Head of Engineering

Your Role:

Major Programme & Project Delivery is accountable for the delivery of capital projects (excluding Minor New Works) and property disposals and acquisitions, operating the Acquire, Create New, and Dispose processes across all areas of the business, including Housing, the Training estate, and the Volunteer Estate (VE); in the UK and overseas. Major Programmes and Projects provides infrastructure project delivery input to the early development of programmes and projects. MPP also directs and advises on all infrastructure aspects of hybrid projects, including nuclear. PPD operates through a geographically dispersed organisation.

The role is client-side, providing leadership, oversight, and direction to all engineering, safety case, and requirements teams within the programme. To act as the controlling mind within the programme for all engineering and safety case aspects – accountable for ensuring deliverables are acceptable by the DA and regulators. Accountable for the integrated delivery of all system requirements, engineering, and safety case activities and deliverables within the programme. In conjunction with the DA, set and obtain regulatory endorsement of all engineering, safety case, and requirements strategies, processes, tools, techniques, and management arrangements within the programme. In conjunction with the DA, agree the programme nuclear baseline (AC36) for requirements, engineering, and safety case staff, and ensure baseline roles are demonstrably SQEP. In conjunction with Tranche and Commercial leads, ensure adequate engineering / safety case controlling mind, verification, and validation representation within commercial delivery arrangements contracted by the programme. Be the senior engineering and safety case interface with programme stakeholders, primarily the Design Authority, Site Operations, and Regulators. Provide strong leadership to the multi-disciplined teams across floating dock and shoreside infrastructure, providing a holistic integrated design and safety case. Accountable for delivery in accordance with the Safety Engineering Management Plan (SEMP).

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity with dealing with regulators (ideally nuclear or other high consequence regulated environments).
• Recent successful experience in leading, managing, and delivering multi-disciplined teams producing engineering designs, justification/substantiation, and safety cases, ideally related to major infrastructure or complex engineering programmes.
• Considerable experience (from multiple programmes) in a senior engineering leadership role leading engineering on major infrastructure or complex multi-disciplined engineering programmes (preferably regulated).
• Chartered Engineer with full membership of a recognized engineering institution.
• Line management experience of engineering staff at chief engineer level.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience in marine structures delivery or naval architecture is desirable.

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will require Security clearance. The role involves hybrid working from home and the Assystem Office.

Benefits include:

• Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
• 25 days’ paid annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy or sell days
• Reimbursement of professional fees

Predominantly WFH, with monthly travel to the site for key meetings. Sole UK National, SC clearance required to start. We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promoting diversity. We believe that diverse backgrounds and perspectives are essential for innovative solutions. Skills, talent, and the ability to dare are what matter. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

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