Senior Maintenance Safety Engineer

Senior Maintenance Safety Engineer

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: £47,690 - £75,370 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is now recruiting for a Senior Maintenance Safety Engineer to become a member of our Maintenance Safety Team within our Engineering Safety Organisation who provide complex professional engineering judgement for the effective implementation of technical engineering safety.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with a Maintenance engineering background who has knowledge and experience in demonstrating compliance with maintenance Relevant Good Practice (RGP), such as SFG20, CIBSE Guide M, ISO 55000 and Infrastructure/Plant/Equipment design standards. We'd love to hear from Engineers with the following:

• A good understanding of SFG20, CIBSE Guide M, ISO 55000 and Infrastructure/Plant/Equipment design standards and associated inspection and maintenance requirements

• Strong root cause analysis and Failure Mode Effects (Criticality) Analysis experience

• An HNC/HND or equivalent suitable experience, such as EngTech MIET

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of maintaining infrastructure, plant, equipment and systems

• Familiar with maintenance strategy development during design, including Availability, Reliability & Maintainability considerations

• The ability to deliver maintenance engineering advice and guidance across an equivalent manufacturing and/or research environment comprising a range of infrastructure facilities and associated manufacturing and/or research plant and equipment

• Experience of identifying, managing and reporting on engineering safety risks to senior management

• Previous experience of leading the delivery of engineering services across the life of an asset

What will you be responsible for?

• Setting, managing, and assessing standards of competence for Maintenance Engineering Safety

• Reviewing suitability of maintenance scope and service for maintenance delivery by AWE and contract personnel for compliance with relevant regulations

• The review of legislative records pertaining to maintenance engineering safety

• Advising on the safe and effective implementation of engineering safety at AWE

• Providing oversite of supply chain's specialist contractors application of engineering safety when delivering tasks

• Providing technical support in resolving complex and multifaceted issues across the business

• Supporting the development and efficient operation of the Engineering Safety Organisation

• Making judgement on the safe and effective implementation of engineering safety within area of authority

• Influencing and contributing to the development of AWE engineering safety policies

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave

• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)

• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay

• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body

• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services

• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)

• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.

• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Important things you need to know:

• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE

• The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV

• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process

• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process

• Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston