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Principal Commissioning Engineer

  • Location: Reading, RG7 4PR
  • Salary: Competitive
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted about 1 month ago

  • Sector: Nuclear
  • Contact: Gareth Fairhurst
  • Contact Email: gareth.fairhurst@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 01942 323277
  • Start Date: 30 July 2024
  • Expiry Date: 28 August 2024
  • Job Ref: V-174517

NRL are currently looking to recruit a Principal Commissioning Engineer to work for a client of ours working in the nuclear industry on a permanent basis based in Reading.

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.

Requirements:

  • SC or DV - Mandatory for access to site

  • 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

  • Electrical & Instrumentation and Control Systems commissioning experience

  • Experience in the nuclear industry

  • Previous site experience (nuclear)

  • Conversant with Siemens S7 and Simocode, WinCC, Profibus and PICS software packages

  • For Electrical Commissioning Engineers only – 18th Edition IEE Regulations (Electrical)

What’s on offer:

  • High – profile work

  • Competitive salary

  • Long term work


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