrity of engineering solutions and ensure engineering scope is delivered safely and effectively against agreed cost, schedule and quality requirements.
The role will be predominantly based at Sellafield in Cumbria, with occasional travel to Warrington.
Key Responsibilities
As Area Engineering Manager, you will:
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the engineering lifecycle.
Take technical responsibility for engineering solutions, ensuring technical integrity and compliance with project requirements.
Manage engineering scope, requirements, interfaces, technical risks and design deliverables.
Lead engineering integration, technical decision-making and the resolution of complex engineering issues.
Ensure appropriate engineering governance, design assurance, verification and change-control processes are followed.
Ensure engineering activities comply with relevant legislation, standards, nuclear safety requirements and CDM Regulations 2015.
Manage engineering delivery against agreed cost, schedule, quality and resource requirements.
Work collaboratively with Project Managers, Engineering Leads, Safety Case, Operations, Construction, Commissioning and supply-chain stakeholders.
Promote engineering excellence, quality and a strong nuclear safety culture throughout project delivery.Essential Experience
To be considered for this position, you should have:
Significant engineering experience gained within a highly regulated, safety-critical environment.
Extensive experience in engineering design and the application of professional engineering judgement.
Proven experience leading and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Experience managing complex engineering solutions, technical interfaces, risks and design changes.
A strong understanding of engineering governance, design assurance and verification.
Experience delivering engineering scope against cost, schedule and quality requirements.
Knowledge of relevant engineering legislation, regulations, codes and standards, including CDM 2015.
Strong stakeholder management, communication and technical leadership skills.Desirable Experience
Experience in any of the following would be advantageous:
Sellafield or wider UK nuclear industry experience.
FEED, concept, preliminary and/or detailed design delivery.
Systems Engineering and Requirements Management.
Optioneering, Value Management or Technology Readiness Assessments.
CDM Principal Designer responsibilities.
Safety Case development and design substantiation.
Construction, commissioning and supply-chain engineering support.
Working within gated project delivery processes.
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Salary description
£60.00 - £70.00 per hour