Lead Technical Authority

6 months ago

Reading, United Kingdom AWE Full time

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?

For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

We are looking for a Lead Technical Authority (Facility Design) with experience in leading multidisciplinary design projects and the Engineering management of new builds and/or modifications to facilities and infrastructure to be our Lead Technical Authority for Facility Design.

Location: Aldermaston, Berkshire

Package: £60,000 - £87,500 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours (including Bank Holidays) of annual leave - plus every other Friday off work-
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services- A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)- Life Assurance- Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family- A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site- Maternity/Paternity Leave - eligible employees can receive up to 4 weeks full pay, following the birth of a child or adoption- Relocation assistance

The Lead Technical Authority LTA (Design) forms part of the leadership team in our Capital Engineering function at AWE, supporting three significant delivery portfolios:
- The Future Materials Campus, delivering state of the art new nuclear facilities.- The Cross Conventional programme, maintaining and developing new explosive, chemical-toxic and conventional production facilities.- The Liabilities programme, leading the decommissioning, demolition and disposal of legacy production facilities, equipment and site security projects.

As the LTA (Design) your focus will be in Engineering process and Regulatory Assurance, championing the Engineering management improvement ambitions as the business pivots towards a supply chain enabled delivery programme. You’ll be responsible for the following:
- Ownership of our Level 3 Nuclear site licence and Security compliance reviews and reporting, developing our processes to best in class- Ownership of the development of corporate Construction Design Management (CDM) arrangements and competency for the Principal Designer- Provide independent Assurance across our delivery portfolios, developing, implementing and integrating the processes and tools to enable this- Ownership of the Engineering Management and Design Review Management corporate processes and systems, developing them to maximise the opportunity efficiencies presented by supply chain enabled delivery programme- Establish and champion Engineering management best practices- Perform independent health-checks of process compliance- Provide Subject Matter Expert advice and strategic guidance on all aspects of Engineering Management to the Chief Engineer, Project and Programme Managers and Project delivery teams- Undertake Engineering Management competency assessment and provide structured development plans and coaching- Chair technical design reviews as independent Design Review Team Leader (DRTL)

What skills and qualifications are needed?- An appropriate qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, BEng or MEng equivalent- Professional Engineering recognition as a Member, preferably registered as a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council- An excellent understanding of Engineering management, through the full life cycle of Design, Construction, Commissioning and Handover- A good understanding of the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSAWA), Construction Design Management (CDM), risk assessments- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and influence skills

Because what we do is of the highest security, to work here you’ll need to be a British National and normally to have resided in the UK for the past five years for Security Clearance (SC) roles and ten years for Developed Vetting (DV) roles. If you have had periods when you lived outside of UK and Northern Ireland for less than a year during the last five years or less than t

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