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Senior Manager – Mechanical Handling
Rolls-Royce SMRSenior Manager overseeing Mechanical Handling engineering solutions for Rolls-Royce SMR. Leading a team to ensure safe and efficient delivery across product lifecycle.
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on leading the development and delivery of Mechanical Handling solutions, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards while managing complex engineering teams and programmes.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Mechanical Engineering DegreeChartered Engineer StatusMechanical Handling Equipment LeadershipEngineering Governance and Safety SubstantiationProgramme and Resource Management
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Hard Skills
Mechanical Handling Solutions DevelopmentDesign IntegrationVerification and Validation ActivitiesManufacturing DeliveryEngineering Budget Management
Soft Skills
Team LeadershipStakeholder InfluenceProblem SolvingCollaboration
Certifications & Qualifications
Chartered Engineer Status
Industry Keywords
Safety-Critical SystemsNuclear SectorRegulated IndustryProduct Lifecycle ManagementCapability Development
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Leading the development, governance and delivery of integrated Mechanical Handling solutions throughout the entire product lifecycle, from concept through to operation and maintenance.
- Providing technical leadership and delegated engineering authority across Mechanical Handling equipment, ensuring safe, robust and deployable solutions.
- Building, leading and developing a growing engineering team, establishing the capability required to become the Design Authority and Intelligent Customer for the commodity.
- Owning delivery of major programmes across cost, schedule, quality, safety and technical performance objectives.
- Governing engineering substantiation, safety cases, design configuration and verification activities within your scope of accountability.
- Developing capability strategies covering engineering resources, supplier engagement, manufacturing readiness, materials, verification & validation and long-term delivery needs.
- Collaborating across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, safety, licensing, programme and supply chain functions to ensure fully integrated product delivery.
- Supporting customer, site-specific and future fleet deployment activities, ensuring solutions meet both programme and market requirements.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Degree-qualified in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, with Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional recognition.
- Experience leading the design, manufacture, operation and maintenance of Mechanical Handling equipment or comparable safety-critical systems within the nuclear sector or another highly regulated industry.
- Proven experience leading large engineering teams and delivering complex product development programmes across multiple stages of the product lifecycle.
- Strong understanding of engineering governance, safety substantiation, product ownership, design integration, manufacturing delivery and verification & validation activities.
- Experience managing substantial engineering budgets, programme risks, resource planning and capability development.
- Demonstrable success leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing stakeholders across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, commercial and programme functions.
- Ability to operate effectively within ambiguity, driving delivery and maintaining high-performance standards in a rapidly evolving environment.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Bonus – Performance-related target opportunity of up to 17%.
- Allowance – £5,000 enabling you to create a bespoke package.
- Pension – Competitive Rolls-Royce SMR pension scheme.
- Holidays – 28 days holiday (+ public holidays).
- Family Friendly Policies including: 39 weeks paid Maternity, Surrogacy and Adoption Leave, 6 weeks Paternity Leave, IVF and Assisted Conception, Neonatal Care and more.
- Private Medical Insurance – BUPA single cover healthcare.
- Life Assurance – 6x pensionable pay.
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.