Security Cleared Nuclear Commissioning Engineer required to join a leading company in Plymouth.
Principal tasks and responsibilities are:
- To ensure the safe operation of all plant and processes under their control and to comply with the Nuclear Site Licence and Mod Authorisation Condition (LC/AC).
- To supervise and direct industrial staff during the commissioning of nuclear submarine systems and equipment to time, cost and quality, ensuring that all rework is identified and recorded.
- Ensuring that all activities conform to professional engineering standards, quality orders, Nuclear and Submarine safety constraints.
- Informing Senior Test Engineers in the event of any significant delays or any untoward events which occur.
- The inspection, testing, calibration and commissioning of systems and equipment in accordance with authorised documentation, carrying out fault diagnosis and proposing corrective solutions.
- Identifying and recording defects/deficiencies ensuring that all emergent work is correctly recognised.
- Maintaining a close liaison with Ship Staff, Project and Production personnel so that any possible conflicts in testing and safety implications to the submarine can be readily identified and resolved.
- Implementing the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act, Dose Reduction Technique and ALARP principles when conducting tests.
- Radiation Protection Supervisor duties when appointed by Plant Manager.
- To ensure that the potential radiological dose for all tasks both undertaken by his staff and prescribed by the Test Groups has been assessed, and is as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP). To ensure that the radiological doses accrued by his staff are managed within Company guidelines, are ALARP and wherever possible are shared equally between staff.
- To carry out the role of Test Director or Nuclear Procedure Co-ordinator when nominated by the Test Group or PAG as appropriate.
- Researching and compiling Test Documentation in accordance with the Test Index ensuring that the requirements of the Work Specification are understood and included, and paying due regard to the relevant Corporate Documentation and associated Plant Safety Reports/Cases.
Interfacing Responsibilities
For the principal tasks and responsibilities identified in Sectito be carried out and discharged effectively, there are a number of limited responsibilities of other groups or persons that must also be discharged. Principal amongst these are:
- The Health Physics Group to take receipt of primary circuit discharge and other radioactive waste and to provide radiological protection services.
- The Facilities Manager to provide electrical and mechanical overside services.
- Production Centres to provide system/equipment handovers to enable testing/commissioning to proceed in accordance with project programmes.
- Project Teams to provide LOP(R) plans/programmes and information on all changes.
- Ships Staff representatives to co-ordinate and witness commissioning activities.
SQEP Requirements
- Nuclear Warship Support Course
- Submarine Quality Assurance Course
- Nuclear Steam Raising Plant operation or refitting and commissioning experience
- BTEC Level 3 Engineering or equivalent
Should the above match your expereince and expectaions, please apply with your most recent cv.