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Head of Engineering Governance

4 weeks ago

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom STEP Full time
Job Description

For more information on STEP, visit: https://careers.ukaea.uk/wp-content/uploads/download/STEP_CandidateRecruitmentPack.pdf

Employees of STEP can be based at either of our sites; West Burton, Nottinghamshire or Culham, Oxfordshire

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of Engineering Governance to lead our technical governance team. As a key member of our leadership team, you will be responsible for developing and implementing our technical governance strategy, ensuring that our engineering activities are aligned with our business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the technical governance strategy to align with the programme's goals and objectives
  • Identify new advancements, new efficiencies, and new ways for STEP to be leaders within Nuclear Fusion
  • Responsible for exploiting digital opportunities to increase performance of the technical delivery, including migration of standards/existing processes into workflows within the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system
  • Develop a STEP engineering lifecycle management approach and engineering management framework, including design review standards and safety, security and environmental sustainability management system(s)
  • Define all required policies, mechanisms, approvals and ways of working to ensure STEP can operate as design authority, including the Design Certification process
  • Creation/management of STEP Engineering Policy/Process/Procedure, as required, to include modification of existing Authority processes for use by STEP
  • Development of process to determine, and be final arbiter of, the use of non STEP governance/process on the STEP programme
  • Ensure robust processes are in place to allow STEP to meet legal and regulatory obligations, especially relating to safety cases and environmental compliance
  • Responsible for a direct team of 3-5 and providing oversight of an extended team comprised of strategic partners and suppliers
  • Budget responsibility of circa £1M rising as the programme and team grow
  • Responsible for engineering configuration management and change control
  • Owner of the document release process
  • Provide input into the Office of the Chief Engineer for as part of their technical assurance process
  • Support audits (internal and external)
  • Lead continuous improvement to include process improvement

Requirements

  • Degree in a STEM related field or equivalent qualification
  • Delivery of engineering governance frameworks/systems
  • Experience of working in a business that holds design authority
  • Demonstrable ability to effect change at the most senior level
  • Managing change and change control
  • Development of technical policy, process and procedures
  • Safety case experience
  • Knowledge of ISO standards
  • Experience coordinating diverse governance systems across multiple partners or businesses
  • Ability to adapt to change and uncertainty, and embrace the evolving nature of the job
  • Ability to upskill quickly and have an entrepreneurial mindset
  • Knowledge of the legal and regulatory obligations required by government
  • Proven ability to inspire and motivate technical teams

Desirable Requirements

  • Experience with the Design Approved Organisation Scheme (DAOS) and/or the Maintenance Approved Organisation Scheme (MAOS) regulatory frameworks
  • Public Sector Knowledge UK: Familiarity with the specific regulations, policies, and governance frameworks applicable to public sector organisations
  • Experience working in an emergent tech environment
  • Experience delivering major programmes
  • Experience with Product Lifecycle Management systems
  • Assurance experience
  • Migration of written processes into toolsets/workflows
  • Chartered Engineer or willingness to obtain chartered status

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.