Principal Engineering Manager

About the job

The UK Atomic Weapons Establishment is embarking on a Replacement Nuclear Warhead programme, to ensure the UK continuous at sea deterrent.

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to be part of such an important mission and this significant role will play a vital part leading our maintenance and reliability teams across multiple projects in key technology centres.

The right candidate will have a passion to inspire engineering excellence and foster collaborative and successful working relationships.

Principal Engineering Manager

Location: Aldermaston (Reading/Basingstoke area)

Package: £58,500 - £88,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours (including Bank Holidays) of annual leave - plus every other Friday off work!

• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time

• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training

• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services

• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)

• Life Assurance

• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending

• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family

• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site

• Relocation assistance (terms & conditions apply)

Leading teams of Engineers, your role will be to ensure optimal delivery of Maintenance and Engineering services to ensure plant and facility availability. It will involve partnering with multiple stakeholders both internal and external to AWE and ensuring due governance and management to meet relevant regulations, legislations, and codes.

Though not to be considered a check list, we will be looking for candidates to demonstrate:

• Previous experience leading multi-discipline teams through the engineering lifecycle

• Ability to articulate technical complexities to a range of stakeholders

• Excellent interpersonal, engagement and presentation skills

• Delivery of engineering capability across a manufacturing and/or research environment

• An understanding and ability to apply applicable legislation and standards relevant to safety within engineering

• Degree qualification, and ideally Chartered, in an engineering discipline or have proven experience working in a similar environment

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas.

Experience working in a nuclear environment under licence conditions is desirable but not essential.

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