Senior Facility Specialist - Estates Compliance

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Reading is seeking a Senior Facility Specialist - Estates Compliance to oversee the Authority to Operate for site safety justifications. You will manage interactions with stakeholders, prepare reports, and ensure compliance with safety documentation. The ideal candidate has experience in highly regulated environments and possesses strong problem-solving and communication skills. The role offers a competitive salary starting from £45,370 with numerous benefits including 270 hours of annual leave.

Benefits

270 hours of annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Funding for professional development

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous pension contribution

Life Assurance

Access to discounts

Special leave policies

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex cross-discipline issues.
• Experience in a large site with multiple facilities.
• Capable of maintaining effectiveness in a multitask role.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Asset Operations Manager in maintaining safety justifications.
• Engage with facilities to assess changes impacting safety.
• Prepare regular Annual Reports as necessary.

Skills

Understanding of Safety Documentation including SSJ/FSJ

Working in a highly regulated environment

Working to management standards and procedures

Decision making skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to adapt to changing situations

General management skills

Job description

Senior Facility Specialist - Estates Compliance

Salary - Starting From £45,370 (subject to experience)

Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area

Closing date - 21st March 2024

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

Benefits

• 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution).
• Life Assurance.
• 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 for your family.
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.

As a Senior Facility Specialist in Estates Compliance, you will play a vital part in supporting the Senior Asset Operations Manager in maintaining the Authority to Operate for the Site Safety Justifications for the Aldermaston and Burghfield sites.

Successful candidates will be responsible for collaborating with relevant stakeholders to maintain the Site Safety Justifications (SSJ) in accordance with the Nuclear Risk Management (NRM) programme, this includes:

Key responsibilities

• Engaging with facilities to ensure changes from Facility Safety Justification (FSJs) do not challenge the ALARP position of the SSJ.
• Collating information and preparing regular Annual Reports as required.
• Ensuring operators/residents/business users work within Safe Operating Envelope (SOE)/Safe Operating Boundaries (SOB), as defined by the SSJ.
• Ensuring configuration changes to allocated facilities are assessed for impact to the SSJ and required changes are incorporated at the most appropriate time.
• Working with local facilities to ensure accuracy of Asset Portal Master Viewer pages and review local Asset Change Board (ACB) changes and overarching changes to assess any impact upon an SSJ. Ensure changes are tracked and monitored through to completion.
• Providing intelligent customer oversight on changes to Security, Nuclear and EPR Baseline requirements (in compliance with the permits) to ensure alignment to the SSJ.

Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

Required skills and experience

• Understanding of Safety Documentation including SSJ/FSJ
• Working in a highly regulated environment
• Working to management standards and procedures
• Ability to identify problems, evaluate options and formulate effective process, system, and organisational solutions.
• General management (business and people) to manage and resolve complex cross discipline, technical and organisational issues.
• Prior experience of a large site with multiple facilities and supporting utilities / services and interactions between them.
• Capable of maintaining a high degree of effectiveness in a multitask role, managing priorities and delivering to challenging timescales.
• Decision making skills that have either a high degree of complexity or diversity.
• Excellent communication, presentational and negotiation skills.
• Able to readily adapt and respond quickly to changing situations and the changing needs of others.
• Willingness to own the problem.

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas.