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On behalf of AWE, we are looking for an Engineering Manager (Inside IR35) for a 12 Month contract based in Reading (3 days per week on site).

What if you could work on something that you can’t test… but cannot afford to fail? Something that could have spent years on a submarine, is launched into outer space (where the temperature is below -250c), comes hurtling through the atmosphere, being heated up and shaken and then must work? Some challenge. That’s exactly what the team of over 6,500 people at AWE do every day delivering important work, in support of the most important mission – keeping the nation safe.

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure.

DV Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active DV security clearance. 

As a Engineering Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Act as the primary engineering representative and key technical point of contact, providing guidance and assurance throughout project delivery.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and suppliers, ensuring safe, high-quality delivery to agreed cost and schedule targets.
• Oversee engineering design, assurance, governance and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to regulatory, statutory and company requirements.
• Manage technical interfaces, engineering risks, changes and hazard resolution to support the safe integration of complex systems and equipment.
• Support commissioning, testing and acceptance activities, ensuring engineering evidence demonstrates operational readiness and compliance.
• Maintain robust configuration control and provide clear technical recommendations to design authorities, promoting sound engineering judgement and a strong safety culture.

Essential:

• Proven experience leading engineering delivery within complex, highly regulated or safety-critical environments.
• Strong understanding of engineering governance, technical assurance and design management principles.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and external engineering suppliers.
• Knowledge of engineering lifecycle management, configuration control and change control processes.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and provide technical leadership across multiple disciplines.
• Experience balancing safety, quality, cost and schedule considerations in engineering decision-making.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

AWE’s ambition is to create workplaces that recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and where people feel able to be themselves at work. They strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, AWE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

AWE guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".