Group Leader Engineering Delivery - Conventional Facilities

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Reading is seeking a Group Leader Engineering for Conventional Facilities to direct a significant multi-disciplinary team. This role emphasizes delivering compliant engineering solutions and leading diverse projects through the lifecycle from design to handover. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership and project delivery experience, along with the ability to engage with senior stakeholders. Competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and an opportunity to work on challenging projects are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Market leading pension scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Flexible working hours

9-day working fortnight

Qualifications

• Experience of successfully delivering high value engineering projects through the life cycle.
• Chartered Membership of an appropriate professional institution is required.
• Confidence in operating at a strategic level.

Responsibilities

• Provide inspirational leadership to a diverse engineering team.
• Deliver engineering solutions across design, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Lead regulatory interfaces to meet engineering requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering expertise

Project delivery

Interpersonal skills

Business acumen

Education

Chartered Membership of a relevant professional institution

NEBOSH General certificate

Job description

We are currently recruiting for an exciting new delivery role, Group Leader Engineering - Conventional. This position directs a significant technical multi-disciplinary team over a programme which also include Engineering Authorities (single controlling minds) for projects. You will be building and leveraging delivery partnerships to collectively achieve acceptable engineering solutions that are compliant with regulations and project requirements.

Group Leader Engineering Delivery - Conventional Facilities

Closing date: 24th March 2024

Salary

AWE offers a competitive salary, a market leading contributory pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, excellent work/life balance including a 9-day working fortnight and flexible working hours (role dependent). A salary sacrifice scheme and other associated benefits which you would expect from a senior leadership role are also available. We will consider candidates looking for full time or part time hours.

Capital Engineering at AWE

The Capital Engineering function provides people, processes, services and expertise to the delivery teams as we develop and deliver the most exciting and challenging next generation of facilities and equipment to enable the qualification, manufacture and through-life support of critical product components. The Capital team serve three significant portfolios:

• Our Future Materials Campus, for new nuclear production facilities.

• Our Cross Conventional programme for new explosive, chemi-toxic and conventional production facilities

• Our Liabilities programme for the decommissioning, demolition and disposal of legacy production facilities and equipment including some site security projects.

Reporting directly to the Head of Capital Engineering, but with a line of sight into the Programme Delivery Director and Head of IPD Engineering, this is a pivotal role combining leadership with delivery of strategic goals and objectives. You will need gravitas, resilience and passion to engage with and influence those at the most senior levels to deliver our programmes of work. Pragmatic engineering delivery along with the creation of opportunities to optimise the engineering schedule is a key requirement of this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide inspirational leadership to a team with diverse skills and experience and build high performing teams associated with Engineering Infrastructure projects
• Deliver engineering solutions across the life cycle (design, construction, commissioning and handover)
• Create a positive, collaborative and diverse working environment where you can easily identify and grow talent whilst increasing the quality and speed of performance
• Lead engineering regulatory interfaces to ensure Engineering solutions meet associated regulatory requirements
• Deliver holistic engineering solutions and delivery strategies across the portfolio that improves efficiency, effectiveness and quality
• Demonstrate strong business and commercial acumen
• Act as an ambassador for AWE demonstrating excellent interpersonal, engagement and presentation skills
• Have experience operating confidently at a strategic level and to assimilate and analyse information quickly to assess and debate complex issues at the highest level

We would encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate:

• Chartered Membership of an appropriate professional institution
• Experience of successfully delivering high value engineering projects through the life cycle (design, construction, commissioning, and handover)
• Experience of delivering engineering projects safely, with a clear understanding of CDM
• NEBOSH General certificate (preferred)
• Directing high performing and motivated engineering team
• An ability to deliver engineering implementation across Conventional Facilities

If you think you've got what it takes, are up for a challenge and want to join a team who is dedicated to make a difference, this could be your next opportunity.

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role, be prepared to travel in both UK and abroad and be willing and able to work in all required areas of AWE.