Contract Building Design Lead – Nuclear Project

Mactech Energy Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mactech Energy Group is seeking a Contract Engineering Lead (Building Design) to guide a multi-disciplinary design team on a major nuclear new build programme. You will oversee the design of a building housing an auxiliary boiler system, coordinating across contract partners to ensure safe, compliant and high-quality delivery to construction readiness.

The role requires strong experience in design management, building design knowledge, and the ability to manage complex interfaces while

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in civil/structural/architectural/process/ME engineering.
• Strong design management and coordination experience on large multi-discipline projects.
• Solid knowledge of building design and construction, including CDM 2015.
• Awareness of nuclear safety-related constraints; sector experience beneficial.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and maintain confidentiality.
• Strong IT skills and proficiency with engineering software.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical management of contract engineering activities, acting as a key technical interface with programme project managers across civil and MEH disciplines.
• Coordinate engineering design activities across multiple contract partners working in parallel workstreams.
• Ensure deliverables meet contract technical specifications and UK safety/context requirements.
• Monitor engineering delivery strategies and implement improvements where needed.
• Manage surveillance of detailed design work in line with project governance and processes.
• Ensure robust configuration control is in place and applied with contract partners and internally.
• Lead resolution of cross-discipline (multi-programme) engineering issues, risks and open points.
• Align contract partner schedules, milestones and lists of deliverables with the overall programme schedule.
• Agree and accept the contract partner design schedule (as required).
• Coordinate design gateways, reviews and stakeholder comment resolution across deliverables.
• Coordinate constructability reviews prior to readiness review and formal transfer to construction/installation.
• Facilitate design optimisation through feedback, modifications, trends and change management.
• Support discussions on early warnings, compensation events and change requests, including input to cost/schedule impact assessment and negotiation.
• Ensure risks and trends are recorded, tracked, mitigated and closed out effectively.

Skills

Design management

Coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Independent working

IT skills

Education

Civil/Structural/Architectural/Process/Mechanical engineering

Job description

Mactech Energy Group is seeking a Contract Engineering Lead (Building Design) to guide a multi-disciplinary design team on a major nuclear new build programme. You will oversee the design of a building housing an auxiliary boiler system, coordinating across contract partners to ensure safe, compliant and high-quality delivery to construction readiness.

The role requires strong experience in design management, building design knowledge, and the ability to manage complex interfaces while