Nuclear Waste Services has a vacancy for an Engineering Manager (Transport Planner) within the structures and civil infrastructure team, flexible working across the NWS estate.
As part of this role, you will lead the delivery of assigned single, and multi-discipline projects to the required scope, quality standards, schedule and cost in the area of Transport Strategy & Planning.
The Engineering Manager (Transport Planner) role is a role in the newly created Technical function for NWS, bringing together former GDF and LLWR Technical capabilities into one integrated team under the CTO.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Responsible for contributing to the development of transport strategy, transport planning, programme and leading a systems engineering approach to development of safe solutions in specified areas of expertise including:
- Subject Matter Expert in the area of Transport Planning and Transport Assessments.
- Act as technical authority for Transport Planning and transport Infrastructure.
- Support the GDF Site Evaluation Lot Lead for Transport in:
- The formulation of, and supply chain delivery of transport & logistics strategies, initial feasibility designs and assessments for the transport system for the GDF.
- Working within the NWS transport team through the technical review and assurance process.
- Assist with determining site suitability (from a transport perspective) and responsible for helping to provide meaningful inputs to comparative evaluations.
- Assist with NWS’s stakeholder engagements on transport assets with external stakeholder groups (Community Partnerships, NDA, DESNEZ, DFT, CoRWM, transport groups etc) and regulators.
- Act as Intelligent Customer for Site Characterisation Development Consent Oder (DCO) Transport Statement/Transport Assessment works.
- Develop transport system requirements.
- Support public engagement and consultations.
- Assist with determining the Tranche 3 / Initial Concept Design (ICD) transport design strategy, scope of works, and support the procurement process.
- Support the transport Initial Concept Design through to Development Consent Oder (DCO).
- Support transport infrastructure strategy, design development and detail design for Near Surface Disposal.
- Foster and maintain a strong working relationship with Nuclear Transport Solutions.
- Translate programme requirements and provide solutions through design engineering.
- Deliver design outputs working with the engineering team and other Technical teams e.g. Safety Cases .
- Experience of the Engineering project design lifecycle, cost control and scheduling.
- Lead, direct, & control Engineering activities to the required standards, and ensure effective team leadership, and performance driven culture.
- Provide ongoing assurance that Engineering processes & procedures are fit for purpose and assure compliance.
- Management responsibility for direct reports within the Engineering Managers (Transport Planning) team and supply chain contractors (where appropriate).
Additional Responsibilities
- Supply chain management.
- Team leadership >10 FTE
- Interface with stakeholders across NWS, up to and including N-1.
- Interface with external stakeholders, including customers and supply chain
Experience Required
- Good first degree in a relevant discipline, or post-graduate qualifications in Transport Planning.
- Recognised practitioner in the field of transportation.
- Strong technical background and a sound understanding of transport strategy and planning.
- Deep knowledge of industry standards, processes, procedures, methods and principles.
- Leadership, influence & communication/interpersonal skills.
- Chartered or working towards chartership.
