Senior Section Engineer

Altrad are the critical human infrastructure that enhances the lives of millions, by the value-added solutions it provides in support of the nation’s vital assets. Altrad aspires to be the most trusted and valued support services company – learning from the ingenuity of its 7,250 people in the UK & Ireland, to deliver extraordinary outcomes for its clients.

We are looking for a Senior Section Engineer to join our team at Heysham 2 Nuclear Power Station, the successful candidate will be leading a site team of labour/staff during maintenance, outage and projects activities and to co-ordinate sub contractors to execute site activities/ work scope in a safe manner, within programme, to the required quality standards and in a cost effective way.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Minimum Qualifications

Technical Apprenticeship and/or ONC (equivalent) in technical subject.

CCNSG Safety Passport Training or IOSH Managing Safely Certificate

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant HNC/Degree qualification
• ECITB Project Management Course
• ECITB SMTDS/NVQ 3/4

Experience

• Sufficient and appropriate experience as a Section Engineer.
• Significant and appropriate experience in Mechanical & Process Industry Sector.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Knowledge & understanding of the legal, practical and company safety requirements.
• Ability to co-ordinate and manage all site activities involving direct labour and subcontractors to ensure the level of performance and productivity to that required under contract.
• Knowledge and application of the company and client quality procedures.
• Knowledge of technical requirements to carry out work scope of contract.
• Ability to manage and resolve all industrial and employee relation issues.
• Communication skills to liaise with section engineers and subcontract supervision all aspects of information required to carry out site activities e.g. method statements and interface awareness.
• Ability to plan, organise, monitor and if necessary take corrective action to fulfil contractual requirements & achieve appropriate financial returns.
• Appreciation of the company IT, commercial, planning systems and their application.

KEY DUTIES

• Drive site performance and productivity.
• Coach and mentor members of the team, assist Site Manager with staff appraisals as required.
• Continuously reinforce Focus2Zero message for all site activities including error traps and Focus2Zero Error Prevention Tools.
• Regular review of operations against programme
• Manage Section Engineers and Supervision.
• Resource management to programme requirements
• Safety audit and monitoring
• Adhere to company procedures for safety, quality, commercial etc.
• Full engagement with Improvement Observation process.
• Sharing of lessons learned and best practices via IQ process.
• Full engagement with requirements of OMP Process.
• Use of Cyclops system to review SQEP information of member of the site team as required.
• Ensure that post job assessments are carried out for all personnel in line with event completion dates.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Satisfactory completion and maintenance of “Professional Development Record” (PDR)
• To ensure that all site operations are carried out in a safe manner free of risk to all of the workforce and subcontractors.
• To ensure that all site activities involving direct labour and subcontractors is managed and co-ordinated to achieve the required level of productivity.
• To ensure all site activities are carried out to the required company and client quality procedures.
• To ensure management of section engineers and subcontractor to fulfil the technical requirements for the works carried out under contract.
• To ensure that any Employee or Industrial relation problems are managed and resolved within company procedure.
• To ensure that all relevant information regarding site activities is fed to section engineers and subcontractors.
• To ensure any corrective actions take place to fulfil contractual requirements and achieve appropriate financial returns.
• To ensure all actions follow all company IT, commercial, planning systems.

What is in it for you:

In return for your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days’ holiday, and the opportunity to part of our exciting journey.

Quite simply, a journey with Altrad begins with a desire to create a better tomorrow…