Senior Civil Engineer

Our client Dounreay are looking for a Senior Civil Engineer to join their team in Thurso.

Role: Senior Civil Engineer
Location: Dounreay
Duration: 12 month ongoing contract
Salary: competitive

A vacancy has arisen for a Senior Civil Engineer with the Dounreay Low Level Waste Disposal Facility within Site
Services. The purpose of the post is to manage and deliver the engineering requirements of the disposal facility in line with the Environmental safety case.

Main Responsibilities:

• Control and develop technical engineering strategies, plans and procedures
• Develop and execute an engineering and safety case delivery strategy, optimising plans to respond to changes when necessary
• Apply health, safety, environmental and waste management processes with operational and engineering activities taking advice where necessary from appropriate specialists
• Validate the completion of activities to ensure compliance with procedures, legislation and quality standards
• Liaise with and support the D3100 Design Authority
• Liaise effectively with regulators and stakeholders on specific projects
• Design and evaluate the technical governance of projects
• Undertake project governance roles as required
• Establish and maintain Design Authority arrangements
• Identify resource requirements to deliver engineering tasks
• Develop an effective technical organisation to manage fit for purpose engineering design and safety project delivery in support of the Site Performance Plan
• Manage the preparation, approval and issue of technical specifications
• Support the project in the delivery of projects/programmes of work and sanction approvals
• Identify, optimise, validate and approve engineering solutions for projects
• Establish and maintain quality control procedures
• Fulfil role of Principal Designer
• Fulfil role of Temporary Works Coordinator
• Support Project Manager and Facility Operations team as required.
• Perform the responsibilities of Authorisations relevant to post
• Manage Dounreay staff as a Line Manager

Attributes and Experience:

• Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent based on Engineering Council Standard for Incorporated Engineers
• Considerable civil engineering design and site experience
• Good understanding of supply chain and knowledge of CDM Regulations
• Knowledge and experience of NEC3 and NEC4 contracts, ideally with NEC project manager accreditation
• Post specific capability analysis assessment 10