Tunnel Chief Engineer - Sizewell C - M&T - London Projects office based - London

SZC is ultimately owned by two shareholders, EDF and HMG. The shareholders hold their investment in SZC through NNB Holdings Company (SZC) Limited. Over the course of the current shareholding arrangements the shareholdings of the two shareholders will change. The shareholders will fund SZC up until Financial Close through equity in line with the approved schedule and budget. SZC's business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure (including activities relating to hydrogen, direct air capture and/or desalination) at Sizewell C in Suffolk. The principal objectives of the current development phase of the SZC project are to agree and implement the Capital Raise Plan, including completing an equity and debt raise, agree the core supply chain contracts and obtain the regulatory permits and licences required for the construction phase of the Project (including the core environmental permits and nuclear site licence). Prior to the government investment decision SZC operated as part of EDF in the Nuclear Development business unit and was staffed by EDF colleagues and independent contractors who are now in the process of transferring to the direct employment of SZC. It is setting itself up as an organisation capable of delivering a new nuclear power plant, from investment case and funding, to construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance and decommissioning. The SZC construction programme has a technical and commercial business case predicated on technical replication of Hinkley Point C. EDF will be an important supplier of nuclear capability for the SZC Programme from its established nuclear business footprint in the UK. Key stakeholders are: UK Government, relevant Government departments and agencies including Treasury BEIS, EDF, Financial investors and institutions, Regulators, Alliance partners and local communitiesWhat you'll be doing The purpose of the role is: Provide industry leading experience of subject matter to the delivery team at site, providing technical leadership to all underground operations. Act as the principal in-house advisor to the business for future underground tenders and projects.

• Provide technical support and management of underground operations across CWA M&T, in particular with regard to TBM design, fabrication, supply and excavation; an Tunnel Shaft Connection packages.
• Peer review of input and support management of consultants and specialist subcontractors in the production of both permanent and temporary works designs and construction.
• Lead peer reviews related to subject matter expertise.
• Advise on 'best' engineering of temporary works and construction methods/sequence.
• Advise on degree of risk exposure implicit in the work the CWA undertakes and how best to manage associated risks.
• Ensuring that factors affecting project delivery are identified and addressed in a value-engineered, cost-effective and safe manner and appropriate risk management provisions implemented.
• Value engineering to identify optimum design and construction solutions.
• Advise on construction methods, e.g. sprayed concrete mining, secondary concrete lining, tunnel water management, complex reinforced concrete structures, complex lifting.
• Create and critique scopes for relevant areas of work.
• Develop and perform detailed root cause analysis and problem solving for engineering problems.
• Maintain links and working relationships with specialist consultants and subcontractors.
• Build and maintain a network of key specialists, both in-house and external.
• Maintain a high degree of technical competence and an awareness of current sources of external, practical, cost-effective design and construction advice in various specialist areas.
• Support contracts and determine robust designs and assurance through internal procedures
• Mentoring of junior members of staff.
  
  Essential
• Up-to-date knowledge of construction methodologies, specifically large scale reinforced concrete structures, tunnelling and Temporary Works.
• Proficient knowledge of project planning
• Safe systems of work
• CDM Regulation and ACOP awareness
• Ability to work across multiple projects (UK)
• Confidence to challenge the normal approach to construction
• Comfortable with working in digital models
• Leadership
• Facilitation skills
• Able to work with complexity and detail
• Able to form arguments and influence outcomes
Desirable
• Considered as an industry leader in subject matter
Qualifications & Experience Essential
• Chartered Engineer in Civil Engineering or equivalent
• Broad on-site experience from across a range of territories
Desirable
• Experience of working within the requirements of a highly regulated site preferred.
  
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