General information Organization Orano Limited is the Orano group entity operating in the UK, working with the majority of the UK's nuclear clients and specialising in decommissioning, waste, and special nuclear material management. Orano Limited employs around 85 staff based at its offices in Abingdon, Warrington and Whitehaven. The company acts as the UK gateway to the global capability of Orano and combines this with a 40-year track record in the UK, marrying the group's international know-how with expertise in UK regulations and decades of UK nuclear site experience. Find out more about Orano Ltd Reference number 2024-18152 Location Abingdon Position title EC&I Engineering Discipline Lead Job description (internal) To establish and maintain a competent process engineering community across Orano Ltd. staffed by suitably qualified and experienced (SQEP) resources required to deliver Orano commitments and to guide the development of pragmatic, fit-for-purpose EC&I engineering solutions for all Orano Ltd. projects. Accountabilities: Developing, maintaining and sustaining the process engineering capabilities needed to deliver the engineering function. Guide development of pragmatic, fit-for-purpose EC&I engineering solutions for all projects. Ensuring that the EC&I engineering staff deployed to the business are suitably qualified and experienced (SQEP) and capable of fulfilling their assigned roles. Acquiring and allocating internal EC&I engineering resources, enabling resource mobility, and optimising resource deployment to maximise value. Working to develop, maintain and apply EC&I engineering procedures, standards and guides. Recommending EC&I engineering Supply Chain capability requirements and links with parent companies and professional bodies to develop a strategic network of resources and ready access to subject matter experts. Selection, SQEPing and appointment of Principal Engineers and direct reports. The leadership, mentoring, health, safety, career development and performance management of direct reports. Ensuring that appropriate single discipline design reviews are carried out and multi-discipline design reviews are supported in a timely manner. Providing consultancy support, advice and guidance on EC&I engineering matters. Providing EC&I engineering support to ensure that design engineering related risks are identified, and mitigation plans developed. Supporting communication and liaison with regulators as required. Reviewing pertinent EC&I engineering legislation and ensuring that relevant requirements are incorporated in engineering procedures. Collation and dissemination of EC&I engineering LFE. Authorities: To work within financial delegations. Appointment of Principal Engineers. In conjunction with the Head of Engineering, set the strategy for recruitment and management of EC&I engineering resources. Recruitment, deployment and redeployment (mobility) of EC&I engineering resources. Intervention to resolve conflicts and, if necessary, recommend suspension of work related to EC&I engineering matters. Access to enable EC&I engineering related audits to be conducted. Approval and implementation of EC&I engineering procedures, guides and standards. Prioritisation and allocation of work assignments within EC&I engineering. Skills and Qualifications (internal) Minimum: BEng (Hons) in Electronic / Electrical Engineering or closely related subject Professional Membership: Chartered Engineer (CEng) MIET or MNucl NOTE: Equivalent experience can be offered in lieu of chartership if it is deemed appropriate by the Head of Engineering Extensive experience in EC&I engineering. Recent experience working in regulated and quality assured systems in nuclear roles where engineering judgement is a key attribute. Extensive experience of delivering complex EC&I engineering packages, for a number of plant types at different lifecycle stages, demonstrating the capability to lead a dedicated team with an established reputation in this field at national/international level. Experience of using knowledge and expertise from elsewhere to develop new ideas/ways of working to provide added value while managing the delivery variations and identifying innovations to support future development. Extensive experience of interfacing with other discipline specialists as well as leading a multi-disciplinary team, e.g. other engineering disciplines, shielding, safety etc. Experience in acting as an Intelligent Client/Independent Subject Matter Expert within the assurance process (e.g. design review, peer review, independent technical assessment etc.). Experienced in undertaking the role of lead author/checker/approver for complicated EC&I engineering activities and deliverables for high hazard category facilities/plants. Employment Classification Regular/Permanent Job TA - Studies & Design Job location Europe, United Kingdom, North West, Cheshire Geolocation by area (Always put 'Yes') No Adress Warrington Additional information Telework/Home-office Hybrid Options Applicant criteria Travel Yes Handled by Primary manager Annie DIGHTON