Engineering Manager - Nuclear Risk Management

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear engineering organization in the UK is seeking an Engineering Manager to oversee Nuclear Risk Management. The role involves ensuring that engineering requirements align with business needs by providing design solutions and maintaining safety standards. Ideal candidates will demonstrate cross-functional collaboration skills, experience in managing engineering design, and have a relevant qualification. This position offers a competitive salary and various benefits designed to support professional development and work-life balance.

Benefits

270 hours of annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Professional Career Development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy for volunteering and public service

Relocation package

Qualifications

• Ability to work across business functions and interface with Safety Case Subject Matter Experts.
• Experience ensuring quality and timely engineering design and outputs.
• Familiar with configuration and change control, especially on Nuclear Licensed Sites.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Engineering Requirements meet business needs and performance.
• Control design intent and maintain design information configuration.
• Collaborate with project teams for design and project handover.

Skills

Cross-business function collaboration

Quality and timely engineering design delivery

Multi-discipline environment experience

Technical complexity articulation

Configuration and change control governance

Safety case maintenance

Relevant qualification (HNC/D)

Job description

Engineering Manager - Nuclear Risk Management

Our Nuclear Engineering Managers are the focal point within our Engineering organisation supporting our existing and new high hazard facilities and operations. Engineering Nuclear Risk Management is the maintenance and upkeep of our engineer safety guards that support our nuclear safety cases and incorporates the periodic review of safety assessments.

Location: Aldermaston, Berkshire

Package: £44,990 - £65,000 (dependent on experience)

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours (including Bank Holidays) of annual leave - plus every other Friday off work!
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
• Life Assurance
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site
• Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply)

What will you be responsible for?

Partnering with the Senior Engineering Design Manager, you'll be ensuring the Engineering Requirements are suitable and appropriate by identifying options, selecting the appropriate solution and providing the right facility design solutions such that, for allocated work packages, they meet business needs and functional performance (through life performance), are licensable and deliverable. As Engineering Manager, you'll take control of the design intent and ensure design information configuration are maintained from facility design inception through to project handover.

We'd love to hear from individuals with the following

• The ability to work across business functions, providing a supportive interface between the Facility, Safety Case Subject Matter Experts and Technical Authorities
• Previously taken responsibility for ensuring the quality and timely delivery of engineering design and outputs which underpins continuous safe operations.
• Experience of working in a multi-discipline environment with responsibility for the engineering design and guardianship of high integrity assets through the whole life cycle
• Able to articulate technical complexities, allocate duties to Project/Design Engineers and wider team to meet the programme.
• Conversant in configuration and change control: governance, and implementation (ideally on a Nuclear Licensed Site, but not essential) including line of sight from maintenance results to the engineering schedule.
• Previous experience of maintaining a live safety case and familiar with conducting assessments to support the Periodic Review of Safety
• You will have a recognised, relevant qualification (HNC/D etc).

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas.