Senior Engineering manager - Reading

Senior Engineering manager

Reference	164879
Salary	Ł40 to Ł50 per hour
City	Reading
Locations	South East,
Contract Type	Contract Full Time
Date Posted	13/04/2010

Job Description

My nuclear client is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to join their team in Reading.

Job/Role Purpose:
A key member of the project management team with responsibility for Engineering & Design of the project, including technical management of design service providers and liaison with Assurance and other members of the project team as necessary for effective delivery.

Key Responsibilities:
Ensuring that Engineering solutions meet AWE’s business needs (which includes safety criteria)
Accepting the Design as the Delegated Design Authority
Accepting the design requires that the SEM:
Ensures that an appropriate and signed off Design Control Plan is in place setting out how he will control the design process
Coordinates with the Warhead, Manufacturing, Research and IT Design Authorities as appropriate
Ensures that the design is adequately scoped, briefed and executed
Ensures that Design Review is carried out to the appropriate level in accordance with OP107, including participation by all appropriate stakeholders, and that all actions are closed out
Sign off the appropriate Design Certificates in accordance with WI-101-07

Additional Responsibilities:
Ensuring that Engineering Managers are suitably Experienced and Qualified for their role, and ensuring that SQEP records are kept.
Maintaining and developing the definition of Roles and Responsibilities for Engineering Managers.
Assisting and mentoring Engineering Managers in the performance of their duties.
Monitoring and auditing the performance of Engineering Managers against their defined roles and responsibilities.
Reviewing resourcing (from within AWE and the supply chains) across the portfolio of projects and advising the HoEM on the disposition of the available resources.
Managing engineering solutions which fully comply with all AWE and UK legal requirements together with AWE business case needs
Establishing, maintaining and communicating the engineering design programme, budget and work breakdown structure
Identifying and agreeing with the SPM and others as appropriate a comprehensive resource requirement for the engineering design of the project to budgetary targets
Establish and maintain (and deliver designs in accordance with) the Design Control Plans for projects
Agree with the Compliance Group the extent of processes required for the specification and verification of projects
Ensuring project personnel undertaking engineering design duties meet the requirement to be Suitably Qualified and Experienced Persons (SQEP)
Monitoring Project Changes as they affect Engineering Design Delivery and the effect of these changes against the initial budget and programme
Contribute to integrated safety when reviewing engineering designs and ensure that all technical and design risks are identified and appropriately managed to meet project requirements and the letter and intent of the CDM Regulations
Integrating and co-ordinating the engineering design activities of all disciplines, departments and other suppliers of engineering design contributing to the project
Ensuring that all technical and design risks are identified and appropriately managed to meet project requirements
Ensuring company requirements are incorporated into the design process including SQESH
Ensure effective integration of design solutions within the safety case

For this position you will require DV clearance.
Please call Vanessa Thorpe on 01179 147101

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