Job Description

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?

For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK\xe2\x80\x99s ultimate deterrent \xe2\x80\x93 Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

Reliability & Safety Engineer (Principal)

Are you looking for a challenging opportunity to work alongside AWE\xe2\x80\x99s discipline leaders in providing AR&M and Safety guidance for some of UK\xe2\x80\x99s largest Construction Projects? We have a fantastic opportunity for you to work with some of the UK\xe2\x80\x99s and Worldwide major Nuclear designers and Contractors.

Location: Reading

Package: \xc2\xa358,500 - \xc2\xa388,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)

Advertising End Date: 4th October 2023

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 \xe2\x80\x93 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 \xe2\x80\x93 more information available on our careers site

There are many exciting projects underway with unique buildings in the stage of services and equipment fit out and major new facilities in the design stage. If you take this role you will be faced with many technical challenges. You will be dealing with major production facilities involving various hazardous materials.

As Reliability & Safety Engineer (Principal), you will be required to lead and drive the following:

Manage a small team of Availability, Reliability & Maintainability Engineers covering:

The application of an agreed AR&M strategy throughout each design phase for AWE\xe2\x80\x99s Projects

Development of Reliability requirements in support of process and throughput targets

Substantiation of Safety Systems ensuring designs satisfy safety targets (e.g., SSFR\xe2\x80\x99s)

Be the SME, focal point for advice, information and expertise about policy, best practice, and knowledge with regards to Reliability and Safety engineering across the whole of AWE

Provide the definitive AWE interpretation on issues relating to Reliability and Safety Engineering

Creation and development of relevant company guides, standards and processes for Reliability and Safety engineering

Review and audit designs against legislation, standards, best practice, and company requirements

Ensure up to date knowledge of standards and legislation is disseminated and understood by relevant stakeholders

Carry out checks and inspections to ensure that best practice is being followed

Ensure communication is maintained with other relevant disciplines across the company

Use technical knowledge to assist in the achievement of Right First-Time design

Carry out competency assessments of Reliability and Safety design engineers providing engineering services for AWE

Provide an Intelligent Customer interface with Regulators at a corporate level

Fulfil a Nuclear Baseline Role as required by AWE Licence Conditions (LC36)

Provide independent assessments of engineering designs to the Design Authority.

Shape the future to inspire trust, build effective relationships to clarify purpose, energise the team to deliver results and be a model for personal excellence, integrity, and accountability

We\xe2\x80\x99d love to hear from individuals with an in-depth knowledge of regulations and standards and be capable of their intelligent application to a diverse range of buildings and processes, including the management of ageing plant and equipment through to the latest emerging technologies. This role will provide you with the opportunity to use your technical knowledge and experience to the full and develop skills in leadership with future opportunities in more senior managerial roles.

The suitable candidate will have extensive experience in designing and application for Safety and Reliability engineering in large complex production or manufacturing organisations preferably within a highly regulated industry.

Whilst you will be expected to manage a team covering the full spectrum of Safety and Reliability engineering, you will require knowledge within the following areas:

Substantiation of Systems having a Safety Function by production of assessment reports and supporting analysis e.g., Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA); Safety Integrity Level (SIL), Common Cause and Common Mode Failure analysis (CCF/CMF), Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD) calculations

Predicted Reliability performance of plant/process designs using appropriate techniques e.g., dynamic Reliability Block Simulation (RBD), Markov, Chi Square, Weibull, and Parts Count analysis

Application of appropriate maintainability/maintenance strategy e.g., preventative, corrective, pre-determined, condition based etc

Use of operational data to conduct in service plant/process Reliability performance analysis and subsequent recommendations for improvement

Familiarity with Reliability and Dependability BS EN; AQAP; DEF Standards. Related Standards e.g., IEC 61508

Failure rate data sources including NPRD-2016, OREDA, MIL-STD 1629, MIL-HDB 217F

Use of Software packages including Availability Workbench, Reliability Workbench & FaultTree+, RAMP

Qualifications:

Membership of an appropriate professional institute preferably at Chartered Engineer level but as a minimum at Incorporated Engineer with equivalent academic qualifications (minimum HNC/HND) in an Engineering discipline

Individuals interested in this permanent opportunity will be required to be eligible for UK Security Clearance

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Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role with us.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.

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