Job Vacancy Engineering Manager - Maintenance Specialist

Engineering Manager - Maintenance Specialist

AWE is currently recruiting for an Engineering Manager - Maintenance Specialist to work within our Nuclear Risk Management Team, supporting infrastructure, plant and equipment projects directly related to Nuclear Safety.

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: Up to £70,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role.

This role is ideally suited to an Engineering Manager with a strong understanding of ensuring compliance in a highly regulated, nuclear licenced, environment.

The Engineering Manager - Maintenance Specialist is considered a subject matter expert in managing compliance, risk, services, and maintenance methodology in the provision of supporting infrastructure, plant and equipment directly related to Nuclear Safety.

Working within the Nuclear Risk Management team, the successful candidate will be tasking the team to provide a valued service to the business ensuring all safety case derived maintenance requirements are clearly established, standardised, and appropriately configured with the broader safety documentation.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:

• Experience of successfully leading, motivating, and managing cross functional teams to deliver workplace solutions within a highly regulated environment.

• Process safety management experience.

• Understanding of Nuclear safety, the principles of the safe operating boundary, of operating and maintenance instructions, of linking documentation, and of quality systems.

• Experience of enterprise asset management system and maintenance planning and delivery.

We'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

• NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health, or equivalent qualification in Occupational Safety & Health.

• Education to a tertiary level in a STEM subject, or equivalent experience gained.

• Evaluation and successful delivery of innovations and operational improvements.

• Identification of risks and development of control measures to maintain business continuity for the delivery of workplace and facilities services.

• Member of an appropriate professional Institute.

• Demonstrated ability to respond quickly to changing situations and the changing needs of others.

• Financial awareness, delivering value for money and added value.

• Experience of successfully navigating complex cross discipline, technical and organisational issues.

You'll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively, in a priority changing environment, and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.

• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).

• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.

• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.

• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.

• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).

• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.

• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

• Relocation Assistance (T&C's apply).

Important things you need to know:

• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.

• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.

• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Due to the nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston. Typically 3 days onsite per week.