Overview

Engineering Lifecycle Manager - UKIFS at UK Atomic Energy Authority. STEP programme leadership role focused on delivering a robust Engineering Lifecycle across disciplines and lifecycle phases.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the Engineering Lifecycle; create and maintain the Engineering Lifecycle and supporting strategies, defining its core role in engineering through technical expertise and stakeholder engagement.
• Aggregate lifecycle requirements and standards to craft a first-of-a-kind Fusion Engineering lifecycle that is elegant, efficient and rigorous.
• Align with the Design Authority, operationalising requirements from codes, standards and verification needs to prove demonstrable engineering rigour.
• Handle both the concept (as-is) and mature (to-be) state of systems in a multi-partner environment, balancing production intent systems with first-of-a-kind technologies.
• Lead lifecycle governance discussions with a range of stakeholders and secure buy-in; ensure lifecycle decisions reflect best-for-programme practice and maintain a golden thread through elicitation and evolving design intent.
• Lead key forums where lifecycle decisions are made, ensuringrigour and alignment with lifecycle processes across the programme.
• Contribute to roadmaps and areas including Product and Technology, Engineering Lifecycles, Planning and Change/Configuration management.

Your main areas of duty will include

• Create and maintain the Engineering Lifecycle and its supporting strategies, defining its place at the core of the Engineering effort through expert technical knowledge and stakeholder engagement.
• Aggregate and shape lifecycle requirements and standards for a first-of-a-kind Fusion Engineering lifecycle that is rigorous and efficient.
• Align with the Design Authority, operationalising requirements from codes, standards and verification needs to demonstrate engineering rigour.

Lifecycle Leadership

• Understand the needs of the wider cross-team and lead functional leads in eliciting and understanding requirements arising from various technologies and requirements.
• Establish the golden thread between lifecycle phases, inputs, outputs and deliverables across roadmaps.
• Act as the face of lifecycle activity within the organisation, providing advocacy, expertise and leadership to functional areas to ensure alignment with STEP lifecycles.
• Manage meetings and activities, deputising as required to enact lifecycle activities at every phase.

Lead multi-disciplinary teams

• Provide leadership over the integrated Engineering lifecycle environment, considering supplier needs to ensure robust lifecycle[s].
• Lead functional delivery teams and IPTs to produce fit-for-purpose procedures and documented ways of working.
• Mentor champions to embed enterprise engineering lifecycle behaviours in daily practice.
• Define methods for Engineers to demonstrate, to the Design Authority, that ways of working reflect best practice, industry expectations, codes and standards.
• Collaborate with systems engineering and PIMS teams to align the to-be vision with systems and artefacts.

Leadership Mindset

• Demonstrate leadership behaviors regardless of formal position; embody the organisation’s culture, values and mission.
• Foster an inclusive team environment and promote diversity and teamwork.
• Represent the organisation with professionalism and integrity; lead by example and solve problems considering diverse perspectives.

The above list is not exhaustive; other reasonable tasks may be required.

Qualifications

Essential

• A university degree in a STEM subject or equivalent.
• Deep knowledge of Engineering lifecycles in a through-life delivery context.
• Experience delivering or extensive knowledge of delivering systems within an ISO 15288 or similar lifecycle model.
• Experience in a PLM-centric environment with embedded lifecycle activities.
• Ability to shape and define processes and systems from first principles.
• Experience working in a diverse multi-partner organisation.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication abilities.

Beneficial

• Systems Engineering experience.
• Experience in safety-critical environments (e.g., aerospace, defence).
• Knowledge of approaches such as Advanced Product Quality Planning.
• Experience in new product introduction.

Additional Information

We welcome talented people from all backgrounds and encourage applications from under-represented groups. We promote inclusion through our Executive team and EDI networks and strive to remove barriers to success in recruitment and selection.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including DBS checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open-source data. Applicants from outside the UK or with UK time spent abroad in the last five years should review criminal records checks guidance at the UK government site.

For more information on UKIFS and related opportunities, please visit the Careers page. This UKIFS vacancy can be based at West Burton (Nottinghamshire) or Culham (Oxfordshire).

Salary and Benefits

The salary for this role is £70,505 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) plus excellent benefits including an outstanding pension.

Benefits include: defined benefit pension, corporate bonus scheme up to 7%, relocation allowance (if eligible), flexible working options, Employee Assistance Programme, mental health support, generous annual leave, and career development opportunities.

Location

West Burton, Nottinghamshire or Culham, Oxfordshire. Possible site-based expectations may apply.