Senior Engineer

Description:

These site-based roles support the facility engineering function across the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) and Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) facilities, as well as the central facility engineering support team. Successful candidates will act in a Technical Authority capacity, ensuring the ongoing engineering integrity, safety, compliance, and performance of plant and infrastructure.

Reporting to the Facility Principal Engineer, Senior Engineers will provide technical advice to Senior Operations Managers, supporting facility availability, reliability, and maintainability through effective management of plant status, maintenance trends, defects, and obsolescence.

Key Responsibilities Include
 

• Maintaining engineering oversight for assigned facilities, ensuring they remain safe, compliant, operational, and fit for purpose throughout their lifecycle, including decommissioning.
• Conducting facility walkdowns and identifying, raising, and tracking corrective actions.
• Monitoring and supporting maintenance activities, minor upgrades, and engineering improvements.
• Managing engineering activities to meet cost, schedule, quality, and compliance requirements.
• Leading and approving engineering tasks and supporting larger project modifications.
• Ensuring engineering records are accurate, current, and auditable.
• Integrating engineering activities with facility safety cases and long-term operational plans.
• Overseeing review, commissioning, and handover processes for facility modifications to maintain plant integrity and safety.