Principal CS&A Engineer

• Location: Capenhurst, Cheshire, England
• Salary: £83,175 - 92,416 per year + benefits
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• Sector:
• Contract type Permanent
• Consultant: Ben Pascall

• Be accountable for CS&A activity, effectively acting as technical expert and custodian of discipline-specific design intent and engineering matters.
• Provide strong oversight and quality review of projects, identifying and carrying through continuous improvements throughout the function.
• Manage with full lifecycle, including: Requirements capture, input to schedule and resource planning, Optioneering and design, Specification and Procurement, Implementation/Construction, Commissioning & Handover, Project Support services
• Delivering projects and engineering on behalf of customers within UUK (Operations, Logistics, Infrastructure, Finance)
• Maintaining effective supplier relationships to enable delivery across all sites
• Strategic Planning, Department Leadership & Personnel Development
• Understanding and owning the design intent of the assets on site that fall within your specific discipline and working with other engineers to ensure full scope of design intent is covered
• Support with resource and performance management of internal discipline-specific Engineers and Engineering contractors/agency personnel where required.
• Ensuring that core skills levels, training needs and software/tools are maintained and developed across the discipline to meet nuclear industry standards and professional norms.
• Act as Principle designer under CDM.
• Identify and implement changes to procedures and processes to optimise the performance of your team and the wider business.

• Chartered Civil/Structural Engineer status required
• Suitably qualified to a higher level in a relevant engineering/technical subject
• Significant experience gained within CS&A engineering and already operating in a principal level role
• Experience within nuclear sector is advantageous, but candidates who have experience from highly regulated industries in a CS&A capacity will be considered
• Experience in a Design Authority equivalent role
• Good understanding of the other disciplines, technologies, plant systems and processes
• Ability to use or learn to use specialist software packages (e.g. system modeling packages).
• Thorough appreciation of international and UK standards, legislation and regulations relating to engineering and design related to discipline-specific Engineering
• An appreciation/accountability for budget management and a pragmatic approach to striving for value for money outcomes
• The ability to take a consultancy minded approach and be pragmatic when required
• Innovative and collaborative mindset with regard to solving unique engineering challenges

• Annual leave starting at 25 days, which increases by one day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 30 days. In addition, you will accrue 13 additional days off to be used flexibly. There's also a newly added scheme for buying and selling holiday, up to 5 days.
• A diverse range of family friendly policies.
• A generous bonus scheme.
• A defined contribution pension scheme with up to 16% employer's contribution.
• Single private medical and dental cover.
• Flexible benefits package including life assurance and income protection. In addition, you'll have an opportunity to purchase additional benefits that suit your lifestyle and take advantage of tax and NI savings.
• Education and training we take pride in helping people learn and develop by supporting, accelerating and directing your learning. As well as the completion of mandatory health and safety courses, training packages will be offered to meet your specific needs.

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