Job Description

MERITUS Talent are working with a leading industrial consultant who are recruiting for a Nuclear Engineering Manager on a contract basis to join their Reading site full time.

Engineering Manager - Nuclear - Reading - On site - 12 Month Contract - Up to 60 per hour

With a focus on operational technology and digital transformation, our client has been a leader in advanced system integration for decades; optimising efficiency & delivering performance on a massive scale. But with continuous innovation at the heart of our business, they've always got their sights set on the future. We work in some of the most highly regulated and challenging industrial environments, and have delivered critical projects across energy, water, renewables and manufacturing.

Summary of Role:

• Be the lead engineering representative on the project and the main point of contact for all engineering matters on a project.
• Responsible for engineering delivery in terms of quality, compliance, meeting requirements, safety, value for money and schedule.
• Be the senior manager on the project for all engineering resource.
• Generate, validate and maintain a complete list of engineering, design, validation and verification and handover deliverables and ensure these are delivered in accordance with the programme requirements.
• Ensure that the Engineering Requirements are suitable & appropriate
• Recommend the budget and programme, to the Project Manager, to deliver design
• Assess the suitability of engineering design resources (both internal and external) to execute facility design.
• Ensure adequate competency and competency records.
• Lead, drive, communicate and deliver designs, with due regard to safety, quality, schedule, cost effectiveness and lifetime value for money.
• Maintain oversight of the design as it develops via routine reviews.
• Deliver design solutions that meet business needs, functional performance, through life performance and is licensable and deliverable.
• Manage the Design Intent and Design Information Configuration from inception through to project handover.
• Provide functional support in identifying and implementing change, development and improvement.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

Essential Requirements:

• Current SC Clearance
• HNC/D.
• Formal Project Management/Delivery qualifications (e.g. MAPM). Skills
• Delivery of cross-discipline Design packages in a multi-discipline environment.
• Design information configuration control for the life of a project
• Ability to write technical specifications and briefs.
• Multi-disciplinary Design leadership, both technically and performance.
• Some areas require experience of delivering projects in high hazard environments (For example: flammable/explosive/radioactive)
• Experience of managing both external suppliers and in-house teams to deliver Project design packages
• Experience of all aspects of the project life-cycle:
• Establishment of requirements and problem definition.
• Developing and designing solutions
• Configuration management and application of change control
• Extensive experience of working in a highly regulated environment (preferably nuclear and/or explosives)
• Experience of leading multi-discipline groups in the delivery of designs across the life of an asset
• Experience of working within commercial frameworks such as New Engineering Contract
• Experience of other sub-functions i.e. design, construction, commissioning and quality control within projects.
• Able to deliver design within a Nuclear Site Licence, specifically conditions: LC19 Construction or Installation of New Plant; LC20 Modifications to Design of Plant Under Construction and/or LC 22 Modification or Experiment on Existing Plant.
• Experience in working to requirements of CDM 2015.
• Must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role
• Implementation and commissioning
• Knowledge of engineered plant and systems in at least one of the following areas:
• Production/Process plant and equipment
• Building Services
• Utilities distribution and engineering Experience of HAZOP process.

Desirable Requirements:

• Membership of an Engineering Institute, at minimum level of I Eng. (or equivalent).
• Engineering Degree (Hons).
• Chartered Engineer (or equivalent).