Defence Shift Team Leader
Job Introduction
Job Description for Defence Shift Team Leader:
NNL is where your understanding of reactors fuels the nation. As part of our Fuel Reactor & Reprocessing capability, you’ll play a vital role in developing the UK fuel cycle in line with advances in new technology and new processes. As old reactors reach the end of their lifespan, we need experts like you, with the technical skills to virtually model scenarios that not only enable us to explore new ways of managing the inputs and outputs of reactors, but also pave the way for the implementation of smaller, cleaner revolutionary new reactors. This is a place where you can use your knowledge and expertise to do long term meaningful work for years to come.
This role is for a Shift Team Leader who will work scientists and PIE technicians based at Windscale Active Handling Facility issues for customers Rolls-Royce and MoD.
The candidate will manage the P.I.E. shift team, maximising the potential of the team, including development of people (behaviourally and technically), facilities, and equipment to meet customer and NNL ambition needs. Assist in implementation of a shift rotation pattern with resilience. They will ensure a clear line of sight of all safety and security responsibilities and the availability of ready for service resource to support delivery.
The candidate will maintain strong work relationships with the customer and all touchpoints throughout the organisation, and work closely with the capability managers with in the Defence programme.
The Shift Team Leader will plan and supervises the work of their shift team, in accordance with safety, technical and delivery requirements. They will oversee their team’s deployments with nuclear health and safety accountability for their team, and be a member of the AHF emergency response team.
The role holder will liaise and work closely with the Capability Manager to deliver work as needed, and with the discipline and cross discipline technical leads within the Defence programme.
The location for this role is flexible and can be based at Sellafield or Workington.
Role Responsibility
Main Responsibilities for Defence Shift Team Leader:
- EHSS&Q: The STL will be accountable for EHSS&Q within their individual shift team and must ensure that: staff have completed all mandatory training required, provision of resource to enable safety / security supervision and safe / secure operations, “Out of Norm” EHSS&Q events must be reported and reviewed on OSHENS within business timescales, staff are aware and adhere of security requirements and protocols.
- Safety & Security: The STL will be accountable for nuclear safety and security whilst on the shift working pattern within AHF in their role acting as Building Controller/Incident Controller / First Aider as required.
- Team Performance: The STL will be accountable for team and individual performance, maintenance of technical skills within their shift team including ensuring performance of staff is managed and monitored via Performance and Development Review (PDR) process
- Delivering for our Customer: Fostering a positive delivery culture in the team whilst maintaining focus on safety, security and quality.
- The STL will be accountable for ensuring resources within their shift team are deployed on activities within their skillset or under adequate levels of supervision, and workload appropriately managed.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential Criteria for Defence Shift Team Leader:
- Demonstrable experience delivering for customers.
- Experience of working within and leading multidisciplinary teams.
- A track record of applying knowledge in practical applications.
- Excellent communication and team working skills.
- Positive attitude to learning and supporting the wider development of the team
- A proven ability to safely deliver complex projects and demonstration of a positive attitude to safety, security, and other EHSS&Q requirements.
- A pro-active and flexible approach to customer support and project delivery in making sure that requirements and expectations are met or exceeded.
- Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).
Desirable Criteria for Defence Shift Team Leader:
- Membership of a professional institute.
- Experience of leading teams.
About the Company
NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole.
This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.
NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.
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