Role Title: Senior Manager - Piping Design
Location: Derby, Manchester, Warrington
We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.
We are now recruiting for the exciting role of Senior Manager - Piping Design, to be involved in industry leading, cutting-edge design project for a new type of power station.
Reporting to the Chief Design Engineer for Installations, the Senior Manager – Piping Design is accountable for development of the fully integrated technical solutions and governance, covering the Reactor Island Piping Layout Design. This role is fundamental to Rolls-Royce SMR achieving its modularisation strategy.
This role, along with other Senior Management positions within the Installations Team, will be responsible for the specified design development scope; this includes pipe routing, pipe stress analysis and piping functional performance.
It will be the responsibility of this candidate to lead, manage and develop the team along with the integration of cross-functional resources to deliver the piping layout design through the entire product lifecycle and enable the team to become the design authority for this aspect of the Reactor Island layout.
The candidate will be a leader within Piping layout design with a proven track record of delivery of large complex programmes and with a high level of aptitude for people leadership. A strategic thinker who is comfortable leading within a developing business and circumnavigating the challenges that this brings with ambiguity, changing business and customer demands and emergent business needs, demonstrating effective leadership behaviours in the face of these challenging circumstances. There is an expectation that the candidate can flex and evolve within the role, within the business and lead the team as it develops.
It is essential that the leader can build the capability within the team for this level of scope and deliver against tough demands from across the business.
The successful candidate shall lead a Piping design team supported by cross functional integration of all areas of the business required to deliver the final product into the power station delivery model and be responsible for building and maintaining the design capability required. This includes: the overall direction and governance of the programmes of work under their scope; accepting the validity of the technical solutions developed under their direction; the delivery of a robust design and safety justification, supported by detailed mechanical analysis and Design for X assessment; the integration of the piping solutions into the overall design and development of the total engineering capability needs across piping design, for scope of responsibility. This role also plays a significant part in enabling delivery strategies to be developed, stewarding cost and programme and leading people through an exciting time within the SMR business development.
Key Results & What can be achieved in the role
* Technically lead and drive their specified elements of the integrated development programme in line with the programme’s policies and processes and provide technical leadership and governance for piping layout development in line with delegated authority.
* Manage the team to deliver and provide assurance of the full scope of the piping layout design across Reactor Island. This includes pipe routing (including modularisation design), pipe stress analysis and piping system functional performance.
* Own the delivery programme for their accountable scope of supply and contribute to the creation and management of suitable design milestone schedules and budgets.
* Develop design and product cost estimates, manage the wider technical attributes for their scope and contribute to the associated Installations opportunity and risk registers.
* Ensure SQEP within the workforce by developing robust training plans for members of the team and ensuring succession planning for the team.
* Lead development of the team to act as intelligent customer and the design authority including people, processes and tools are in place.
* Own the design configuration of piping layout within area of accountability, integrated with the wider programme.
* Deliver and own engineering substantiation and safety cases for agreed scope.
* Guides others in resolving complex issues in their own specialised area and solves complex problems with implications on cross-functional business processes.
* Serves as an adviser and applies knowledge of strategies that can be used within own function and discipline.
* Identifies applications of functional knowledge and existing methodologies to complex problems.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.
Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch, we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.
Key Selection Criteria
Role scope specific:
* Experience of managing and piping layout design solutions within the nuclear industry (or similar) and/or large infrastructure projects, ensuring design integrity and compliance.
* Experience of piping specific design codes & standards, preferable ASME III.
* Familiarity with piping layout design tools such a AutoPlant 3D.
Experience of leading large engineering teams and programmes to deliver complex, high integrity designs in complex business environments.
* The role will lead a large team and large budget, both of which will grow significantly in later phases of the programme. This will require substantial leadership skills and expertise to lead people with diverse backgrounds, experience, and skills, maintaining, and sustaining a SQEP resource pool to lead the project from concept to operation of the first SMRs and beyond. This role will demand leadership of people across multiple locations within the UK, and potentially globally.
* The candidate shall demonstrable high levels of skill in project management in an engineering context will be required to understand the performance of the team, to lead the implementation of work into the higher-level reporting and generate narrative to explain the formal position of the team on a regular basis.
Cross functional and multi disciplined leadership and coordination to deliver design solutions.
* Knowledge of cross functional business collaboration needed to deliver integrated design solutions is important to coach and lead the team and ensure the design and development supports the delivery demand of the Reactor Island layout. This is especially applicable to stress analysis, process engineering and external project partners, allowing the candidate to work with, influence and direct other parts of the business to achieve successful design development and delivery of the piping layout.
Ability to build relationships at all levels of the business.
* As this is a key strategic leadership role within the Installations team, the ability to work with people, build teams, create a supporting working environment, and communicate up and down the business hierarchy is a key competence that the candidate should be able to demonstrate.
* This role encompasses a blend of leadership across technical, programme and people accountabilities so the ability to balance these demands is a key attribute.
Demonstrate self-drive and motivation, and seeking to motivate others, to deliver maturity in the piping layout development aligned to the demands of the programme.
* An exceptional team player that is prepared to support any aspect of the business when required. Display an appropriate questioning attitude and excel in periods of uncertainty within a learning culture. Is willing to work in an ever changing and ambiguous environment and flex and bend to the evolving needs of the business, sustaining exceptional leadership behaviours.
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