Principal Engineering Manager

ZipRecruiter; Tadley; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Engineering Manager to lead their maintenance and reliability teams on a critical nuclear program. This role offers a unique opportunity to inspire engineering excellence and foster collaborative relationships across various projects. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in leading multi-discipline teams and possess excellent interpersonal and presentation skills. With a focus on safety and quality, you will ensure compliance with relevant regulations while delivering engineering capabilities in a dynamic environment. Join a forward-thinking organization that values your contributions and offers a range of benefits including a 9-day working fortnight, flexible working arrangements, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

Contributory pension scheme

Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay

Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay

Professional Career Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multi-discipline engineering teams.
• Ability to articulate technical complexities to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability teams across multiple projects.
• Ensure optimal delivery of engineering services and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Engineering Lifecycle Management

Interpersonal Skills

Presentation Skills

Safety Legislation Knowledge

Problem-Solving

Education

Degree in Engineering

Chartered Engineer Status

Job description

Job Description

Principal Engineering Manager
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.
Package: £64,340 - £80,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role
AWE is embarking on a Replacement Nuclear Warhead programme to ensure the UK continuous at sea deterrent. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of such an important mission, and this significant role will play a vital part leading our maintenance and reliability teams across multiple projects in key technology centres. The right candidate will have a passion to inspire engineering excellence and foster collaborative and successful working relationships. Leading teams of Engineers, the Principal Engineering Manager will ensure optimal delivery of Maintenance and Engineering services to ensure plant and facility availability.

This will involve partnering with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external to AWE, and ensuring due governance, management, and accountability to meet relevant regulations, legislations, and codes.

What we are looking for from a Principal Engineering Manager?
Lead effective stakeholder management to engage others in order to have a positive impact on decisions and programme delivery.
Substantial previous experience leading multi-discipline teams through the engineering lifecycle.
Ability to articulate technical complexities to a range of stakeholders.
Excellent interpersonal, engagement and presentation skills.
Delivery of engineering capability across a manufacturing and/or research environment.
An understanding and ability to apply applicable legislation and standards relevant to safety within engineering.
Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality.
Degree qualification, and ideally Chartered, in an engineering discipline or have proven experience working in a similar environment.
You'll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Some reasons we think Principal Engineering Managers love it here:
AWE has a wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.
Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role.

It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.