Civil Contracts Engineering Lead

£54,000 DOE + Medical Cover + Professional Development + Flexitime + Benefits

Bristol

Certain Advantage is hiring for a Civil Contracts Engineering Lead, based within commutable distance of Bristol.

This role is on a permanent basis and is primarily office-based, with some nationwide travel (up to 10%).

We're working with a global leader in technical and engineering services. This company supports critical nuclear power programmes across the UK and Europe. Their teams are embedded in major projects like Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C, while also advancing SMR technology.

They provide expert programme and project management throughout the full project lifecycle, ensuring safe, high-quality, and timely solutions. By fostering innovation and collaboration, they help drive the future of nuclear energy and infrastructure.

As a Civil Contracts Engineering Lead, you will be in charge of the civil activities for the New Buildings and will be responsible for the management of multiple civil engineering design contracts for SZC project.

You will be ultimately responsible to provide the technical specifications and to ensure that they are in line with the contract holder. Key responsibilities will be:

• Technical support with building specific civil related topics requiring a good level of expertise in Design. This may imply production of specific deliverables, participation to meetings, review of documents produced by others (internal or external stakeholders)
• Leading technical specifications reviews and surveillance
• Contribute and participate to lessons learnt process linked to their field of responsibilities
• Ensuring the specifications are followed by the contract holder
• Managing the technical surveillance of studies
• Establish surveillance programme(s) and annual surveillance reports
• Managing the resolution of contractor technical queries, organise and run weekly and monthly progress meetings and develop and improve contracts tools
• Lead contractual discussions and clarifications

The Individual:

We're looking for people who can show:

• Bachelor's / Master's degree in civil engineering
• Working experience on civil design engineering
• Experience in the nuclear sector would be advantageous
• Ideally have an understanding of the Codes & Standards on CW
• Ideally good understanding of relevant Health and Safety regulations and knowledge of the UK Projects civil engineering design sequence and/or experience on HPC project would be advantageous

The Benefits:

• Professional Development Support
• Medical Cover
• Flexitime Options
• Company Benefits

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