Head of Engineering

Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization in the nuclear industry as a Director, providing oversight and leadership in engineering and safety case management. This role involves ensuring regulatory compliance and managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-impact projects. Enjoy a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Opportunities for career growth and professional development

Collaborative and dynamic work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership and delivery of multi-disciplined teams.
• Familiarity with regulatory environments, ideally nuclear.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and safety case delivery for critical infrastructure.
• Oversee engineering and safety case activities across the programme.
• Engage with stakeholders including Design Authority and Regulators.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering

Safety Case Management

Education

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics

We are the leading provider of infrastructure services. At Altrad, we transform our nation’s critical infrastructure to operate safely and sustainably.

With over 11,000 talented people, we provide the full spectrum of critical engineering and construction services for industries both onshore and offshore. Join a Leading Organisation in the Nuclear Industry.

This role is client side based, providing direct leadership, oversight and direction to all engineering, safety case and requirements teams within the programme. Accountable for delivery in accordance with the Safety Engineering Management Plan.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering & Safety Case Leadership: Act as the controlling authority for all aspects of engineering and safety case delivery, ensuring regulatory acceptability.
• Integrated Delivery: Oversee all system requirements, engineering, and safety case activities across the programme, including floating dock and shoreside infrastructure.
• Regulatory Endorsement: Collaborate with the Design Authority to establish and gain approval for engineering, safety case, and requirements strategies.
• Nuclear Baseline Management: Defineand ensure staff roles within the programme are suitably qualified and experienced.
• Contractual Involvement: Work with commercial leads to ensure engineering and safety case representation in procurement and delivery arrangements.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the senior engineering and safety case interface with Design Authority, Site Operations, and Regulators.
• Team Leadership: Provide strong leadership to multidisciplinary teams, ensuring an integrated approach to design and safety case management.

Key Requirements:

• Familiarity in dealing with regulators (ideally nuclear or other comparable high consequence regulated environment).
• Recent successful experience in the leadership, management and delivery of multi disciplined teams producing engineering designs, justification or substantiation and safety cases, ideally related to major infrastructure or complex engineering programmes.
• Demonstrable experience (from more than one programme) within a senior engineering leadership role leading engineering on major infrastructure programmes or complex multidisciplined engineering programmes (preferably regulated).
• Line management of engineering staff at chief engineering institution.
• Desirable to have marine structures delivery or naval architecture experience.

Qualifications:

• Chartered Engineer with full membership of a recognised engineering institution.

Why Join Us?

• Work on high-impact projects within a leading organisation at the forefront of the nuclear industry.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment with a focus on innovation and excellence.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Management

• Industries

  Engineering Services and Oil and Gas

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