The SHEQ Value Stream Lead leads, directs and controls all Environment, Health, Safety and Quality activities within a Value Stream to support delivery of the value proposition in a manner that enables the VS to discharge its SHEQ statutory duties and corporate obligations. For quality activities, the SHEQ Value Stream Lead will act as the intelligent customer for the Value Stream and will define the level of service provision required from the corporate quality organisation. The role holder reports to the Head of SHEQ (Site) but works closely with the Head of Value Stream as a functional member of their lead team.
To support the Head of Value Stream in delivering their value propositions through the provision of competent, professional, Environment, Health, Safety & Quality advice and support services. To define and agree the level of SHEQ service/support required by the Value Stream, including access to site wide SHEQ services delivered by the SHEQ Services Delivery Lead (e.g Health Physics monitoring support) and Head of SHEQ (Site) (e.g. Training, Dosimetry, NMAS and Nursing services). The SHEQ Value Stream Lead will act as the single point of contact within the Value Stream for all quality matters, with the Corporate Lead (Quality) retaining responsibility for the provision, supervision and management of competent resource to discharge the quality activities. To act in an SHEQ Intelligent Client capacity for work delivered in the Value Streams through the supply chain. To support the SHEQ Enterprise Leader in ensuring that appropriate skilled resources are available to the Value Stream and that any surplus resource is effectively managed within the business. To interface with functional peer groups to inform development of appropriate SHEQ policies and standards and to ensure adequate SHEQ arrangements are in place on all facilities and projects within the Value Stream to meet company, regulatory, Site Licence and Environmental Permit requirements, and to ensure effective compliance with those arrangements. To ensure that appropriate assurance and governance arrangements are implemented within the Value Stream and to assure the Head of Value Stream and Sellafield Site Management Director on performance against...
Role Purpose: To manage a team supplying specialist Engineering Support services to Engineering and Maintenance (E&M) through the use of appropriate technology and systems. Using Continuous Improvement methodology to drive the business forward and enable more informed data driven decision making.
Deliverables: Promote and support overall nuclear safety (along with all other areas of safety – conventional, industrial, radiological, environmental) by maintaining a safe operating envelope through ensuring all work activities are to site standards, policies, processes, and procedures. Manage the motivation, personal development and performance of direct reports to ensure a high performing and cohesive team, ensuring that all Engineering Support have the necessary skills and knowledge to carry out tasks and responsibilities efficiently, effectively and safely through successful completion of relevant training. Liaise with internal customers and stakeholders to understand their needs and priorities to manage overall work schedules, resource planning and plant requirements. Oversee the medium to long term resource needs and develop workforce plans accordingly to ensure the right resources are in the right places to deliver required work and improve efficiency. Undertake inspections, observations and assurance activities to identify and highlight performance gaps within E&M, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of issues, including escalation of significant concerns to Senior Management. Demonstrable evidence of Identifying, facilitating and leading E&M improvement programmes at local business unit level to support delivery of site improvement programmes. Ensure Learning from Experience (LFE) is disseminated and acted upon. Demonstrable evidence of providing independent challenge and advice on delivery approach and performance, providing an independent view to support informed and timely decision making. Actively coach, mentor and manage the Engineering Support community to assist in knowledge transfer and strengthening of the engineering support capability. ...
Job Purpose: To provide technical expertise, leadership, and guidance in support of Engineering and Maintenance delivery for an assigned group of assets. Ensuring that the maintenance and operation of the system(s) are performed and managed safely in accordance with Site Licence Conditions and other pertinent regulations.
