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Role Purpose:
- Lead the delivery of all mechanical engineering project activities, ensuring performance against schedule, cost, and quality standards.
- Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight across design, procurement, installation, and commissioning phases. Act as the single accountable leader for mechanical engineering delivery, driving integration across disciplines and enabling functions.
- Reports to: Programme Director
Core Responsibilities:
- Project Leadership: Direct all mechanical engineering activities, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and contractual obligations.
- Delivery Performance: Monitor progress against schedule, earned hours, and quality standards; implement corrective actions where necessary.
- Team Coordination: Lead Mechanical Area Leads and Discipline Leads to resolve blockers, maintain productivity, and ensure consistent leadership presence on site.
- Interface Management: Strengthen collaboration across engineering, supply chain, commissioning, and logistics to ensure seamless planning and execution.
- Reporting: Provide accurate, timely progress updates to Programme Director and Steering Committee, including risk escalation and mitigation strategies.
- Readiness Oversight: Ensure pre-construction readiness, including work-front preparation and lookahead planning, in collaboration with pre-construction teams.
- Problem Solving: Lead tactical interventions to resolve constraints related to materials, design, sequencing, and access.
- Resource Planning: Oversee workforce planning and capability development for mechanical delivery teams.
- Field Supervision: Drive high-performing site supervision, ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and productivity standards.
- Decision Rights: Acts as the primary decision-maker for mechanical engineering delivery.
- Escalates strategic or systemic issues to Programme Director or Steering Committee.
- Prioritises site-based actions to protect delivery and productivity.
Key Interfaces:
- Mechanical Area Leads
- Discipline Leads
- Engineering and Quality Teams
- HSE
- Planning (L4/L5)
- Commissioning and Tier 1 Contractors
- Commercial and PMO Teams
Skills and Experience:
- Senior leadership experience in major mechanical engineering projects (preferably in nuclear or large-scale industrial sectors).
- Strong delivery focus with expertise in sequencing, earned hours, and production control.
- Excellent stakeholder management and ability to lead in a multi-partner environment.
- Deep understanding of mechanical construction interfaces, readiness, and field supervision.
- Behavioural leadership aligned to organisational values and alliance principles.
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