Head of Engineering

JR United Kingdom; Paisley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organisation in the nuclear industry as a senior engineering leader. You will oversee engineering and safety case management across major infrastructure projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and driving team performance. This role offers a competitive salary, professional growth opportunities, and the chance to work on impactful projects within a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Career growth opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Significant experience in leadership roles related to engineering programmes.
• Familiarity with nuclear regulations or similar high-risk environments.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and safety cases.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of engineering and safety case delivery.
• Oversee system requirements and engineering activities.
• Engage with stakeholders and regulatory bodies.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory Compliance

Engineering Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Chartered Engineer

Job description

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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.