Delivery of Specialist Equipment Service as the primary provider of expert advice and guidance in the application of Programmable Electronic Systems (PES) and solutions in their respective area. Discharge site arrangements reflecting regulatory expectations and industry relevant good practice for PES. Review and amend process and procedures as directed by the Principal Engineer PES. Undertake Tier 2 Assurance audits across the Enterprise to enable, industry best practice and drive continuous improvements as directed by the Principal Engineer PES in Operational Technology Group (OTG). Provide guidance with respect to compliance within appropriate regulations, standards and policies to local OTG teams, OU Facing customers and supply chain. Lead identification of significant system problems (especially recurring issues) and advise on appropriate corrective measures. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders/customers to ensure integration which leads to the effective delivery of key engineering and maintenance activities to support strategic objectives. Manage the motivation, personal development, and performance of direct reports (New entrant apprentices). Manage and drive maintenance strategies, breakdown resolution for asset scope through agreed Technical Basis of Maintenance (TBoM), and Ageing Degradation process, escalating as appropriate for visibility to the program leads. Lead and/or support internal investigations through Basic Cause Investigation process (BCI) to identify root cause and share learning from experience Coach and mentor others in and across Specialist Equipment Services (SES) to capture knowledge and develop future capability. Higher level qualification or equivalent training/experience in a relevant engineering discipline. ...
1. Role Purpose Lead a Team delivering Asset Management business change and provide engineering oversight for interconnected product stream areas to improve strategic management of assets regarding site cost, risk and performance. 2. Deliverables Develop and deliver strategic options for assigned product streams, aligning resources to contribute to the efficient delivery of the wider directorate mission with the focus on our most important assets. Influence senior internal and external stakeholders/customers (including, regulators and NDA) to ensure effective delivery of key engineering activities to support strategic objectives and promote whole lifecycle Asset Management approach. Lead and develop a competent, committed and focused multidisciplined team with individuals who are capable, energised and motivated to perform to a consistently high standard. Interpret and communicate asset performance insights to the business, highlighting opportunities for improvement and potential risks. Apply sound asset management principles to enable informed decisions that balance performance, cost-effectiveness, and long-term sustainability. Manage cross function collaboration (including; operations, maintenance, projects, risk and strategy) to align understanding, priorities and common goal setting. Oversee development and implementation of long-term asset management strategies and plans aligned with organisation goals. Support the Reliability Engineering capability within the facility. Including identification of need, stream requirements and optimal system performance. Monitor and improve asset performance and reliability using effective KPIs, data analysis and leading root cause analysis. Identify and optimise total cost of ownership through data driven asset interventions. Oversee the use continuous improvement tools and techniques to asset management practices and systems. Effectively communicate improvement opportunities to energise and motivate individuals driving change and consistent, high-quality performance. Conduct assurance on asset management, compliance with legal obligations and engineering processes and best practice. Benchmark external industries and ensure the business maintains up to date knowledge and delivery regarding product stream engineering and asset management. Establish compliant, cost effective, fit for purpose asset management solutions that deliver business benefits with an acceptable level of risk. Support the identification of appropriate IT solutions for stream monitoring and analysis to ensure consistent and quality data gathering. Deliver training, coaching and mentoring within their area of technical expertise to plant facing teams in the Engineering & Maintenance community.
Chartered status or potential to achieve chartered status through an accredited professional institute. Significant engineering experience, providing depth and breadth of knowledge to act with credibility. Demonstrable experience of working within a change environment and delivering change initiatives. Excellent people leadership skills and experience of team management. Strong knowledge of asset management standards and best practice. Proven ability to lead and develop multi-disciplinary teams. Strong knowledge of asset management principles and lifecycle planning. Ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders. Experience in implementing business change and continuous improvement. Understanding of legal obligations, engineering standards, and assurance processes. Ability to use KPIs, root cause analysis, and performance data to drive improvements. Clear and concise communication tailored to different audiences. Chartered status or potential to achieve chartered status through an accredited professional institute. Familiarity with asset monitoring systems and digital solutions. Understanding of cost optimization and total cost of ownership. Ability to compare practices with external industries. Experience mentoring plant-facing teams. Please note - this vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 12th April 2026. Number of Vacancies: 1 Contact/s: David Blamire or Darren Culling If you choose to apply for this role and your application is shortlisted by the hiring manager, you will be invited to a competency based interview. In the interview, you will be assessed against the below competencies: Behavioural: Continuous Learning 3.1.4 (Level 4) Commitment to the Business 3.2.1 (Level 4) Drive for Results 3.3.1 (Level 4) Technical: Driving and facilitating change - 37.6 (Level 2) H1....
