Reports to:
Head of Project Delivery, UK Operations
Job Description
This central role will lead the technical integration and engineering project management across UK projects, initially focussing on the 200MWe first commercial unit. You will lead a UK project engineering team to initiate, coordinate and oversee the full project lifecycle from initial feasibility and concept design through to as-built drawings, acting as Intelligent Customer in close collaboration with the Design Authority. In the early stages, you will help to build the overall plan, shape the site specific design working closely with our expert designers and engineers at our R&D centre in Turin, develop an overall set of requirements and put in place the necessary contract arrangements with suppliers (including newcleo s.r.l.) for the basic and detailed design and subsequently the equipment manufacturing. You will work closely with newcleo colleagues and key stakeholders to ensure the design is safe, affordable, consentable and meets all UK regulatory requirements.
Main Responsibilities
- Project manage the engineering and technical integration aspects of newcleo’s UK nuclear new build projects, starting with a 200MWe first commercial unit, in line with newcleo’s responsibilities as a prospective nuclear site license holder and intelligent customer duties and working in close collaboration with colleagues across newcleo both in the UK and overseas.
- Overall lead for site feasibility studies, including site investigations, ensuring engineering and broad project development issues are identified and progressively resolved.
- Prepare an overall integrated plan for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the UK projects, ensuring interfaces and key milestones are clearly identified and defined, work is broken down into unique work packages and resources are clearly identified.
- Identify the overall technical requirements for a project, and break these down into appropriate work package specifications to be procured/ carried out by others (e.g. newcleo s.r.l., local contractors/ suppliers), working closely with the Design Authority and broader newcleo team.
- Manage, influence, record and report progress of design and engineering work, ensuring that the UK regulatory requirements and expectations are met, contractual duties and obligations are fulfilled including any specified technical requirements.
- Provide support to the safety case team in ensuring that design information and evidence is available when needed to meet the safety case schedule and that any regulatory issues are quickly addressed and resolved with the designers.
- Lead the transition of projects from engineering/ design phase into procurement, construction, commissioning and handover to operations, ensuring appropriate information flows and handovers are in place risks/ opportunities are well managed, and issues are coordinated and resolved promptly.
- Work closely with commercial managers to ensure robust contract and supply chain management from the outset balance delivery, value for money and commercial risks.
- Apply best practices in project management in line with newcleo processes and procedures, and ensure projects are delivered to time, cost, quality and without compromise to achieving world class safety, security and environmental outcomes.
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstrable success in similar lead technical/ engineering project management roles delivering complex UK power plant capital investment/ new build with project values in excess of £250M. Ideally in nuclear, although other power backgrounds considered.
- Whole life-cycle experience is essential.
- Extensive multi-discipline technical knowledge of power plant design, UK codes, standards, regulations and operational requirements.
- Strong project and contract management skills.
- High levels of motivation and commitment; Attention to detail.
- Builds strong collaborative relationships with colleagues and teams whist providing strong constructive challenge.
- Masters degree in a relevant engineering subject.
