Area Engineering Manager - Nuclear

Our client, a prominent entity in the nuclear sector, is currently seeking an experienced FEED Area Engineering Manager for a contract role based in Warrington, with hybrid working arrangements and occasional site visits to Sellafield.

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Leadership:

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams through FEED activities across multiple projects.
• Define and mature engineering scope from initial concept through Gate 2.
• Develop engineering strategies aligned to programme and business objectives.
• Ensure engineering solutions are safe, legally compliant, proportionate and fit for purpose.
• Lead engineering integration across all engineering disciplines.

Project Definition:

Lead the engineering activities required to develop projects including:

• Scope definition
• Requirements management
• Functional specification development
• Engineering option development
• Value Management
• Optioneering
• Technology Readiness Level (TRL) assessments
• Engineering substantiation
• Delivery strategy development

Develop projects to the level of maturity required for transition into detailed design and project delivery, reflecting the Gate 0-2 mobilisation activities identified in the client role specification.

Stakeholder Management:

Work collaboratively with:

• Sellafield Programme teams
• Project Engineering Managers
• Safety Case teams
• Operations
• Construction
• Commissioning
• Technical Authorities
• Subject Matter Experts

Facilitate engineering decision-making and build consensus around preferred technical solutions.

Job Requirements:

Essential Experience:

• Significant engineering leadership experience within a highly regulated industry.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience delivering Front End Engineering Design (FEED), concept, feasibility, appraisal, or optioneering phases of major capital projects.
• Experience developing engineering requirements and translating them into deliverable engineering solutions.
• Strong understanding of engineering governance and design assurance.
• Experience managing engineering scope, cost, schedule, and technical risk.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior technical and programme stakeholders.
• Experience working within integrated engineering teams.

Desirable Experience:

• Sellafield experience.
• Nuclear industry experience.
• Systems Engineering.
• Requirements Management.
• Value Management facilitation.
• Technology Readiness Assessment.
• CDM Principal Designer experience.
• Safety Case development.
• NEC contract awareness.
• Experience supporting projects through Gate 0-2.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Chartered Engineer (or working towards).
• Membership of a recognised professional institution.

Desirable:

• INCOSE ASEP/CSEP.
• Requirements Management certification.
• Value Management qualification.

If you are an experienced engineering leader looking for a challenging role within the nuclear sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic team in Warrington.