Principal EC&I Engineer

Location: Birchwood Park, Risley

Work Arrangements: Hybrid, minimum of 3 days per week in the office

Travel: Occasional visits to Glasgow or Helensburgh for client meetings / reviews / familiarisation etc.

Clearance Requirements: Candidates must hold valid SC level security clearance or be able to obtain. 

Please note we are recruiting on a permanent or contract basis.

Purpose of the job

As a senior member of the Engineering Design Management Team, you will manage multi-discipline engineering resources to ensure design delivery to projects and adherence to the design process and applicable standards.

Reports to

Chief Engineer for the engineering discipline.

Key Accountabilities

• Development of technical solutions.
• Develop and reinforce the safety culture.
• Governance of the design deliverables.
• Checking/Approval of design deliverables.
• Contribution to design reviews and safety reviews.
• Ensuring quality and timely delivery of design documentation throughout all phases of the design process.
• Compliance with safety legislation and statutory regulations.
• Develop cost effective technical solutions.
• Staff development.
• Responsible for managing the quality, and progress of design/engineering work carried out within the project.
• Management of contractors.
• Provide technical consultancy.
• Definition and distribution of the scope of design work to ensure that all work is executed safely, on time and at appropriate levels of quality and cost.
• Carry out discipline specific recruitment interviews.

Occupational Skills and Knowledge

• Degree qualified in a relevant technical / engineering discipline or demonstrable experience.
• Chartership in a discipline specific engineering institution.

Duties and Requirements

Essential

• Experience of using ISO 13849.
• Cranes/Hoists experience.
• Strong understanding of the fundamentals within your engineering discipline.
• Previous experience of working within the Defence industry – Key experience to support the group. with industry processes and expectations within various documents.
• Previous experience in a senior role in the management and design delivery of nuclear projects.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering design solutions.
• Understanding of design requirements to support nuclear safety cases.
• High knowledge of safety legislation and statutory regulations.
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
• High level of commercial awareness.
• Management of multi-discipline engineering and design teams.
• Leadership of a technical team within a project delivery environment.
• Experience of managing sub-contracts.
• Ability to develop engineering capability response in support of bid returns.
• Full membership of a discipline specific engineering institution.

Desirable

• Expert in Nuclear Industry
• A full UK driving licence
• Experience of bid preparation