Reactor Systems Design Teams Manager

Rolls Royce SMR Ltd.; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls Royce SMR Ltd. is seeking Managers for their Reactor Safety Systems department, focusing on leading system design teams. Key responsibilities include delivering nuclear safety systems' design, team management, and supporting senior leadership. Candidates should possess strong technical and project management skills, with experience in complex design programs preferred.

Qualifications

• A high degree of technical competence in systems design and project/programme management.
• Experience leading a technical team through design delivery.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and manage stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of System Design Engineers through design delivery.
• Supporting Senior Manager and Chief Design Engineer in developing team capability.
• Line managing permanent staff within the design team.

Skills

Technical competence in systems design

Project/programme management

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Problem-solving in complex issues

Job description

Location: Derby, Warrington, Manchester, UK based hybris

We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.

The Reactor Safety Systems department is growing within Rolls-Royce SMR and several vacancies have arisen for Managers to lead system design teams. Example design areas include:

• Nuclear Steam Supply Systems
• Inventory Management Systems
• Residual Heat Removal Systems
• Passive Safety Systems
• Containment Systems

Depending on the applications received, Manager positions within these areas may be tailored to suit the strengths and career goals of successful applicants.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of System Design Engineers, comprising both permanent and seconded (contracted) staff, through the design delivery of systems important to nuclear safety.
• Supporting the area Senior Manager, Head of Department, and Chief Design Engineer to develop the team and grow the design capability to meet business objectives.
• Line managing permanent members of staff within the relevant design team.

The Manager positions hold significant responsibility for design delivery in a high-paced, technically exciting environment. Successful applicants will have:

• A high degree of technical competence in systems design and project/programme management.
• The ability to inspire confidence in stakeholders through consistent high-quality communications, development of technical solutions, and design delivery.
• The ability to lead a team through the delivery of a complex design programme, with good interpersonal and team-building skills.
• The ability to work with ambiguity; making sensible assumptions, managing stakeholder expectations, leveraging subject matter expertise, and collaborating positively across the business to find solutions to complex issues.

System design activities span a wide range of technical disciplines. To manage a system design team, it is desirable, but not essential, for candidates to have experience of the following:

• Elucidating design requirements, studying relevant good practices, developing design options, assessing and down-selecting options, and concluding suitable design solutions.
• Developing design requirements, optioneering records, and design definitions under change control.
• Producing, reviewing, and/or approving design documentation such as design descriptions, piping & instrumentation diagrams, and requirement specifications.
• Supporting the assessment of design definitions to ensure their compliance with relevant environmental, safety, security, and safeguarding requirements.

The majority of systems within the Reactor Safety Systems department are commencing their detailed design phase, building upon their concept definitions. It’d be advantageous for applicants to have experience of detailed design and/or demonstrate the level of thinking/knowledge applicable to process systems in this design phase.