Senior Engineer - Core Ancillaries - Hybrid - #1779346

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About The Opportunity

Amentum are recruiting for a Senior Engineer - Core Ancillaries, this is a key role within the Nuclear Equipment team, and you'll have a significant input into how the team grows, be expected to have a strong influence on this and help to build a team SQEP of delivering the work required. The role will require leadership of people across multiple locations and will work with suppliers nationally and internationally which will require reasonable travel from time to time. Key responsibilities will be:

• Be technically accountable for developing solutions within the defined scope
• Provide a good level of domain knowledge and experience in the subject area relevant to this role
• Work independently to solve complex technical problems, using a structured approach and seeking specialist advise where necessary. It is expected that the Senior Engineer will be a key individual contributor to the team’s delivery objectives.
• Lead and supervise a small team of engineers where the role requires it.
• Lead and define work to ensure the team deliver the defined scope as required.
• Set objectives and run performance reviews where required. It is expected that the senior engineer is aligned to the overall team objectives within Components and Mechanical Equipment and is a leader in delivering these objectives at the working level.
• Responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of their defined scope, feeding into the broader cross functional integrated plan and ensuring adherence to programme and budget.
• Work with the Manager to define the activities for the team and be responsible for the work conducted
• Be the point of contact for work within the defined scope, managing multiple stakeholders across different functions, and lead supplier engagements where required.
• Responsible for the outputs within defined scope being to-time and to-quality, through technical reviewing, checking and process adherence to support the manager’s and senior manager’s accountabilities.
• Show appropriate leadership behaviours and advocate for the team / department.
  
  

Here's What You'll Need

• Chartered Engineer or demonstrate actively working towards achieving this, and also hold a degree level qualification in a relevant technical topic area.
• Able to communicate and build relationships with a large variety of stakeholders across the business, covering functions such as component design, system design, analysis, verification,
  
  

manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, programme management and business development.

• Experience with senior leadership, primarily within engineering but also across the different business functions, and will be capable of communicating with different levels of the business hierarchy.
• Required to support engagements with external stakeholders, including customers, regulators and suppliers. This will include being capable of supporting a variety of discussion with third parties, as well as being capable of leading presentations on complex cross functional topics relevant to the role scope.
  
  

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

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