Engineering Manager - Hvac

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
Engineering Manager - HVAC
Location : Aldermaston, Berkshire
Package : £44,990 - £67,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)
As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours (including Bank Holidays) of annual leave - plus every other Friday off work!
  
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
  
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
  
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
  
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
  
• Life Assurance
  
• 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 for your family
  
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site
  

What will you be responsible for?

• 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
  
• Agree with the Compliance Group the extent of processes required for the specification and verification of projects
  
• Identifying and agreeing with HOD’s 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
  
• Ensuring project personnel undertaking engineering design duties meet the requirement to be Suitably Qualified and Experienced Persons
  
• Monitoring the co-ordination of engineering design activities of all design houses and other suppliers of engineering design contributing to the projects
  
• 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, including discharging the designers role
  

What will you need to be considered?

• HVAC background with experience of designing complex HVAC systems in hazardous or critical environments such as explosive atmospheres , c lose environmental control , c hemical atmospheres , c lean rooms and laboratories , n uclear, b usiness critical etc
  
• Good technical and management skills including problem solving and decision making
  
• Good oral, written and presentational skills with a particular aptitude for report, documentation and letter writing
  
• Familiarity with standard office software including word processors, spreadsheets, e-mail, presentations and databases
  
• Ideally degree in engineering-related discipline or Chartered Membership of an engineering institution
  

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.
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Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role with us.
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