Job Description

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.

Principle Accountabilities

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.
• 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.
• Demonstrable evidence of driving 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 & maintenance delivery and the success of the team/organisation.

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience in an Engineering and Maintenance role, ideally previous experience in Engineering Support B4B role would be desirable.
• Knowledge of Safety Case structure or processes associated with the role (Including Configuration Management processes ).

Essential Skills

• Demonstrable experience of resilience and communication skills to be able to interact with all levels of the organisation (both internal and external to Sellafield).
• Demonstrable experience of delivering configuration baseline re-configuration activities including but not limited to identifying and addressing configuration baseline gaps on legacy assets and facilities.
• Demonstrable experience of analytical skills with knowledge of problem solving tools within an operational environment to address maintenance and short term asset reliability.
• Can demonstrate ability to plan work in their area, focussing on the medium term and ensuring alignment with immediate objectives.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering change to improve existing processes locally.
• Demonstrable evidence of effectively managing a team to deliver accuracy, quality and attention to detail tactically to support operational priorities.

Desirable Skills

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience off applying the schedule change process and Plant Maintenance Schedule (PMS) data into CMMS.
• Provide examples of demonstrating an understanding of company policies and procedures, including SLMS 1.06 Plant Engineering, Asset Management and Equipment Reliability and 1.08 Maintenance and Task Delivery.
• Demonstrable l knowledge of Engineering Information Systems (M3, Qlikview).
• Experience of coaching individuals on configuration management processes.

Additional Information

Please note this vacancy closes Sunday 7th December 11:59pm

Number of Vacancies: 1
Contact/s: Frank Johnston

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:
1. Problem Solving (level 3)
2. Commitment to standards (level 3)
3. Collaboration and team work (level 3)

Technical:
1. Asset Creation – Configuration Management – Capable
2. Asset Creation – Asset Register – Authoritative

Please see link to the competency framework for further information:
https://slportal.ssa-intra.net/pub/SC001/00027/Competency%20Framework/Forms/AllItems.aspx

If your technical competency is not in the above framework, please refer to the profession’s share point page for further information.

ASW’s may have the right to apply for internal Sellafield Ltd vacancies. Please note if you are an Agency Supplied Worker you are required to attach evidence of all qualifications obtained to support your application. We require a minimum of A*-C GCSE in English, Maths & Science/IT or equivalent / higher qualification.

Campaigns have been mapped and extended time has been added to adverts, shortlisting and interviews (see below):
The Profession will carry out shortlisting from 10th December 2025.
The Profession will conduct interviews from 7th January 2026.

Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice.

Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk.

Campaign Approach

Some jobs and professions may input their shortlisting and interview results earlier than the above agreed dates. Whilst we would endeavour to send out shortlisting and interview results earlier than the agreed dates if we can, this is not always possible due to the large volume of campaigns we are running coherently.

If the profession has immediate vacancies to fill, then an offer will be issued to the successful applicant. If there are no immediate vacancies, those applicants that have met the requirements will be placed in a holding pool for future consideration.

Candidates in the holding pool will only be offered roles for the positions that they have been interviewed for. If you have not been selected after 12 months, your details will be removed from the job in line with GDPR requirements and you would need to re-apply if you still wish to be considered. As per current principles once an individual accepts another role any other applications submitted will no longer be considered and they will be removed from the pool/process.

If placed into the holding pool, it is the responsibility of the applicant to advise if they no longer want to be considered. Similarly, if a candidate rejects an offer associated with the pool, they will be removed from the holding pool.

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