Senior Technical Engineer (System Engineering)
Location: West Cumbria
Role Description:
The Senior Technical Engineer reports to the Pre-operations Lead System Engineer. You will carry out an assurance and technical role to ensure the creation and implementation of an asset management strategy for an assigned area meets the requirements to ensure SL system engineering deliverables can be met throughout the commissioning, operational, POCO and decommissioning phases of the facility lifecycle.
You will collaborate with an internal multidisciplined project delivery team whilst also maintaining the ability to interface with external stakeholders to support the efficient and effective delivery of the project scope.
Responsibilities:
As a Senior Technical Engineer , you will:
- Ensure configuration management developed through design phase is carried into engineering/maintenance systems & documentation
- Validate SRP TRAM requirements during IWT and plant testing & commissioning phases.
- Ensure all asset Tag data is correctly identified and input into the appropriate CMMS database at point of handover.
- Develop early phase Asset History documenting configuration data, maintenance and condition history of equipment in service during testing & commissioning phases prior to hand over to operations by utilising SHR and Asset Condition Assessments within an appropriate Asset Management database.
- Provide assurance and validation against SRP TRAM case to pre-operations engineering/maintenance teams during the development of the spares & obsolescence strategy for SRP
- Define SRP strategic objectives with respect to SE deliverables and ensure alignment with SE objectives within PPP and SL in order to maintain common goals (Common Data Environment, Asset Management, TRAM, Spares & obsolescence, Configuration management).
- Support a proactive and balanced approach to safety (nuclear, radiological, conventional and environmental) to ensure that safety is optimised during project delivery and for operations. Whilst also always portraying/setting a high standard of nuclear professionalism throughout the department.
- Engage with pre-operations engineering/maintenance teams to develop SRP maintenance delivery philosophy based upon TRAM data outputs & Pattern Planning procedures.
- Oversee and Interface with internal / external regulators and stakeholders through liaison with manufacturing vendor, design, and commissioning stakeholders throughout the differing project phases.
- Acts as Technical Author and verifier (defines standard, produces, reviews and revises pre-operations documentation, tracking & scheduling tools). Report on project delivery progress to the Pre-Operations Manager, Maintenance and Engineering Leads. Where required, undertake escalations of key Pre-Operations issues to the appropriate business level.
Essentials:
- HNC/Level 4 qualification in relevant engineering discipline or relevant experience in an Engineering / Operational management role.
- Willing and able to travel to various locations other than Sellafield Site in West Cumbria, the wider UK and, on occasion, overseas to meet demands of the Project delivery.
- Computer literate (MS applications including Word, Excel) with evidence of producing test documentation and reports.
- Experience in managing an engineering or technical group delivering technical packages with demonstrable evidence of success
Desirables:
- Degree in relevant engineering discipline
- Experience in managing operations/commissioning activities in a highly regulated environment
- Have nuclear sector experience, including working within large scale projects.
- Experience in setting to work of new systems
Key Behavioural Requirements:
- Ability to perform within a multidisciplined team in a high paced environment.
- Challenging attitude – willingness to intervene if observing unsafe acts or non-compliance – prepared to have the difficult conversation.
- Able to work collaboratively with all levels of organisation to achieve successful project output/outcomes.
- Ability to work autonomously with light touch supervision – including remotely from team (works testing etc).
We believe in delivering responsible nuclear and defence infrastructure.
Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and are also an Investors in People company.
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