1. Role Purpose To manage the efficient, effective and safe delivery of all Nuclear Solutions Group support activities in line with Company, Commercial, Statutory, Regulatory and Site Licence requirements. 2. Deliverables Promote and support overall nuclear safety (along with other areas of safety - conventional, industrial, radiological, environmental) by maintaining a safe operating envelope through ensuring all work activities are to site standards, policies, processes, and procedures. Manage the motivation, personal development and performance of direct reports to ensure high performing and cohesive team, ensuring that all Engineering support have the necessary skills and knowledge to carry out tasks and responsibilities efficiently, effectively and safely through successful completion of relevant training. Liaise with internal customers and stakeholders to understand their needs and priorities to manage overall work schedules, resource planning and plant requirements. Oversee the medium to long term resource needs and develop workforce plans accordingly to ensure the right resources are in the right places to deliver required work and improve efficiency. Oversee the investigation of safety events and sentence ATLAS events to identify root cause and ensure appropriate corrective actions are identified and implemented to resolve issues. Undertake inspections, observations and assurance activities to identify and highlight performance gaps with Nuclear Solutions Group, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of issues, including escalation of significant concerns to senior management. Identify, assess, and understand concerns regarding performance and potential cross-site impacts of enterprise activities, ensuring appropriate escalation to Head of department when required. Provide independent challenge and advice on delivery approach and performance, providing an independent view to support informed and timely decision making. Identify, facilitate and lead Nuclear Solutions Group improvement programmes at local business level to support delivery of site improvement programmes. Ensure LFE is disseminated and acted upon. Actively coach, mentor and manage the Engineering support community to assist with knowledge transfer and strengthening of the engineering support capability. Contribute to the continuous improvement programme and the governance and control framework to ensure safe delivery of engineering activities against defined standards, company objectives and key performance indicators. Drive standards and efficiency during delivery of activities, ensuring delivery issues are resolved. Meet customer, process owner, and business expectations, maintaining strong working relationships across all levels of the business. In addition to the above role holders are expected to fulfil other duties and tasks that are commensurate with their grade assigned to them by management to ensure efficient engineering and maintenance delivery and the success of the team / organisation.
Candidate must: Possess solid technical knowledge of their area of engineering support, including maintenance processes and the integration of support services with core engineering activities. Plan and coordinates support activities to align with engineering and maintenance needs. Focuses on short to medium term planning, ensuring resources (external and internal) are available, processes are streamlined, and support activities are well organised to facilitate core engineering work. Manage moderately complex support tasks, ensuring that engineering and maintenance operations are effectively supported. Be able to handle routine challenges and makes decisions that improve efficiency within established guidelines. Communicate effectively with engineering teams and support staff and management, ensuring that information flows smoothly and that support activities align with operational needs. Influences within their scope to improve processes and promote collaboration. Addressees’ operational problems within the support function, utilising established methods to resolve issues that impact daily activities. Analyses operational challenges and implements practical solutions that enhance support, efficiency and effectiveness. Operates with autonomy within their area, managing support operations and making decisions that directly affect their team’s performance. Ensure that support activities are aligned with the immediate requirements of the engineering and maintenance functions. Has a strong operational understanding and can effectively oversee daily support activities. Focuses on ensuring immediate needs are met and operations run smoothly. Manages asset-related support tasks with a focus on routine maintenance, condition based monitoring and immediate asset reliability. Manages a team, providing guidance and support to achieve operational goals. Focuses on day-to-day leadership and team development. Has...
