Principal Engineer Process & Mechanical

Responsibilities

• (Line) Management of a design engineering team in the expertise area (10-16 direct reports);
• Promotes and stimulates team performance in line with the company’s values, culture and behaviours;
• Ensure consistency, completeness, and alignment in plant design applying the company’s standards and meeting Customer requirements;
• Actively promote a pro-active safety culture and perform analysis to create a learning-from-experience behaviour;
• Allocation of design resources agreed upon with the Design Technology Manager and Design Managers;
• Define and execute training/education programs to guarantee the (senior) engineers act as Suitable Qualified and Experienced Persons (SQEP);
• Anticipate on business developments and specific DA demands;
• Supports the Design Technology Manager in the realisation of DA objectives and budget;
• Define and implement plant/facility designs based on best practices and state-of-the-art technology solutions in order to be ahead of the competitors.

Requirements

• Essential: Bachelor’s Degree in (advanced, nuclear) process technology, chemistry or mechanical engineering, and/or specialism in Nuclear Science or a Professional Engineer (PE) license obtained by accredited examination in associated areas;
• Preferred: Additional training and/or accreditation in Physics, Chemistry or Advanced Process Technology and Industrial/Nuclear Safety;
• Managing design engineering teams to deliver medium/large plant designs;
• Demonstrable leadership role in complex design and engineering projects;
• Leading a team of highly trained experts;
• Delivery of Frond End Engineering Designs;
• Seniority in defining and substantiating design solutions in order to support integrated safety analysis/safety case reports;
• Define and maintain design intent of the company’s assets;
• Capability to implement the company’s design management processes and procedures;
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of all aspects of plant design including interfaces and boundary limits in the expertise area;
• Ability to solve complex issues requiring scientific knowledge to meet customer, license and legislation requirements;
• Team Leadership: Translate the company’s mission and core values into clear targets and directions for the design team.
• Acting decisively: to ensure accountability objectives will be met;
• Act as the intelligent customer;
• Driving for Results: Focuses on new and better ways of achieving goals; makes changes that produce a noticeable improvement;
• Focus on performance: Demands high performance and quality, makes known the consequences of non-performance;
• Customer Orientation: Understands the customer’s business and needs and works to find an appropriate solution to make a difference, ahead of the competition;
• Going Beyond the Data: Analytical skills to understand complex issues to see patterns and trends and find solutions;
• Working Collaboratively: Promotes work collaboratively with Design & Engineering Teams Group-wide.