Csa Engineer

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for CS&A Engineers with a background in the nuclear or defence sector to be engaged on a permanent basis in Warrington with hybrid working.

Purpose and Scope:

The Civil, Structural and Architectural (CS&A) Engineer (UK) is responsible for the management, leadership, coordination, implementation and performance of CS&A engineering activities.

Responsibilities:

• You will understand and be able to apply relevant safety legislation, including: Construction Design and Management (CDM); Principal Designer requirements; Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER); Health and Safety at Work Act
• Understand and manage control of design on a project: production of Design Control Plans (DCP); design review management and input; design change control
• Produces appropriate engineering deliverables: Bases of design (BoD); analysis; calculations; drawings/diagrams; specifications
• Manage and coordinate technical risk management activities: risk management strategy and planning; risk identification and assessment; risk mitigation; risk register production and maintenance
• Coordinate the management of requirements: Understanding of systems engineering principles; requirements identification; configuration control; validation and verification
• Understand and work within / provides input to the project delivery lifecycle
• Manage and coordinate the development of engineering delivery baselines: scope definition; input to project management deliverables (WBS, schedule, estimate etc); project execution plan / engineering execution plan)
• Coordinate oversight of project delivery and project reporting: rules of credit; progress monitoring and reporting; recovery planning
• Engage with, and oversee delivery partners and supply chain organisations: specification of engineering and technical requirements; technical assessment of tenders; management of TQs and concessions; management of supply chain deliverables.
• Understand and work with / provides input to nuclear industry standard gated delivery processes

Specific Responsibilities (nuclear specific engineering):

• Knowledge of the UK nuclear site licence conditions and specifically those related to engineering
• Knowledge of configuration controlled nuclear baseline throughout the project facility lifecycle
• Knowledge and experience of nuclear site licence company procedures
• Knowledge of generic nuclear new-build safety case: stages and key deliverables; design change control; engineering deliverables
• Working knowledge of UK nuclear facility operational safety case: design change control/configuration management; facility modification; periodic review of safety
• Knowledge of design substantiation process and interactions with the nuclear safety case
• Full understanding of quality control and the relationship between nuclear safety and the project lifecycle
• Knowledge of the UK nuclear and environmental regulators and their interactions with UK nuclear site licence companies

Position Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Ideally Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or demonstrated equivalent combination of qualifications and experience
• Preferred: Professional membership of a relevant chartered body e.g. MICE
• Proven experience working in a complex/major project engineering delivery environment of which at least two years in a supervisory capacity managing a CS&A engineering delivery team including management of engineering supply chain organisations.