Please note as this is a profession VN you must be in the Technical profession to apply. The SNM inspections team are responsible for carrying out the Examination, Inspection, Maintenance and Testing of all SNM packages and assets supporting site license conditions requirements within the SNM Strategy and Technical team. Inspections of SNM packages are carried out as evidence to underpin the safe and secure storge of SNM, prior to longer term and final disposal of SNM. In addition, the role requires collaboration with innovation to support the delivery of inspection improvement on to plant. In addition to the SNM package inspection program, the Inspections team deliver the asset inspections program, evaluating the current store and facility conditions, and carry out data analysis to assess storage conditions. Again, this work ties in closely with the SNM innovation team to deliver improvements of asset inspections and data collection and processing. The role is based within Albion square, with the requirements to carryout C2/C3 plant work on the Sellafield Site when required in order to support inspections programs and other technical business needs. The SNM inspections team form an integral part of underpinning the Sellafield mission of Safe and Secure storage of SNM. As part of the inspections team, you will be required to become a Suitably Qualified and Experienced Person (SQEP) against site licence condition 28 by working with a mentor to learn about the requirements. The role requires you to collaborate with the SNM operations teams and the SNM innovation team to support the delivery of inspections improvements on to plant. You will analyse data, assessing package and storage conditions and author technical reports which support the ongoing SNM safe storage case.
Support delivery of the SNM package inspection program by carrying out on plant inspections to comply with SLC28 (Examination, Maintain, Inspect and Test), including becoming SQEP to carry out this role. Deliver technical reports including inspection reports, technical justifications and data analyse to support the underpinning of SNM safe storage. Deliver technical packages of work to support inspection improvement, from proposing to implementing onto plant. Why SNM? It is a fascinating time to join SNM Technical, with preparatory work underway to develop and progress new two new facilities: SPRS Retreatment Plant (SRP), designed to retreat and repack our inventory, and the recently announced Plutonium Immobilisation Plant, which will take the next 30 years to research, mature, and build. This offers unique challenges for our technical teams working within SNM. Successful applicants will enable the progression of these projects and enable existing SNM operations through their delivery of technical support. This will require successful candidates to provide on-plant support in most cases. The SNM Strategy and Technical team works collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including Major Projects, UKNNL, Universities and international laboratories. Together we work to further mature our understanding of special nuclear materials and the environments that they are stored in. Bachelor’s degree in relevant Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths (STEM) subject, or equivalent working experience. Monitored worker or ability to obtain. DV clearance or to be prepared to gain DV clearance. Ability to drive and deliver technical work packages. Strong...
Opportunity to join the Site Management Strategy and Technical Team. The Site Management Strategy and Technical Team are offering an exciting opportunity to move into a new role at your current grade. Expressions of interest are welcomed from individuals in permanent B4/ZA roles, in the Technical profession. Site Management Strategy and Technical are a multi-disciplinary team that primarily support Infrastructure and Analytical Services, but also interact with each of our value streams. The appointed Strategy Team Member will focus on the Utilities and Energy scope within the team’s deliverables, completing strategic studies, business-critical data analysis to inform decision making, and supporting the implementation of sustainability strategies across the business. This role offers opportunity to influence and impact; it is fundamental in developing and implementing the Site Integrated Energy Strategy. The Strategy Team Member will support our mission, taking action to satisfy our Carbon Footprint and Climate Change responsibilities. This is an opportunity to enhance and broaden your skills and knowledge, while working in a varied area of the profession. The appointed individual will collaborate closely with other NDA group members, improving their visibility with the infrastructure leadership team, Environment and Sustainability teams, and external stakeholders.
