26-083 Senior Commissioning Engineer

JOB TITLE - Senior Commissioning Engineer

LOCATION - Aldermaston

DEPARTMENT - Operations

POSITION - Contract

CLEARANCE - DV

Working at NSG

NSG Environmental Ltd has been delivering work programmes in the nuclear industry for over 40 years. Traditionally in the areas of decommissioning and waste management, NSG now has a broad customer base and provides a wide spectrum of services across the nuclear project lifecycle, ranging from expert consultancy support, R&D and engineering design to rekit and refurbishment, site installation services and high-hazard physical decommissioning works, amongst others. This work is delivered at NSG’s own offices and purpose-built facilities and nuclear sites across the UK. The delivery and management of these projects and programmes of work is carried out by a skilled workforce composed of both white-collar and blue-collar personnel in technical, administrative, and physical roles.

Our core values of Passion, Integrity, Challenge and Collaboration drive performance and ensure we add significant value. If joining us as a member of staff, we will support your professional development in an exciting and challenging work environment that will enable you to use, develop and hone your technical expertise in a supportive and collaborative working environment.

All applicants must be eligible DV Security Level Clearance. Please only apply if you have DV or you are eligible to obtain DV clearance and are happy to go through the process.

The Role

Responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of assigned commissioning activities and work packages, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and in accordance with approved procedures, technical requirements, programme objectives and site standards.

The Senior Commissioning Engineer shall maintain ownership of assigned activities from planning and readiness through execution, documentation and formal completion, ensuring records are accurate and up to date, progress is monitored, and risks, issues and constraints are communicated to relevant stakeholders.

Key Objectives

• Commissioning planning and delivery: Plan, coordinate and deliver day-to-day on-site commissioning activities and off-site commissioning planning for nominated projects and work packages, ensuring that activities are appropriately sequenced, resourced and aligned with programme requirements.
• Ownership of assigned work packages: Maintain responsibility and accountability for the effective delivery of assigned commissioning activities, including monitoring progress, identifying constraints, managing outstanding actions and escalating issues that may affect safety, quality, programme or successful completion.
• Commissioning documentation and work controls: Ensure that all commissioning documentation and associated work controls are produced, reviewed, maintained and submitted in accordance with applicable procedures and required timescales. This includes responsibility for the accurate production and ongoing upkeep of Work Authorisation Forms (WAFs), where applicable, ensuring that they reflect the planned and actual scope of work and remain current throughout the relevant activities.
• Testing and technical verification: Plan, coordinate, undertake and oversee commissioning tests within the limits of the role's competence and authorisation. Ensure that testing is conducted against approved procedures, technical specifications and acceptance criteria, with results accurately recorded and any defects, deviations or deficiencies identified and progressed to resolution.
• Commissioning readiness and interfaces: Verify that the necessary prerequisites, documentation, resources, access arrangements and interfaces have been addressed before commissioning activities commence. Liaise with project management, design, construction, installation teams, suppliers, facility representatives and other commissioning disciplines to resolve dependencies and facilitate safe and effective delivery.
• Progress monitoring and reporting: Maintain accurate and current records of commissioning progress, planned and actual activities, forecast completion dates, outstanding actions, risks, dependencies and resource requirements. Provide regular and accurate project updates and commissioning reports, identifying potential delays or deviations from programme and escalating matters requiring management intervention.
• Completion, close-out and handover: Produce and coordinate Commissioning Completion Reports and other required close-out documentation. Ensure that outstanding defects, commissioning reservations, actions and documentation requirements are appropriately recorded, tracked and progressed, supporting formal acceptance and handover in accordance with applicable project and site requirements.
• Technical assurance and quality: Ensure that commissioning activities and deliverables meet the required technical, quality and procedural standards. Identify and challenge deficiencies, apply appropriate change-control arrangements and seek the necessary technical review or approval where required. Support audits, reviews and lessons-learned activities to promote continuous improvement and right-first-time delivery.
• Design for commissioning and asset integration: Provide commissioning input during design, installation and project delivery to ensure that systems are accessible, testable and capable of being commissioned effectively. Support the safe integration of new or modified assets into existing facilities without introducing unacceptable risks or detriment to operational performance or service requirements.
• Supplier and off-site testing coordination: Coordinate and monitor supplier-led or off-site testing and pre-commissioning activities within the assigned scope. Ensure that relevant test evidence, outstanding actions and required documentation are obtained and incorporated into the commissioning records.
• Technical leadership and collaboration: Provide technical guidance and support to other commissioning personnel, sharing knowledge and good practice. Work collaboratively across commissioning disciplines and with project stakeholders to resolve technical issues, improve delivery efficiency and maintain effective working relationships.
• Health, safety, quality and environmental compliance: Ensure that all activities are undertaken in accordance with NSG's QSHEW requirements, applicable AWE procedures, approved work controls and relevant site rules. Maintain personal accountability for safe working practices and promptly report hazards, non-conformances, incidents or other matters requiring escalation.
• Continuous improvement and change control: Identify opportunities to improve commissioning processes, documentation, planning and delivery. Apply appropriate change-control procedures and ensure that changes affecting scope, technical requirements, programme or commissioning acceptance are identified, recorded and referred to the relevant authority for review or approval.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree or HND in engineering discipline - Essential
• Membership of appropriate technical / professional body - Desirable
• IOSH Managing Safely or Level 2 Health & Safety in the Workplace or equivalent - Relevant training will be provided

Experience & Knowledge

• 5 years’ experience in a project delivery related role ideally associated with decommissioning, waste management and/or environmental remediation - Essential
• Well organised with the ability to work to timescales and demonstrate attention to detail - Essential
• Routine recording and reporting of information both verbal and numerical - Essential
• Reception of physical and telephone callers - Desirable
• Experience of employment in a customer facing role - Desirable
• Familiar with structuring and presentation of own work - Desirable
• Used to dealing with confidential and commercial information - Desirable
• Familiar with QSHEW operating procedures and requirements etc. - Desirable

Skills & Abilities

• Competent user of MS Office - Essential
• Able to organise and prioritise own work - Essential
• Maintenance of database and physical records and files - Desirable
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of colleagues at all levels and with external stakeholders and contractors - Desirable
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 / 14001 &18001 - Desirable

NSG Environmental are a Disability Confident Committed Employer