Job Description

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.

Principle Accountabilities

• 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.

Knowledge & Experience

• Higher level qualification or equivalent training/experience in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Chartered status or potential to achieve chartered status through an accredited professional institute.
• Engineering experience, providing depth and breadth of knowledge to act with credibility.
• Excellent people leadership skills and experience of team management.

Essential Skills

• Higher level qualification or equivalent training/experience in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Demonstrable experience of good communication skills with ability to interact at all levels of the organisation to provide expert advice and guidance on technical support issues.
• Demonstrable ability of promoting and implementing changes and improvements.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Sellafield Engineering and Maintenance management arrangements and standards with respect to existing and emerging Programmable Electronic Systems
• Demonstrable experience of auditing, investigating and maintaining compliance of Operational Technology (PES), including application of governance processes and standards and security standards
• Demonstratable knowledge/ experience in people leadership skills

Desirable Skills

• Chartered status or potential to achieve chartered status through an accredited professional institute. Demonstratable understanding of UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment (UK-SPEC). fourth addition.
• Engineering experience, providing depth and breadth of knowledge to act with credibility.
• Ability to achieve/undertake ASQEP

Additional Information

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

Number of Vacancies: 2
Contact/s: Mark Percival

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:
• 3.3.3 Leading Change – Level 3
• 3.1.6 Collaboration and Teamwork – Level 3
• 313.1 Commitment to Standards – Level 3

Technical:
• 313.1 Research & Technology Technical Expertise Level 3
• 316.3 Planning and Controlling Work – Level 3
• 34.3 Managing Engineering Processes and Assets – Level 3

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 9th December 2025.
The Profession will conduct interviews and hold wash-up sessions from 16th December 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.

Campaign Approach

A new campaign approach is being rolled out to support the timely delivery of current and future post filling requirements, this will enable immediate vacancies to be filled along with building a holding pool for consideration against future vacancies. This VN has been issued in order to fill current demand and to create a pool for future vacancies.

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.

Please ensure that you save a copy of this advert and your application for future reference.