Job Description

Role Purpose:

To control and supervise the delivery of work activities and manage the craft team members in accordance with established arrangements to deliver an effective maintenance service to a defined area of the site.

The purpose of this VN is to create a pool where we can offer positions when vacancies are available. Working patterns include Days/12 hour days/5DDD/7DDD/12.5 hour.

Principle Accountabilities

Plan, organise and prioritise work:

Ensure that work activities are effectively delivered in accordance with the plant/facility work delivery schedules by engaging with Front Line Maintenance Support Team Members so that rework and backlog are minimised and activities to optimise plant/facility operations are utilised and safety is maintained.

• Monitor team utilisation and address any workload issues to ensure that the team is effectively deployed, and value-added utilisation is improved.
• Utilise the error reduction tools as laid out in site procedures to the allocated resource for a task so that associated hazards and defined scope of work are clearly understood and agreed by all.
• Responds to changes in plant condition by prioritising tasks through the work planning process so that plant availability and safety is maximised at all times.
• Support effective fault diagnosis process and engage the relevant support functions to enhance team capability and minimise mean time to repair the plant/facility.
• Attend work planning meetings (e.g., Production Meetings, Plant Operational Control Centre (POCC)) and liaise with Integrated Work Management (IWM) to understand work priorities.
• Plan and organise work; provide risk assessments, working instructions and other documents required for safe work execution, identify and sequence activities to ensure efficient conduct of work, co-ordinate with other work groups, ensure availability of necessary tools and equipment, and set realistic timescales for completion.
• Ensure sufficient resources are available and escalate resource deficiencies to line management where insufficient resource is available to meet manning levels / deliver critical work scope.

Control and Supervise:
• Compile a formally documented record of work to facilitate an effective handover/hand back to ensure compliance with relevant Site Licence Condition to communicate changes to plant condition, breakdowns and configuration so that plant status is clearly understood by all parties.
• Ensure that team members have appropriate skills, experience, and training to carry out work efficiently and effectively and adhere to all statutory and regulatory requirements. Assign work activities based on team members’ strengths and weaknesses.
• Ensure that only Suitably Qualified and Experience (SQEP) team members are allocated tasks which may affect safety.
• Carry out Pre-Job Briefs (PJB) to ensure team members understand the work to be performed, including scope, roles and responsibilities, hazards and precautions, critical steps and contingency arrangements.
• Apply the appropriate level of supervision to the activities of team members to ensure that work is carried out as required by Company standards, procedures, instructions and other requirements (e.g. Disciplined Maintenance standards, Human Performance Error Reduction Tools, etc).
• Carry out Post Job Reviews (PJR); reinforce good practice and identify what needs to be improved for future work.

Train and develop team members:
• Manage personal development, aspirations, performance, and work scope of the team members to ensure a high performing cohesive team.
• Actively coach and mentor colleagues and others to assist in knowledge transfer and strengthening of the site maintenance capability.
• Responsible for the day-to-day management, supervision, and development of Apprentices to support scheduled milestones and support successful completion of Apprenticeship. Engage with the Maintenance Profession and Training team to ensure appropriate feedback on performance, development expectations are clearly understood and learning objectives are achieved and recorded.

Principle Accountabilities

Manage the team:
• Manage the team in accordance with company HR processes and procedures; timekeeping, sickness absence, leave, personnel records, etc.
• Manage team performance using the performance management process, setting individual and team goals, carrying out check-in conversations, and providing effective performance feedback.
• Set and reinforce Company Standards and Expectations and hold team members to account for the expected levels of Nuclear Safety Professionalism.
• Provide timely and consistent communication of team goals, company messages, and our Company Values of Safety and Security, Ambition, Integrity, and Inclusion.
• Motivate and inspire the team to achieve individual, team and organisational goals.

Improve performance and learn from experience:
• Lead and participate in local assurance processes to define and promote the standards and expectations of behaviour and performance to identify areas for improvement.
• Drive and improve performance through effective Leader in the Field activities aligned to organizational requirements and expectations. Identify areas for improvement and reinforce positive behaviours / good practices.
• Undertake or participate in Basic Cause Investigations (BCI) to identify shortfalls in practices and procedures and develop improvement recommendations
• Raise condition reports for ‘off-normal’ conditions using the site Corrective Action Programme (ATLAS). Develop and implement SMART corrective actions.
• Encourage the routine sharing of Operating Experience (OE) to improve performance; share and implement relevant Learning from Experience (LFE) and promote a culture of open reporting of nonconformances. Apply learning to tasks to prevent repeat events.
• Support the development and implementation of departmental improvement programmes, eg. Maintenance Standards.

Provide Maintenance Team Leader advice:
• Participate in offering maintenance advice and guidance to ensure safety of the plant/facility is maintained.
• Support effective make/buy discussions within their area of responsibility to assist in value for money distribution of work to the appropriate service provider.
• Support management with maintenance specific advice and interactions with internal and external regulators (e.g. NIO, ONR, EA) and with other external stakeholders such as WANO and LRQA.

Maintenance specific accountabilities:
• Approve and sign the necessary job history record on completion of all tasks by Team Members to ensure a full and accurate record of all work is provided to fulfil the relevant Site Licence condition.
• Ensure appropriate resources are deployed for escorting duties for external suppliers, in line with relevant processes.
• Ensure the delivery of the contracted work within the plant/facility to agreed standards, expectations and time by controlling and supervising the work of the contractor whilst on the plant.
• Ensure adequate functional and post maintenance testing is agreed and completed prior to hand back of plant to minimise rework and provide confidence in functionality of the effected systems.
• Support effective routine fault diagnosis process and engage the relevant support functions to enhance team capability and minimise mean time to repair the plant/facility and lead on major breakdown boards.
• Single point of Contact for IST.

Knowledge & Experience

• Time served craft apprenticeship
• Successfully completed Team Leader Assessment Programme or equivalent Team Leader training.
• Successfully completed SONO
• Successfully completed Maintenance ASQEP training and be an Appointed SQEP

Essential Skills

• Testimonial from Senior Maintenance Manager/Delivery Manager.
• Completion of Team Leader Assessment Programme (TLAP)
• ASQEP
• SONO (S0719F, MG0239, MG0240)
• People Management Essentials (S0924F)
• Managing Performance (S089F) • Attendance, Support & Welfare (S0889F)
• Disciplinary and Complaints (S0887F)
• Demonstrable experience in a Team Leader Position which may include deploying the team, holding the team to account, coaching and developing craft team members.
• Fully competent / Fully accomplished
• Meets expectations in recent end of year rating Be willing to move to another facility or working pattern

Additional Information

Number of Vacancies: 1
Contact/s: Debbie Eilbeck

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:

Technical:
C3 – Control and supervision (Accomplished)
D6 – Briefing and handover (Accomplished)
F1 – Monitoring work (Accomplished)
B2 – Obligations & Relevant Good Practices (Basic)

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 30th October 2025.
The Profession will conduct interviews and hold wash-up sessions from 14th November 2025.

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.

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