Senior EC&I Engineer

Location: Birchwood Park, Risley

Work Arrangements: Hybrid, minimum of 3 days per week in the office

Travel: Occasional visits to Glasgow or Faslane base for client meetings/reviews/familiarisation etc. 

Clearance Requirements: Candidates must hold valid SC level security clearance or be able to obtain. 

Please note we are recruiting on a permanent or contract basis.

Purpose of the job

The Senior Engineer defines and distributes of the scope of work to ensure that the project is executed safely, on time and at appropriate levels of quality.  The Senior Engineer is responsible for the delivery of design and engineering to meet the requirements technical specification. 

Reports to

Principal Engineer

Key Accountabilities

• Development of designs to satisfy the technical specification.
• Production of design deliverables throughout the design process.
• Checking/approval of discipline specific design deliverables.
• Contribution to design reviews and safety reviews.
• Ensuring quality and timely delivery of design documentation throughout all phases of the design process.
• Compliance with safety legislation and statutory regulations.
• Develop cost effective technical solutions.
• Staff development.
• Managing safety by developing and reinforcing the safety culture.
• Management of contractors.
• Provide technical consultancy.

Occupational Skills and Knowledge

• Degree qualified in a relevant technical / engineering discipline or demonstrable experience.
• Working towards, or already have, Chartership in a discipline specific engineering institution.

Duties and Requirements

Essential

• Experience of using ISO 13849.
• Cranes/Hoists experience.
• Strong understanding of the fundamentals within your engineering discipline.
• Previous experience of working within the Defence industry – Key experience to support the group. with industry processes and expectations within various documents.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering design solutions.
• Understanding of design requirements to support nuclear safety cases.
• Good understanding of safety legislation and statutory regulations.
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Good level of commercial awareness.
• Experience of leading design teams.
• Experience of managing sub-contracts.

Desirable

• Full membership of a discipline specific engineering institution.
• A full UK driving licence.
• Experience of bid preparation.