Implementation Design Manager

Morson Edge; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 98,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge is seeking a skilled engineer to support the Design and Safety Manager on the Devonport submarine and warship project scope. The role involves coordinating technical work packages, ensuring design documentation meets standards, and managing quality and records across budgeted activities.

The position emphasizes safety culture, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with Engineering Services to apply best practices in a nuclear licensed environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline or equivalent.
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartered engineer is preferred.
• Nuclear intro knowledge or marine systems knowledge is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support the Design and Safety Manager in delivering project scope and overseeing technical work packages.
• Ensure design documentation covers project scope and complies with standards, schedule and budget.
• Plan for effective project implementation and support the technical planning process.
• Maintain quality management arrangements and document control in line with procedures.
• Assist with health, safety and environmental considerations in design.
• Liaise with Engineering Services Technical Authority to apply good practice.

Skills

Nuclear knowledge

Regulatory awareness

Codes & standards

Design management

HSE & Quality procedures

Infrastructure design

Nuclear construction

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Chartered Engineer (or working towards)

Job description

12 Month contract – Inside IR35

£71 - £80 per hour umbrella

Mostly remote working – onsite circa 2 days per month

Overview of Department

In order to deliver the MoD’s submarine and warship programmes, a significant programme of infrastructure investment is required on the Devonport site. The ‘Major Infrastructure Projects’ (MIP) Business Unit has been established to support this.

One of the key scope elements within MIP is establishing a defuel capability for out of service submarines, which is delivered under the programme banner of SRC upgrades. This work comprises of a number of interrelated projects to develop various multi-disciplinary infrastructure systems, with an overall value in excess of £100m.

The Dock Readiness project is delivering the infrastructure upgrades for the existing dry dock that will be used for the submarine defuels. The dry dock is within a nuclear licensed site.

Job Role

The primary purpose of the role is to ultimately assist and support the Design and Safety Manager in the delivery of project scope. This will include the likes of the following:

• Support the development, leadership, management and co-ordination of the technical work packages agreeing project related objectives, managing performance of Engineering and Design resource and making appropriate technical management decisions particularly focused on the implementation phase of work packages.
• Ensure that the design documentation covers the scope of operations required by the Project Manager and is produced to agreed standards, schedule and budget.
• Plan for effective project implementation, identifying key factors and supporting the leadership of the project’s technical planning process.
• Ensuring effective Quality Management Arrangements, operate and deliver through compliance with the Business Management System and Technical Manual.
• Ensure that the processes and activities being managed are appropriately documented with appropriate records maintained and configuration and quality controls applied.
• Support the 14 Dock Readiness Design Manager to implement the project approach to Health, Safety and Environmental issues as applicable to design.
• Liaise with Engineering Services Technical Authority to ensure that Relevant Good Practice is employed.
• Demonstrate and promote the necessary safety culture within your area of responsibility and sphere of influence, continually assessing behaviours in your area. Where appropriate you should raise any nuclear safety concerns to the person responsible for that activity.
• Ensure that staff and contractors are familiar with the hazards and risks (Health, Safety & Environment) associated with the work undertaken by the delegated engineering team through effective management and communication of the Risk Assessment.

Key Attributes

• Nuclear Introductory Course or equivalent nuclear and / or marine system knowledge.
• Sound understanding and application of relevant industry legislation
• Industry Codes and Standards
• Implementation Practices
• Design Management (incl. Systems Engineering), planning and budgetary control
• Company and departmental procedures relating to Design, Health & Safety and Quality requirements
• Knowledge of facility infrastructure design and installation
• Knowledge of construction techniques employed for Nuclear Safety related structures and systems

Qualifications

• A degree in an appropriate engineering discipline or equivalence through experience.
• Chartered Engineer, registered with Engineering Council or working towards Chartered Engineer or equivalence through experience