Contract Engineering Lead - Building Design

Booth Welsh has a great contract opportunity for an Contract Engineering Lead to work with a long term client based in Bristol.

You’ll be responsible for overseeing the design of a building that houses an auxiliary boiler system, which provides steam to the main turbines of two reactors at the organisation. This is supported by a multi-disciplinary Team within the contracting company.

The role is responsible for:

• Providing technical management of the Contract(s), including being the primary point of contact for the civil programme Project Managers and Mechanical, Electrical and Heating and Ventilation (MEH) programme Project Managers
• Ensuring consistency of Contract Partner(s) deliverables with the contract technical specifications
• Ensuring Safety and UK Context requirements are taken into account in design activities, noting that the Ancillary Works Team enact the Principal Designer role for this contract on behalf of the contracting company
• Monitoring the effectiveness of the overall engineering delivery strategies; and proposing changes where necessary
• Ensuring effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate engineering design activities performed by the different Contract Partners in parallel work streams
• Providing technical support and information to the Contract Partner(s) where required,
• Managing the surveillance of the Contract Partner(s) detailed design work, in conjunction with the contracting company’s technical management, in accordance with project processes,
• Ensuring effective configuration control process are in place and are implemented, both with the Contract Partners and within the contracting company
• Leading the resolution of transverse (multi-programme) engineering issues or risks
• Ensuring that the Contract Partner(s) schedules and milestones are consistent with global schedule
• Ensuring that the Contract Partner(s) List of Deliverables (LoD) are consistent with the agreed schedule(s) and to ensure the Contract Partner is delivering design output in accordance with the agreed schedule and the LoD.
• Agree and accept the Contract Partner Design Schedule on behalf of contracting company
•  Provide and coordinate engineering design gateway requirements and reviews
•  Coordinate Constructability Reviews prior to the Readiness Review and formal transfer for construction/erection/installation,
•  Manage the coordinate and consolidate comments provided by all the Stakeholders during the deliverables review process,
•  Facilitate optimisation of the design via modifications, trends and changes from feedback across the project
• Lead discussions with the Contract Partner, providing support to the contracting company Project Manager with early warning and compensation events, reviewing project change requests and provide support to the commercial lead for cost and schedule impact assessment and negotiation
• Ensure perceived risks and trends are recorded and appropriately managed
• Ensure effective tracking, mitigation and closure of open points

In order to be successful in this role, you'll be able to demonstrate the following:

•  Degree qualified or equivalent in civil/structural/architect/process/mechanical Engineering discipline
• Experience in design management and coordination on large multi-discipline infrastructure projects
• Experience in nuclear industry appreciated. Awareness of the nuclear safety related constraints
• Solid Technical knowledge of building design and construction; particularly key UK legislation (eg CDM 2015)
•  Accuracy, tenacity, diplomacy, results-oriented, leadership
•  Acknowledged organisational skills including the ability to delegate
•  Ability to work independently and be proactive
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills
•  Discretion, ability to maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information
•  Languages : English (priority)
•  Strong IT skills and proficiency in engineering software packages

Desirable:

• Engineering experience with boilers, steam generation facilities, or thermal process
• Chartership
• French language skills 
• Experience in the nuclear industry