Strategic Development: Lead and support strategic assessments and studies to develop underpinned strategic positions. Project Support: Assist projects in maintaining strategic alignment and support operations and engineering teams in developing asset care programs. Data Analysis and Management: Manage business-critical data and analysis to provide insights into best-value approaches for mission-enabling functions. Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with stakeholders on the Integrated Energy Strategy and Carbon Management Plan. Share learning and make improvements on Energy and Carbon strategies with the NDA Group-Wide Energy Programme. Work with plant operations and engineering teams, and the Programme teams to develop and implement strategic requirements. Bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering subject (BSc, BEng), or the equivalent relevant experience. Ability to achieve membership of a relevant professional body. Experience of optioneering and studies/strategic assessment work Demonstrable experience authoring technical documents. Strong communication skills and the ability to work with people at various levels of the organisation. Chartered in a relevant discipline. Experience engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. Experience delivering implementation plans based on strategic assessments. Please note you must be within the Technical Profession and a B4A to be considered for this opportunity. This vacancy will close Sunday 14th December 11:59pm. Open VN Number of Vacancies: 1 Contact/s: Gary Hewitt For more information about the role, please contact Gary Hewitt (gary.hewitt@sellafieldsites.com). The interviews for this vacancy are expected to take place Thursday 8th January 2026. ASW’s may have the...
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 7th December 2025. Number of Vacancies: 1 Contact/s: David Blamire or David Jones 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...
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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 Responsible for provision of an Engineering & Maintenance service for the Retrievals Value Stream, which comprises of the Legacy Pond & Silo Plants, East River Encapsulation Plants and several new facilities that are being brought into operation over the next few years. The Role requires strong and effective leadership of multiple plant facing Maintenance and Plant Engineer teams, with a specific focus on enabling safe and consistent retrieval operations whilst ensuring teams comply and deliver Site Licence Condition and Legislative obligations. Deliverables Collaborate with Engineering Reliability Manager to deliver engineering strategic options to enable the efficient delivery of business objectives. Responsible for compliance with appropriate regulations, standards and policies and carries responsibility for safety, cost and quality standards for their teams. Develop and sustain multi-disciplined teams that are able to respond to asset failures with fit for purpose engineering and maintenance solutions to reduce Mean Time to Repair. Responsible for implementing and delivering asset strategies for allocated assets. Develop and deliver strategic plans for their area aligning appropriate resources to contribute to the delivery of the wider enterprise mission. Influence senior internal and external stakeholders/customers to ensure integration which leads to the effective delivery of key engineering and maintenance activities to support strategic objectives Act as an official representative of Engineering and Maintenance, representing the organisation at external events and to regulators to enable knowledge share. Manage personal development, aspirations, performance and work scope of the direct reportees to ensure a high performing cohesive team. Develop and implement medium and long-term workforce plans and take required action to develop appropriate engineering and maintenance capability to meet objectives. Keep up to date with changes within internal and external industry as well as any political changes which could impact upon workforce needs, taking action as required to mitigate and manage risks to capability. Responsible for compliance with all appropriate Risk Assessment Cases, Legal Obligations and Relevant Good Practice. Oversea budgetary and cost-effective delivery of engineering and maintenance solutions. Oversee the provision of maintenance services to internal/external customers to agreed safety and quality standards. Oversees the measure on condition across all assets that are in their scope, but not covered by Reliability Engineering. Work in partnership with Operations and Engineering Reliability colleagues to drive improvements in work delivery and plant availability/reliability.
Higher level qualification OR equivalent training/experience in a relevant engineering discipline Significant engineering and maintenance experience, providing depth and breadth of knowledge to act with credibility Excellent people leadership skills and experience of team management. Strong Nuclear Safety focus and application of Nuclear Professionalism Standards & Expectations and Manifesto behaviours Demonstrable experience of managing engineering & maintenance services for multiple plant areas and customers Detailed Knowledge of Maintenance processes, procedures, site licence and legislative obligations Experience of managing change and plant transitions and mobility of people/teams to new missions Demonstrable experience in continuous improvement, improving plant performance and MTTR. Previous Retrievals experience/knowledge Working level understanding of Safety case compliance/knowledge Experience of Lean Manufacturing/ Continuous Improvement Tools and Techniques Experience of legacy facilities, plant production and new/old plant equipment interfaces preferable. Please note - this vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 7th December 2025. Number of Vacancies: 1 Contact/s: Graeme Mason 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: Collaboration and Teamwork – 3.1.6 Level 4 Leading Change - 3.3.3 Level 4 Holding Self and Others to Account - 3.3.3 Level 4 Technical: F2 – Assurance and problem analysis - Authoritative H1 – Asset Strategy – Authoritative Please see link to the...
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...
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. ...
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