Product Engineering Unit Head

About the job

Product Engineering Unit Head
Abingdon Rd, Culham, UK
Full-time
Salary: £70,875 (inclusive of MPP) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire or Rotherham, Yorkshire
Confirmed Grade: Level 6*
Department: IED - Product Engineering Unit

Company Description

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA are at the forefront of realising energy from fusion, working with industry and research partners to deliver the ground-breaking developments that will underpin tomorrow's fusion power stations with the aim of bringing fusion electricity to the grid. As we work towards our mission and goals, UKAEA has devised values (Innovative, Committed, Trusted and Collaborative) that capture the spirit of how we work.

Job Description

IED have a permanent vacancy for the Product Engineering Unit Head

As the Product Engineering Unit Head, you will be accountable to the Divisional Director (DD) for the efficient running of the Unit.

The Product Engineering Unit (PEU) focus is to provide engineering leadership and design activities to programmes realising engineering installations and functional assemblies. PEU provides the people resource over the full project life cycle from concept through design and installation to commissioning.

For existing assets, PEDU may also undertake modifications and in-service failure assessments.  The Unit develops the technical configuration of products including design and analysis effort input as well as defining the installation, maintenance and commissioning activities during latter project stages.

As the Product Engineering Unit Head, you will take the lead in projects and contracts as requested by the DD. You will be required to actively review leaver information and address issues on retention to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained with varying levels of experience.

You will also develop and optimise engineering delivery workflows, be instrumental in improving the way engineering definition matures through lifecycle, steering programmes towards execution strategies that utilise external engineering capability in an optimal way.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Ensure on time/in full delivery
- Lead on engineering delivery consistency
- Continuous improvement
- Develop culture
- Ensuring Safety and Quality in all we do
- Succession planning
- Develop the organisation
- Manage the stakeholders
- Managing the workload
- Seeking new opportunities
- Maximise synergies
- Reporting & co-ordination
- Embrace change

Qualifications

Essential skills, experience and competence required

- Engineering degree
- Fellow of relevant Professional Institute or working towards it
- A track record of delivering high technology science or technology projects to time, budget, safety and quality
- A track record of specifying, commissioning and managing design work from 3rd party organisations.
- Broad and deep understanding of design and related engineering processes, practices, current standards and industry best-practice
- Experience of delivering 3D design solutions
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and develop organisations
- Good background knowledge and understanding of fusion science, technology and engineering
- Strategic and innovative thinker
- Excellent influencing and collaboration skills
- Commercially astute
- Familiarity with modern standards in the areas of Safety, Health and Environment, and Quality Assurance

Additional Information

What we offer

Our comprehensive benefits package includes a vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive, an Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, Flexible working options including family friendly policies, Emergency paid leave, Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service, wide range of career development opportunities, outstanding defined benefit pension scheme; Corporate bonus scheme (up to 7% for Levels 1 - 7, as well as 3rd and 4th year apprentices) and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities and women. The Executive team with support from our ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success.

Please note all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Disclosure Certificate application as part of their clearance – The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks will show the details of all current criminal convictions or will confirm that there are no such convictions.

Note for applicants who are applying for employment with UKAEA either from outside the United Kingdom or who have spent time outside the United Kingdom in the last five years. Please visit the UK Government Website. If the country you are resident in or have resided in is not listed on this website or that the UK Government is not aware of how to obtain a criminal records check from that state then we are unable to process your application.