Engineering Authority: Technical Governance & Risk Lead

Morson Group; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Engineering Authority role at Morson Group provides technical assurance, governance, and decision-making to ensure engineering activities are safe, compliant, and aligned with company standards, regulatory requirements and industry best practice. It acts as the ultimate technical decision-maker within its discipline and manages technical risk across the asset lifecycle.

The role leads outsourced TA and Engineering services, driving continuous improvement and ensuring risk is reduced to ALARP

Qualifications

• Proven experience acting in a senior technical or assurance role.
• Strong knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to make independent technical decisions under pressure.
• Deep technical expertise within discipline.
• Sound engineering judgement and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Act as the designated Engineering Authority with authority to approve, challenge, or reject engineering decisions.
• Custodian of discipline engineering standards and asset engineering documentation; ensure compliance.
• Develop, implement, and improve the Technical Authority Framework.
• Ownership of the quality of SECE performance standards.
• Allocate performance standards to the correct Technical Authority.
• Identify, assess, and manage technical risks; reduce to ALARP.
• Lead or input into hazard identification and technical risk assessments.
• Ensure decisions support safe operations, asset integrity, lifecycle performance.
• Escalation point for technical non-conformances and deviations.
• Support incident investigations with technical judgement and root cause analysis.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, tools, governance.
• Contract ownership and vendor management.
• Lead investigator using Kelvin TopSet techniques.
• Any other duties as reasonably required.

Skills

Senior technical/assurance experience

Regulatory knowledge

Independent decision making

Technical expertise

Engineering judgement

Job description

The Engineering Authority role at Morson Group provides technical assurance, governance, and decision-making to ensure engineering activities are safe, compliant, and aligned with company standards, regulatory requirements and industry best practice. It acts as the ultimate technical decision-maker within its discipline and manages technical risk across the asset lifecycle.

The role leads outsourced TA and Engineering services, driving continuous improvement and ensuring risk is reduced to ALARP