About the role: Sellafield are currently looking to expand their Human Factors capability, you will join an established but developing team and will have responsibility for leading and shaping the provision of Human Factors assessment and advice across Safety Case, Design Engineering, Commissioning and Operations contexts. Senior Assessors will be working directly for the Head of Human Factors will deliver and oversee Human Factors deliverables; predominantly across the lifecycle of the Nuclear Safety Case as well as providing advice in other sectors such as design, COMAH, DSEAR, Security and investigations. The assessment and advice should be delivered in a fit for purpose, proportionate manner which achieves company safety standards and quality arrangements, and you will proactively seek and implement improvements and share learning within teams and within the wider capability. The work will require the successful candidates to work alongside and support less experienced Assessors, providing coaching and mentoring. Due to the nature of the role and working environment, we are ideally seeking candidates who have experience working in high hazard environments and familiar with the kind of challenges this creates.
Provide technical leadership and direction (to Safety Assessors both staff and supply chain) on the development of Human Factors Assessments to ensure Nuclear Safety, legal compliance and efficient and effective operations and project delivery throughout all lifecycle phases. To be consulted on their specialist technical knowledge as part of Sellafield Ltd’s assurance arrangements and wider business activities/ contingencies to support enterprise-wide decision making in respect to Nuclear Safety (e.g. acting as independent member in a variety of committees and/ or supporting the sites emergency/ crisis management arrangements). Lead on internal and external stakeholder engagement (at varying levels of seniority) including leading on regulatory engagement. Secure stakeholder support and build confidence in any proposed approach, demonstrating legal compliance and achieving permission for the mission. Seek and share learning internally to the profession, within the wider business and external to the business, to ensure continuous learning and improvement associated with Safety Case development and their particular discipline. Undertake independent assurance checks on development of Safety Cases to ensure validity of technical approach, process and methodologies have been appropriately applied and arguments made are suitably underpinned and evidenced to ensure Nuclear Safety. Maintain a broad awareness of business and profession drivers in order to ensure Human Factors Assessment aligns with current business needs context and strategic drivers. Challenging approaches when necessary to achieve a Safety Case that best enables the mission. Assist in the development, maintenance, assurance and optimisation of SL’s Nuclear Safety Case arrangements to...
Sellafield are currently looking to expand their Human Factors capability, you will join an established but developing team and will have responsibility for leading and shaping the provision of Human Factors assessment and advice across Safety Case, Design Engineering, Commissioning and Operations contexts. Assessors will be working directly for the Head of Human Factors in delivering and overseeing Human Factors deliverables; predominantly across the lifecycle of the Nuclear Safety Case as well as providing advice in other sectors such as design, COMAH, DSEAR, Security and investigations. The assessment and advice should be delivered in a fit for purpose, proportionate manner which achieves company safety standards and quality arrangements, and you will proactively seek and implement improvements and share learning across teams and within the wider capability. The work will require the successful candidates to work alongside and support less experienced Assessors while also having the opportunity to learn from more experienced personnel who help us deliver high quality Human Factors work. Due to the nature of the role and working environment, we are ideally looking for candidates who have experience working in high hazard environments and familiar with the kind of challenges this creates, but also keen to speak with candidates from a varied background.
Develop and deliver Human Factors Assessments and supporting documentation in accordance with Sellafield Limited’s Safety Case Arrangements to ensure Nuclear Safety, legal compliance and efficient and effective operations and project delivery throughout all lifecycle stages. Use specialist knowledge to provide expert advice to internal and external stakeholders to ensure Nuclear Safety and support continuation of operations and mission critical projects. Contribute to assurance and governance activities to ensure validity of technical approach, the role of the operator has been appropriately considered, process and methodologies have been appropriately applied and arguments made are suitably underpinned and evidenced to enable Nuclear Safety. Ensure internal and external stakeholder engagement (at varying levels of seniority) to secure stakeholder support and build confidence in any proposed approach. Seek and share learning (internal to the profession, within the wider business and external to the business) to identify any opportunities for improvement or innovation in how we approach Human Factors assessments/ deliverables. Maintain a broad awareness of business and profession drivers in order to ensure Human Factors Assessments align with current business needs, context and strategic drivers. Challenging approaches when necessary to achieve a Safety Case that best enables the mission. Assist in the development, maintenance, assurance and optimisation of SL’s Nuclear Safety Case arrangements (specific to Human Factors) to ensure that arrangements reflect industry relevant good practice and are flexible enough to enable the mission (for example- by providing learning, experience and technical opinion on the arrangements and at...
