Principal Commissioning Manager

AWE is currently recruiting for a Principal Commissioning Manager to provide leadership and management of a professional engineering service in support of the CASD Programme and the company's strategic goals.

Location - Reading area

Package - £55,450 - £80,000 (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 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 required to do?

• Being an active member (as required) of the facility Asset Change Board(s), making decisions on changes and recognising their impact

• Responsible for functional/task management to meet the professional standards, performance and integrity of the work and reporting information necessary to support the business objectives

• Ensuring compliance with Company Assurance Environment, Safety, Health and Quality (ESH&Q) and statutory requirements

• Supporting the Department Group Leader to ensure that appropriate resources are identified and allocated to meet business requirements; elevating areas of concern where appropriate

• Providing improvement mechanisms based on current operating experience, wider UK commercial best practices and peer nuclear and explosive licensed organisations

• Leading and optimising the delivery of engineering service

What will you need to be considered?

• Previous experience of working in a technical environment, whilst being responsible for the engineering lifecycle

• Excellent understanding of regulatory governance and compliance within a nuclear and high hazard industry environment

• The ability to articulate technical complexities and have very good communication skills

• Experience of chairing technical and general meetings and direct work to meet the programme

• A proven background of delivering engineering capability across a manufacturing and/or research environment comprising a range of infrastructure and associated manufacturing and/or research plant and equipment

• A reasonable understanding and ability to apply applicable legislation and standards relevant to safety within engineering (e.g. HSAWA, CDM)

• Effectively able to lead multi-discipline groups

• An awareness of supply chain methodologies

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.