Engineering Governance Leader: Policies & Standards

KBR, Inc.; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. in Glasgow is seeking an Engineering Policy & Standards Lead to shape governance, policies and standards in a highly regulated engineering environment.

You will work with engineering leaders, technical authorities and programme teams to develop governance frameworks that support both operations and future infrastructure programmes. This role involves defining delegated authorities, producing management arrangements, and driving assurance through design, configuration and change control

Qualifications

• You will have experience working within a regulated engineering environment and be comfortable developing governance arrangements, engineering policies and technical assurance frameworks.
• You will understand how engineering organisations operate and be able to define responsibilities, authorities and assurance requirements that support safe and effective delivery.
• You will be confident engaging with senior stakeholders, technical authorities and multidisciplinary teams, producing high-quality documentation and driving improvements in engineering governance and organisational effectiveness

Responsibilities

• Develop engineering organisation strategies, ensuring roles, responsibilities, governance arrangements and delegated authorities are clearly defined.
• Produce and maintain engineering management arrangements, policies, standards and supporting guidance.
• Support technical assurance, engineering substantiation, design acceptance, configuration management and change control processes.
• Work closely with stakeholders and technical authorities to establish effective governance and assurance arrangements.
• Define and maintain engineering interfaces, escalation routes and decision-making frameworks.
• Support the development and implementation of Technical Authority arrangements and assurance responsibilities.
• Establish clear accountability models for engineering decision-making and technical governance.
• Provide engineering management advice to programme and project teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Prepare strategy papers, governance documents, implementation plans, briefing notes and decision papers for senior stakeholders.

Job description

KBR, Inc. in Glasgow is seeking an Engineering Policy & Standards Lead to shape governance, policies and standards in a highly regulated engineering environment.

You will work with engineering leaders, technical authorities and programme teams to develop governance frameworks that support both operations and future infrastructure programmes. This role involves defining delegated authorities, producing management arrangements, and driving assurance through design, configuration and change control