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Principal Commissioning Engineer (SC cleared)

  • Salary: Available on Request
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted about 3 years ago

  • Sector: Nuclear
  • Contact: Emma Lamb
  • Contact Email: elamb@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 01942 323277
  • Start Date: 01 April 2024
  • Expiry Date: 21 March 2021
  • Job Ref: 1034751
NRL are currently recruiting for an experienced Principal Commissioning Engineer to work for one of our leading clients, within the Nuclear industry, in Reading. This will be working on a long term, contract basis. Delivering commissioning projects to meet the appropriate national legal requirements and Client’s requirement specification, the developed technical specifications and applied standards. Provide commissionability input into the detail design and construction processes.

Principal Tasks and Responsibilities:
  • Supervision of the Commissioning technicians under their direct responsibility.
  • Adherence to the agreed Commissioning Quality Management System and ensuring that the commissioning team members correctly apply procedures, codes and standards to commissioning activities.
  • Interface with the Client team and other project disciplines (Design Engineering, Training, Procurement, Quality Assurance, Construction, Operations and Maintenance)
  • Functional inputs to Commissioning Deliverables.
  • Day to day progress monitoring and reporting.
  • Input to, production and checking of Commissioning Documentation (including Test Documentation, Commissioning Reports).
  • Assisting the Commissioning Team Leader in the identification of the Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) requirements – approval of vendor test documentation, witnessing of vendor testing, approval of vendor test results where required.
  • Responsible for production and checking of the Commissioning Test Documentation.
  • Ensuring that all mandatory test pre-requisites are in place
  • Carry out Risk Assessment and produce Safe Systems of Work
  • Responsible for the execution of commissioning tests to schedule.
  • Responsible for the satisfactory completion of all commissioning execution records and results and control of all raw data associated with the tests they carry out.
  • Review and acceptance of completed test records.
  • Compilation and review of Commissioning LTQR packages
  • Provision of discipline specific subject matter expertise.
  • Day to Day planning of commissioning execution activities.
What You Will Need:
Academic Requirements:
  • Level 4 Qualification (e.g. HNC) preferred but ‘commissioning specific’ experience may be considered in lieu of qualification
  • IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent
  • CSCS/ECS Affiliated cards (in date) in specific discipline
  • Member of institution (IET etc.) preferred
  • Security Clearance Requirements
  • SC or DV - Mandatory for access to site
Experience requirements - Preferred Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
  • Electrical & Instrumentation and Control Systems commissioning experience
  • Experience in the nuclear industry
  • Previous site experience (nuclear)
  • AWE experience
  • Conversant with Siemens S7 and Simocode, WinCC, Profibus and PICS software packages
  • For Electrical Commissioning Engineers only – 18th Edition IEE Regulations (Electrical)
  • Be familiar with commissioning procedures for TCA’s, Fob’s (or CR’s) and handover.