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Head of Plant Engineering and Safety

1 week ago


Barrow, Cumbria, United Kingdom Austin Fraser Full time

A leading people solutions business, Westlakes Recruit is currently recruiting for a Head of Plant Engineering and Safety. This permanent position is based in Cumbria and offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Nuclear or Defence and be able to deputise for the Build Assurance Manager as required. Key responsibilities include supporting or leading Nuclear Safety Engineering activities, including resolving emergent issues during the Build and Commission using common Safety Engineering techniques.

A key aspect of this role is acting as the Intelligent Customer for documentation, advice, services concerning the Plant and safety case provided to the company. The successful candidate will develop sound technical solutions to issues arising during construction and commissioning of the Plant.

This position involves authoring inputs to the Office of the Chief Engineer advising on the compliance of the "as built" Plant against design, build and commissioning requirements in support of entry in nuclear build phases.

The role also encompasses carrying out nuclear safety assessment of the impact of changes to, and deviations from, the Plant design intent.

Liaising with both internal and external customers as required ensures that their requirements are adequately supported and that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  1. Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant subject such as Engineering of Physical Science
  2. Understanding of the design, build, commissioning, and operation of Plant systems
  3. Demonstrable competence of technical report writing

Desirable:

  1. Engineering experience in design and build of systems, including understanding of the role that safety and quality play
  2. Ability to lead engineering investigations, including Root Cause Analysis
  3. The ability to constructively challenge and influence others, whilst putting forward clear, concise and credible reasoning to support judgements

Salary: £65,000 - £90,000 per annum, depending on experience.