Responsible for the management of the Engineering and Maintenance Task team and the safe delivery of a portfolio of asset care Tasks/projects for plants and facilities on the Sellafield Site.
Responsible for the Engineering and Maintenance Task Team, comprising a team of 30-40 Managers and Task Engineers. This includes setting strategic focus and direction, goal setting, day to day line management, maintaining team competency/capability and upkeep of key appointments e.g. CDM nominations. Accountable for the effective management and delivery of a portfolio of 130-160 Tasks (Projects with an individual value of up to £1 million) through the entire project lifecycle e.g. Scoping & Planning, Design, Commercial, Construction and Close Out. Accountable for the financial management, oversight and compliance of the Engineering and Maintenance Asset care budget of £14 - £20 million, with the explicit focus of ensuring value for money is achieved and demonstrated through measures and metrics to the Head of Site Wide Services and the Chief Engineer. Accountable for Task Delivery Processes, procedures, legislative and commercial compliance for all elements of the project lifecycle, ensuring safe and effective solution are delivered for plants and facilities on a Nuclear Licensed Site. Support Site Framework partnerships and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with Framework contractors. Accountable for the effective oversight and management of Plant Modification Proposals (PMP) associated with all works, ensuring safe and timely completion of works and close out of PMPs. Establishing and maintaining effective loss logging for task/project delays and developing a continuous improvement plan in partnership with Operations and Engineering colleagues to drive improvements. Accountable for effective implementation of the Site Asset Care process, specifically in determining...
We are inviting Expressions of Interest for mobilisation within Shared Service Band 5 roles. This opportunity is open to all Band 5 colleagues and offers development and broadening for individuals who enjoy delivering high‑quality administrative services, managing data, supporting customers, and working within compliance‑driven processes. The roles are within and provide a broad range of Shared Services activities across: Security & Vetting (based in B111, 5 days) Enterprise Contractor Services (based in an on Site office or Banna Court, 5 days) Organisation Management (OM) (based in West Cumbria House, hybrid office and WFH opportunities typically 4 days office 1 WFH) All roles are full time positions.
Strong attention to detail with the ability to produce accurate, high quality work. Ability to handle sensitive information with integrity and confidentiality. Effective planning, prioritisation, and ability to manage competing workloads. Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team. Proactive, self motivated, and adaptable to changing priorities. Ability to learn new systems, processes, and working practices. Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including active listening and customer service. Ability to navigate systems and maintain high levels of data accuracy. Responsibilities include: Processing BPSS and NSV vetting applications to required standards for the supply chain following a set process. Assisting with issuing and maintaining all aspects of the Security and Vetting Process (e.g. P4 / P1 passes, renewals / Short Term Workers etc) Ensuring all documentation and actions meet regulatory and business requirements. Working flexibly across both Vetting and Enterprise Contractor Service processes depending on business need. Supporting customers and stakeholders in a professional and confidential manner. Role Specific Requirement: Eligibility for SC or DV clearance (can be progressed following appointment). Responsibilities include: Accurate and timely processing of OM transactions in SAP/OPMS in line with agreed KPIs. Monitoring adherence to Organisation Design (OD) principles and highlighting non‑compliance. Providing advice and guidance to stakeholders on OM processes, OD principles, and system capability. Supporting users with system or process issues within your training and experience. Maintaining appropriate system access levels (Manager Self Service, Shift...
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