Steelworks Engineer

Job Description

Steelworks Engineer
Bridgwater - minimum 3 days in the office
£350-420.00pd PAYE Contract (+ 36 days paid leave) or £468-562.00pd via approved Umbrella
Initial CED 31/12/2024

The Engineer is the technical lead reviewing and accepting the changes to the design raised by the site contractor, responsible for managing interfaces between the construction contractors and the designers. Being part of NNB's Engineering Directorate and working on a day-to-day basis on site with the Construction Team, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and dynamic working environment.
Looking for a candidate with solid structural technical background, that wish to get a role that mixes technical surveillance with package management, liaising between construction contractor, designer and Project Manager working in independent way and focused to results.

Working as part of the Joint Design Office (JDO) you will:
* Ensure all design and construction changes are delivered on time to meet Construction need.
* Attend readiness reviews of Design Packages released for construction as and when required by design owners.
* Work closely with the Design teams, Contractor and Construction teams to maintain technical quality responses (content / consistency / comprehensiveness / accuracy), construction programme and construction safety.

Reporting to the Area Lead you will ensure delivery of:
* Supporting the new nuclear build projects, operations and decommissioning is a thorough demonstrable and sustainable technical understanding of the plant, its systems and the associated safety case.
* Responsible of the management of the site construction configuration.
* When deemed necessary, design issues are forwarded to designer representative sitting on site for resolution.
* Managing design changes, reviewing and accepting some site specific design documents.

Principal Accountabilities
* The approval of design changes proposed by the contractor or designer through Request for Information, field Change Request or Non-Conformance Report.
* Support the JDO in the handover of Design Packages released for construction and initiated the delegated responsibilities through this process.
* Ensure that processes comply with project quality procedures.
* Management of CDM aspects relating to the design changes during the construction period, including discharging the role of principle designer.
* Responsible for the nuclear safety acceptance of the design by carrying out surveillance on the design changes during construction.
* Safety case/golden thread: in the review and acceptance process, ensure the high-level safety case and the design have a clear golden thread to support operations.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

Essential
* Design process and design activities (preferably related to Nuclear Industry).
* Working knowledge of Steel design codes.
* Design with hazard & accidental safety cases.
* Working within UK CDM regulations and in a highly regulated industry.
* Delivery-oriented and ability to set action plans and meet deadlines.
* Ability to work independently and under pressure.
* Proactive, pragmatic and adopting a practical approach to resolve issues.

Desirable
* Previous experience as design engineer.
* Working knowledge of construction change procedures.
* Experience in the use of ETC-C and nuclear Industry.
* Working in large-scale, multi-cultural industrial project, safety case architecture.
* Understanding and application of the Intelligent Customer Role.
* Health & Safety legislation including CDM and Nuclear Site License requirements.
* Familiar with JDO processes and ways of working.
* Understanding of Contract Management
* Commercial awareness with an understanding of the impact of change.
* Familiarity with safety case process and design substantiation

Qualifications & Experience

Essential
* Degree or Master in Structural or Mechanical Engineering.
* 4/5 Years Experience ideally in structural design or construction.
* Knowledge about Eurocode, specially EC3.
* Structural Drawings and Models Handling.
* Initiative and independence.
* Good Communication Skills.

Desirable
* EC8 knowledge.
* Stakeholder management experience.
* Package management experience.
* PWR technology design, safety case or operation.
* SCI (Steel Construction Institute) Greenbook knowledge.

This contract vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd

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