Lead Commissioning Engineer

Lead Commissioning Engineer

Location: CA20 1PG, Cumbria

Salary: Umbrella- £52.02

Duration: 31/13/2025 approx

The role: Exciting opportunity for a skilled Commission Engineer lasting over 12 months on a contract basis, within the nuclear sector. In a large industry which could offer a wide range of different career opportunities for yourself.

Duties/Responsibilities may include:

• Ensuring Safety is the highest priority on the project with a continued strive towards Zero Harm. They ensure that they are a role model for all aspects of safety, ensuring a proactive approach to nuclear, radiological, conventional and environmental safety
• Leading a team of Commissioning Engineers and Technicians
• Leading all testing activities throughout all stages of commissioning
• Supervising the production of commissioning test documentation
• Supervising and organising of Commissioning Technicians and support resources
• Supervising the initiation and implementation of FOBs and TQs
• Liaising with the regulatory compliance representatives to ensure witnessing of commissioning activities is expedited
• Recording and management of Temporary Commissioning Aids
• Recording of supporting data in accordance with test requirements
• Ability to utilize completions management systems to manage commissioning activities, and handovers from construction to commissioning and commissioning to client
• Ability to schedule work and to manage work against a project schedule
• Ability to take part in multi discipline design reviews and work with the engineering team
• Actively drives continuous improvement within the commissioning process
• Actively drives progress to meet schedule deadlines

Skills, experience & qualifications:

• Time served or equivalent in an engineering discipline e.g. mechanical discipline
• Preference for HNC or equivalent or route to achieve the qualification
• Project commissioning experience
• Experience with process commissioning, vessels & pumps
• The ability to obtain BPSS is essential for this role.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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