Lead Package Manager - Nuclear Waste Engineering

Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 151,536,000 - 179,088,000; Full time

Job summary

Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced Package Manager - Waste Engineering to support the ILW Buffer Storage Project at Culham, Oxfordshire. This nuclear role is a 12-month contract with four on-site days per week and a rate of £61 per hour.

The project involves delivering across concept, preliminary and detailed design, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Nuclear experience is essential.
• Degree-level qualification in Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Process, Nuclear Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline.
• CEng status or progress towards professional registration.
• Proven experience delivering engineering projects within the nuclear sector.
• Experience working through concept, preliminary and detailed design phases.
• Strong multidisciplinary engineering coordination and interface management experience.
• Experience as a Project Engineer, Responsible Engineer, Design Engineer, Package Manager or similar.
• Experience developing and reviewing engineering requirements, specifications and technical reports.
• Experience managing technical risks, actions, assumptions and dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across engineering, operations and project teams.
• Familiarity with CDM Regulations 2015, ALARP and UK nuclear governance.
• Experience of nuclear decommissioning, waste management, storage facilities, ventilation, shielding, containment or radiological systems would be highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities through concept, preliminary and detailed design.
• Managing technical interfaces between engineering disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Supporting the development of engineering requirements, specifications and design documentation.
• Coordinating concept designs, optioneering studies and engineering assessments.
• Supporting design reviews, governance reviews, readiness reviews and stage gates.
• Managing engineering actions, risks, assumptions and dependencies.
• Reviewing engineering deliverables and constructively challenging technical solutions.
• Supporting project planning, procurement and construction readiness.
• Providing intelligent customer capability for engineering suppliers.
• Ensuring engineering activities comply with relevant safety, environmental and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Nuclear experience

Engineering coordination

Interface management

Stakeholder management

Technical risk management

Education

Degree in Mechanical/Civil/Electrical/Process/Nuclear Engineering

CEng status or progress

Job description

Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced Package Manager - Waste Engineering to support the ILW Buffer Storage Project at Culham, Oxfordshire. This nuclear role is a 12-month contract with four on-site days per week and a rate of £61 per hour.

The project involves delivering across concept, preliminary and detailed design, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.