Core Performance Manager

Rolls Royce SMR Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Core Performance Manager to lead the development of reactor core performance. This pivotal role involves overseeing technical leadership and program delivery, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards, and fostering team capabilities. The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge in nuclear engineering, particularly in Pressurised Water Reactor design and operations. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking projects that will shape the future of the nuclear industry, offering a chance to leave a lasting legacy while working in a collaborative and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Strong performance experience and proven leadership skills are essential.
• Experience leading teams and developing others is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development performance of the RR SMR Reactor Core.
• Engage with stakeholders to progress design programmes.

Skills

Nuclear industry domain knowledge

Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) design

Numerical tools and software

Technical leadership

People development

Technical writing and communication

Tools

Python

Job description

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We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.

We are now recruiting for the exciting role of Core Performance Manager.

The Manager for Core Performance is responsible for development Performance of the RR SMR Reactor Core in normal operation, inclusive of:

• multiple disciplines including Reactor Physics, Thermal Hydraulics, Fuel Performance.
• Core design/ physics code packages (eg Casmo-Simulate)
• Core transient performance in normal operations and some frequent faults (eg start up, load changes)
• Thermal hydraulic analysis of normal operating transients (eg DNBR margin)

The role covers the technical and programme leadership of large teams of analysts. This includes: the overall direction and governance of the programmes of work under their scope; accepting the validity of the methods and analysis developed under their direction; the delivery of a robust method development, producing performance and underpinning safety assessments; ensuring outputs comply with environment, safety, security and safeguards (E3S) objectives and SMR best practice for performance and method development; developing the team capabilities and resilience; and resolving emergent issues.

The Manager for the Core Performance is a leadership figure within Engineering. It requires strong performance experience, proven leadership skills, and the ability to inspire and motivate others. They will use their experience and abilities to steer and influence colleagues across reactor design, displaying a positive and collaborative leadership style that ensures successful team management.

Success will demand engagement with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, inclusive of industry bodies and regulators, to ensure the allocated design programme is progressed in accordance with broader business and legislative requirements.

Key Selection Criteria for the role:

• Nuclear industry domain knowledge including:
• Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) design, plant and behaviour. Reactor plant operations, philosophy and procedures.

• Core design Methods:
• Experience of using numerical tools and software
• Design basis fault assessment methods
• UK Safety Case and Regulatory practises
• Development of Core physics and thermal hydraulic analysis models for industry standard tools
• Establishing analysis methodologies based on RGP which integrate multiple technical disciplines such as thermal hydraulics and fuel performance.
• Development of pre and post processing software tools such as in Python.
• Familiarity with software development processes and quality assurance arrangements

• Technical leadership and programme delivery:
• Definition of an engineering project/programme of work.
• Delivery of programme milestones in line with agreed plans and budgets.
• Management of risks.
• Monitoring of progress.
• Technical writing and communication.

• Leading People:
• Experience leading others.
• People development, including feedback and coaching.

Environmental, Safety, Security and Safeguarding (E3S) regulations and principals:

Application of As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) and Best Available Technique (BAT) principals.