Lead Engineer – Power Station Integration

Role Overview

• Lead and manage a small team of engineers, providing technical direction, coaching and support to deliver high-quality outcomes
• Plan, coordinate and deliver integration work packages, ensuring work is completed safely, on time and to the required quality standards
• Own and deliver product-level aspects of the power station design to meet business and customer requirements
• Manage key plant-level attributes such as net power output within your area of responsibility
• Apply systems engineering methods to define how the full power station operates and performs
• Elicit, define and decompose requirements, and ensure effective flow-down to lower-tier systems
• Lead integration activities and work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to develop a coherent, aligned design
• Drive and influence design decisions, including structured optioneering and trade-off studies
• Identify, manage and resolve cross-system issues, risks and dependencies
• Develop delivery plans, manage priorities and support effective utilisation of team resources
• Support the development of engineers within the team through mentoring, coaching and performance development activities

Requirements

• An engineering qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience within a relevant discipline
• Strong experience in system or product-level design and integration, solving complex, cross-functional challenges
• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering technical work packages, including planning, prioritisation and management of resources
• Experience of leading integration activities, managing requirements, and delivering technical work packages through others as well as directly
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions across multiple engineering disciplines
• In-depth understanding of systems engineering tools and techniques, with exposure to MBSE approaches (e.g. Capella) advantageous
• Experience coaching and developing engineers, creating an environment where individuals and teams can perform at their best

Benefits

• Bonus
• Performance related target opportunity 12.5%
• 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