Senior Process Engineer

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General information

Organization

Orano Limited is the Orano group entity operating in the UK, working with the majority of the UK's nuclear clients and specialising in decommissioning, waste, and special nuclear material management. Orano Limited employs around 85 staff based at its offices in Abingdon, Warrington and Whitehaven. The company acts as the UK gateway to the global capability of Orano and combines this with a 40-year track record in the UK, marrying the group's international know-how with expertise in UK regulations and decades of UK nuclear site experience.

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Reference number

2024-18039  

Job details

Position title

Senior Process Engineer

Job description (internal)

Want to feel like you are making a real difference in the Nuclear sector?


Purpose of Position

To supervise a small team of process engineers to deliver engineering design packages to the required time, cost and quality and personally undertake some of the more complex design tasks as required. To provide specialist process engineering advice.


Role and Responsibilities
Responsibilities include:

  • Provide specialist design services to internal/external customers.
  • Production of design deliverables (e.g. drawings, reports or calculations) to agreed standards of safety, cost, quality and time.
  • Contribute to the economic design of systems and equipment.
  • Oversee the work of others and develop the skills and abilities of others for the benefit of the company.
  • Provide advice and guidance on issues appropriate to their discipline.
  • Actively participate in the development and application of appropriate technical and managerial processes and systems in his/her work area.
  • Organise, supervise, monitor and develop the team to deliver successful outputs.
  • Identify major technical uncertainties and refer them for decision by higher authority.
  • Comply with all legislative, regulatory and company policy standards and processes applicable to the role.

Close working relationships with other Orano sites and client sites may be required, which necessitates regular travel to those sites (dependent upon project).This role is based at our Warrington or Abingdon office.

What skills are we looking for ?
Communication skills – ability to confidently liaise with external stakeholders and team members, both oral and written.

Proactivity – ability to independently seek out or develop one’s own answer to challenging technical questions.

Questioning attitude – ability to analyse situations and challenge the conditions, activities or solutions to support continuous improvement and develop areas of best practice.

Organisational excellence – ability to organise one’s own time 

Integrity and Inclusivity – ability to take responsibility for one’s own actions and foster an inclusive working environment where all members of the team are respected.

Leadership - desire to lead and support the development of more junior members of the team.

Skills and Qualifications (internal)

We are much more interested in what you could do, than what you have already done. The Process team encourage diversity of thought and welcome applications of candidates with transferable skills that can be applied to our projects, therefore, all candidates will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Have a BEng (Hons) or MEng (Hons) in Chemical Engineering.
  • Minimum of 5 years relevant experience as a Process Engineer, Chemical Engineer or Design Engineer on Nuclear site or a highly regulated site.
  • Chartered member of the IChemE or suitable experience.
  • Experienced in supporting the production & development of process discipline documents and demonstrating the capability to work within a team.
  • Experienced in supporting process engineering coordination tasks as part of a team, demonstrating the capability to work within a team.
  • Experience of delivering projects for Sellafield or AWE sites (desirable)
  • The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK, and be willing to obtain SC clearance. This position is for either the Abingdon or Warrington office.

Employment Classification

Regular/Permanent

Job

TA - Studies & Design

Job location

Job location

Europe, United Kingdom, North West, Cheshire

Geolocation by area (Always put 'Yes')

No

Adress

Warrington

Additional information

Telework/Home-office

Hybrid Options

Applicant criteria

Travel

Yes

Handled by

Primary manager

Annie DIGHTON