Plant Modification Proposal Manager

Morson Edge; England; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge seeks a Plant Modification Proposal Manager for Sellafield on a hybrid basis. It is a 12-month contract inside IR35 at £60ph, with SC clearance required. Only British citizens with UK residency in the last 5 years should apply.

Lead end-to-end PMP development, review, and submission to ensure safety, compliance, and timely approval within strict project schedules. Role demands strong engineering and project-management background.

Qualifications

• PMP Manager SQEP aligned with SR0997.
• Demonstrable experience as a PMP manager leading Cat B-E PMP's.
• Project Management or Engineering background.
• Strong understanding of plant systems and safety case principles.
• Deep understanding of LC22 requirements.
• Experience of Safety case production and implementation.
• Experience of Nuclear hazard identification and assessment (HAZOP).
• Understanding of ONR Technical assessment guides (TAGs).
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance and UK residency requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end PMP process from conception to close-out.
• Ensure timely consultation with SMEs (Safety Case Manager, Environment Specialist, etc.).
• Ensure PMP completeness; identify and assess hazards.
• Ensure safety assessments accompany the PMP (radiological, nuclear, environmental, conventional).
• Assign provisional safety category to the PMP.
• Coordinate PMP presentations to relevant safety committees.
• Submit PMP for cross-plant or ONR/EA consideration as required.
• Ensure PMP is fully implemented, tested and closed.
• Update plant drawings and ensure handover when PMP changes.
• Attend PMP surgeries and provide current PMP status updates.

Skills

PMP management

Project management

Engineering background

Safety case principles

LC22 requirements

HAZOP experience

ONR TAGs knowledge

SC clearance eligibility

Job description

I am looking for a Plant Modification Proposal Manager to be responsible for leading the end-to-end process of developing, reviewing, and submitting technical proposals for modifying, upgrading, or retrofitting plant equipment and systems in line with Nuclear Site licence Condition 22. Their primary purpose is to ensure that proposed changes are safe, technically compliant, economically viable, and approved within strict project schedules.

This role will be based at Sellafield on a hybrid basis and is initially a 12 month contract position inside IR35 at £60ph.

SC clearance is required for this role.

***Only apply if you are a British Citizen and passport holder and not have worked outside the UK during the past 5 years.***

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

All activities associated with ensuring compliance with the PMP process from conception to close out, including:

• Ensuring that PMP preparation involves timely consultation with all relevant SME (e.g., Safety Case Manager, Environment Specialist, Security & Resilience Manager, COMAH.
• Ensuring that the PMP is filled in correctly, in totality.
• Ensuring that all hazards which may arise from a misconceived or inadequately implemented modification are identified and the consequences considered.
• Ensuring that all supporting safety assessments (e.g., radiological, nuclear, environmental or conventional) are available with the PMP.
• Assigning a provisional safety category to the PMP.
• Advising the Level 4 RIM of PMP's categorised as A, B, E1 or CC1.
• Arranging, where required, the presentation of the PMP to the relevant safety committee(s).
• Ensuring that where a PMP could affect safety, environmental or COMAH performance in another plant, it is submitted to the other relevant PMP Committee(s) for consideration.
• Arranging, where required, submission of the PMP to ONR/EA.
• Ensuring that the PMP is fully implemented, tested and closed.
• Ensuring that if, during PMP implementation, circumstances change or are different to those previously agreed in the PMP, work is stopped and the impact on the PMP is assessed.
• Ensuring that plant drawings are updated as required.
• Confirming that Safety Case Implementation is complete.
• Providing hold point release information in accordance with a hold point release schedule in accordance with SLP 4.07.06. Ensuring that, if required, a replacement PMP Manager is identified and that adequate handover of the PMP takes place. A change of PMP Manager must be agreed by the Head of Operations or Deputy and communicated to the PMP co-ordinator team.
• Generating and signing PMP amendments - refer details in section 1.8.
• Implementation of the Overdue PMP Reporting process (Appendix 2).
• Attending all required PMP surgeries and providing a current and accurate update of the status of the PMP.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• PMP Manager SQEP is in line with the requirements of SR0997.
• Demonstrable experience as a PMP manager leading Cat B-E PMP's.
• Project Management or Engineering background.
• Strong understand of plant systems and design basis such as engineering substantiation and safety case principles.
• Deep understanding of LC22 requirements.
• Experience of Safety case production and implementation.
• Experience of Nuclear hazard identification and assessment (HAZOP).
• An understanding of ONR Technical assessment guides (TAGs).
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Experience working on complex infrastructure or nuclear projects