Date:
27 Jan 2025 Location:
London, GB; Manchester, GB; Gloucester, GB; Torino, IT; Lyon, FR
Company:
newcleo Closing Date:
24/02/2025 Role Title:
Chief Engineer Location:
London / Manchester / Gloucester / Lyon / Turin We have a hybrid & flexible working policy of 3 days per week in the office. There are also travel opportunities to our offices in Turin (Italy) and Lyon (France) to collaborate with our Global Engineering Team. About the Role: Support the Engineering Director (ED) for developing, managing, and maintaining a full complement of R&D, engineering, and design capabilities in newcleo’s Global LFR Engineering department (ENG) team, & progressing our exciting lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) projects. What You’ll be Doing: Assist the Engineering Director (ED) in delivering functional, technical, safety, and business responsibilities, ensuring quality, efficiency, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Provide operational direction for resource management, staff training, and development, while establishing and managing the department's training budget. Facilitate the integration of engineering areas/units across design phases to meet technical objectives and statutory regulations. Oversee design plans, scope readiness for design stages, and prioritize document delivery across departments for projects. Supervise Area Managers to ensure high-quality deliverables meet efficiency objectives and comply with standards, legislation, and contractual requirements. Monitor plant modifications and ensure adherence to technical specifications, nuclear safety, and process optimization. Promote and implement lessons learned (LFE/REX), continuous improvement policies, and multidisciplinary problem-solving within the department. Drive technical task forces to resolve engineering issues and optimize policies and procedures. Report on budget, schedules, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for engineering programs. Manage CAPEX/OPEX forecasts and ensure compliance with Quality, Environmental, Health, and Safety Systems.
Your Skills and Experience: Please note, if you meet some but not all of the points below, we are still keen to hear from you! Extensive Engineering Management and technical experience, ideally in the field of generation IV nuclear systems, or SMRs. M.Sc. in Industrial, Mechanical or Nuclear Engineering or equivalent. Meaningful and rich experience in a managerial role within the industry (Nuclear Industry Experience is a plus), including experience with project management. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with demonstrated experience managing complex projects and R&D programs. Proven track record in people management, development and leadership of performance improvement and culture change. Specialism in one or more of the areas typical of a Tier 2 Nuclear design. Comprehensive nuclear engineering technical knowledge. Extensive knowledge of QA systems and their practical application. Extensive knowledge of the provisions related to the Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Management System. (For a UK based role) Right to work full time in the UK & can achieve a national security clearance equivalent to a BPSS standard, or higher, within a reasonable period.
What We Offer: A competitive salary and benefits package including performance related share option scheme, private medical insurance, group life insurance, chartered membership funding & more! The opportunity to be part of a revolutionary clean energy company working with a dynamic, international work environment with a team of experts. The chance to make a significant impact on the future of nuclear energy and the environment. About newcleo Since launching in 2021 newcleo has quickly established itself as an innovator in the field of nuclear energy. newcleo is working to design, build, and operate Gen-IV Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) that are cooled by liquid lead and fueled by reprocessed nuclear waste. Through an innovative combination of existing and proven technologies, and by reviving a nuclear industry model based on the manufacture and multi-recycling of Mixed Oxide fuel, newcleo aims to close the nuclear fuel cycle while safely producing clean, affordable, and practically inexhaustible energy required for low carbon economies. With a EUR 50m group turnover in 2024, more than EUR 400m of private funding and over 70 partnerships and collaborations across the nuclear industry, the growth of the newcleo group is supported through the targeted acquisition of key companies with strong capabilities in nuclear engineering, manufacturing, and waste management. Through its workforce of over 800 highly qualified employees across France, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and Slovakia, newcleo is not only developing and delivering the skills and services required for the group’s own ambitious project timelines, but also supporting the development of Small Modular Reactor supply chains in Europe and beyond. _____________________________________________________________________ If you are not ready to apply just yet, or have a few questions? Contact Cameron Emerson at
Cameron.emerson@newcleo.com Please note, all applications will need to be made via our online portal. #J-18808-Ljbffr
