Support and Outage block Layout and Installations Manager

Job description

In this context, we are looking for a Manager – Mechanical Layout & Installations (Support & Outage Block) to report to our Senior Manager – Reactor Island Layout. Leading a team of Layout engineers, this pivotal role will define and deliver building layouts and plant outage strategies that underpin safe, efficient and cost-effective reactor operations.

What You’ll Be Delivering

We’ll need you to:

• Leading the end-to-end delivery of mechanical layout and installation design for the Support & Outage buildings, ensuring outputs meet cost, quality and schedule requirements
• Owning and developing integrated outage strategies across Reactor Island, working closely with Operations to embed maintainability and operational efficiency into design solutions
• Coordinating multi-disciplinary inputs (Civils, Construction, Architecture, Safety, Security, Human Factors) to define building layouts, personnel flows, and operational models
• Defining and executing the delivery plan for the Support & Outage block, aligning stakeholders and ensuring effective governance and design assurance
• Managing programme risks, identifying lessons learned, and escalating key issues to drive continuous improvement and robust delivery
• Leading, coaching and developing a small team of engineers, ensuring strong technical oversight, capability growth and effective resource utilisation
• Providing technical checking, guidance and approval of design outputs, ensuring compliance with standards, requirements and best practice

Why This Role Matters

This is a visible and business-critical role, where you’ll bring structured thinking, collaborative leadership and the ability to translate complex engineering challenges into elegant, practical solutions.

Skills & Experience

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related discipline), or equivalent experience
• Experience delivering complex layout or installation design programmes, and/or plant operations experience within regulated or high-integrity environments
• We’ll ask about your experience leading engineering teams, managing delivery milestones, and navigating design trade-offs
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, stakeholder management, andthrough-life operational design considerations

Location

We offer flexible working, with expectations to attend key UK sites as required to support collaboration and delivery.

What’s In It For You

• We anticipate paying a salary of between £60,000-£78,750
• Bonus – Performance related target opportunity 7%
• Benefits Allowance – £2,200 per annum, enabling you to create a bespoke package
• Pension – 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
• Holidays – 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days.
• Private Medical Insurance – BUPA single cover health care
• Life Assurance – 6x pensionable pay
• £250 – One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases