We anticipate offering between £68,000 - £89,000
Warrington, OR Derby offices - Hybrid working flexibility
We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we're doing something that's never been done before. We're revolutionising an industry. That's a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.
We are now recruiting for the exciting role of Senior Manager for Reactor Waste Systems to be involved in a game changing role as we strive to make the nuclear industry more diverse.
The Senior Manager for Reactor Waste Systems is responsible for development of technical solutions and governance across the Reactor Waste Systems design and development scope, inclusive of:
* Liquid and Gaseous Waste Processing
* Solid Waste Processing and Storage
* Design for Decommissioning
The role covers the senior technical and programme leadership of large teams of design engineers, as well as the management of significant design contracts in the supply chain. This includes: the overall direction and governance of the programmes of work under their scope; accepting the validity of the technical solutions developed under their direction; the delivery of a robust design and safety justification, supported by detailed performance and underpinning assessment; ensuring outputs comply with environment, safety, security and safeguards (E3S) objectives; developing the team capabilities and resilience; and resolving emergent issues.
The candidate will be an expert in nuclear process system design/mechanical system design with a strong proven record of delivery of complex programmes.
The Senior Manager for Reactor Waste Systems is a leadership figure within Engineering. It requires strong design expertise, strong leadership skills, and the ability to inspire and motivate others. They will use their experience and abilities to steer and influence at all levels, displaying a positive and collaborative leadership style, to ensure successful department management.
Success will demand engagement with a wide range of senior internal and external stakeholders, inclusive of industry bodies and regulators, to ensure the analysis programme and safety case are progressed in accordance with broader business and legislative requirements.
Role key objectives:
* Technically lead and drive their specified elements of the design programme in line with the programme’s policies and processes.
* Manage large department of design engineers to deliver the full design and development scope.
* Own the delivery programme for their accountable scope of supply and create and manage suitable design milestone schedules.
* Deliver the required design documentation/definition to the programme.
* Define and manage the required elements of all lifecycle management aspects of the design scope.
* Manage and agree requirements across the full scope and ensure requirements are satisfied in accordance with any required V&V plans and programmes.
* Develop design and product cost estimates, manage the wider technical attributes for their scope and maintain the associated opportunity and risk registers.
* Develop and implement robust governance processes for their scope of supply, integrating it into the wider Reactor Island/programme governance cycle.
* Deliver and own any generated engineering substantiation and safety cases.
* Develop and lead the team to provide the required technical expertise to deliver the defined scope and provide the required support to the business.
* Own the implementation of design configuration control process for their area of accountability, integrated with the wider programme.
* Develop and lead the capability across the system design scope/function.
* Deliver capability strategies to ensure that the business has the capability to deliver all aspects of the duty system design, covering in house and externally sourced capability.
* Implement the programme Health, Safety and Environment policy on all designated activities.
As a senior engineering and integration role, this position will require extensive interaction at all levels, internal and external to the company and strong collaboration across all business functions. The candidate will need to show excellent communication and collaboration characteristics and very strong influence in order to bring all parties together and drive the challenging programme forward to realise the common goals.
The candidate will be a Chartered Engineer or equivalent and hold a relevant technical degree level qualification.
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