27 Jan 2025 Location:
London, GB; Manchester, GB; Gloucester, GB; Torino, IT; Lyon, FR
Company:
newcleo Closing Date:
24/02/2025 Role Title:
Chief Engineer Location:
London / Manchester / Gloucester / Lyon / Turin We have a hybrid & flexible working policy of 3 days per week in the office. There are also travel opportunities to our offices in Turin (Italy) and Lyon (France) to collaborate with our Global Engineering Team. About the Role: Support the Engineering Director (ED) for developing, managing, and maintaining a full complement of R&D, engineering, and design capabilities in newcleo’s Global LFR Engineering department (ENG) team, & progressing our exciting lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) projects. What You’ll be Doing: Assist the Engineering Director (ED) in delivering functional, technical, safety, and business responsibilities, ensuring quality, efficiency, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Provide operational direction for resource management, staff training, and development, while establishing and managing the department's training budget. Facilitate the integration of engineering areas/units across design phases to meet technical objectives and statutory regulations. Oversee design plans, scope readiness for design stages, and prioritize document delivery across departments for projects. Supervise Area Managers to ensure high-quality deliverables meet efficiency objectives and comply with standards, legislation, and contractual requirements. Monitor plant modifications and ensure adherence to technical specifications, nuclear safety, and process optimization. Promote and implement lessons learned (LFE/REX), continuous improvement policies, and multidisciplinary problem-solving within the department. Drive technical task forces to resolve engineering issues and optimize policies and procedures. Report on budget, schedules, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for engineering programs. Manage CAPEX/OPEX forecasts and ensure compliance with Quality, Environmental, Health, and Safety Systems.
Your Skills and Experience: Please note, if you meet some but not all of the points below, we are still keen to hear from you! Extensive Engineering Management and technical experience, ideally in the field of generation IV nuclear systems, or SMRs. M.Sc. in Industrial, Mechanical or Nuclear Engineering or equivalent. Meaningful and rich experience in a managerial role within the industry (Nuclear Industry Experience is a plus), including experience with project management. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with demonstrated experience managing complex projects and R&D programs. Proven track record in people management, development and leadership of performance improvement and culture change. Specialism in one or more of the areas typical of a Tier 2 Nuclear design. Comprehensive nuclear engineering technical knowledge. Extensive knowledge of QA systems and their practical application. Extensive knowledge of the provisions related to the Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Management System. (For a UK based role) Right to work full time in the UK & can achieve a national security clearance equivalent to a BPSS standard, or higher, within a reasonable period.
What We Offer: A competitive salary and benefits package including performance related share option scheme, private medical insurance, group life insurance, chartered membership funding & more! The opportunity to be part of a revolutionary clean energy company working with a dynamic, international work environment with a team of experts. The chance to make a significant impact on the future of nuclear energy and the environment. About newcleo Since launching in 2021 newcleo has quickly established itself as an innovator in the field of nuclear energy. newcleo is working to design, build, and operate Gen-IV Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) that are cooled by liquid lead and fueled by reprocessed nuclear waste. Through an innovative combination of existing and proven technologies, and by reviving a nuclear industry model based on the manufacture and multi-recycling of Mixed Oxide fuel, newcleo aims to close the nuclear fuel cycle while safely producing clean, affordable, and practically inexhaustible energy required for low carbon economies. With a EUR 50m group turnover in 2024, more than EUR 400m of private funding and over 70 partnerships and collaborations across the nuclear industry, the growth of the newcleo group is supported through the targeted acquisition of key companies with strong capabilities in nuclear engineering, manufacturing, and waste management. Through its workforce of over 800 highly qualified employees across France, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and Slovakia, newcleo is not only developing and delivering the skills and services required for the group’s own ambitious project timelines, but also supporting the development of Small Modular Reactor supply chains in Europe and beyond. _____________________________________________________________________ If you are not ready to apply just yet, or have a few questions? Contact Cameron Emerson at
Cameron.emerson@newcleo.com Please note, all applications will need to be made via our online portal. #J-18808-Ljbffr
