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Commissioning Manager - Nuclear Defence
Location: AWE Burghfield, Berkshire
Rate: c. 600 per day (Outside IR35)
Contract: Until October 2026
Start: ASAP
Clearance: SC or DV preferred
Working Pattern: Mon-Fri, 45 hrs/week, full-time on site
Role Overview
We are recruiting an experienced Commissioning Manager to support a major nuclear defence programme at AWE Burghfield. The role involves managing and coordinating commissioning activities across specialist equipment, building services, and control systems on a highly regulated site.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage commissioning work packages and supplier activities
- Ensure compliance with AWE procedures and ONR LC21
- Review and approve test documentation
- Plan, coordinate, and witness FAT/SAT
- Integrate commissioning activities into the project programme
- Track readiness, report progress, and resolve test failures
- Chair commissioning and stakeholder reviews
- Ensure safe systems of work during testing and commissioning
Requirements
- Strong experience commissioning large, complex facilities
- Background in nuclear, defence, or similarly regulated sectors
- Proven ability to lead multi-discipline commissioning teams
- Solid knowledge of commissioning methodologies
- Degree-qualified (or equivalent experience)
- SC or DV clearance preferred (or willing to obtain)
What's on Offer
- Long-term contract to October 2026
- Full-time, on-site role on a flagship UK defence project
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