Engineering Manager (Nuclear)

Atkins Middle East

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: HP331-1720

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

SNC Lavalin's Nuclear business is one of the world's leading nuclear solutions providers, with 3,000 professionals operating worldwide.

We provide multidisciplinary support to a very broad range of clients developing nuclear power, operating plants, and to those decommissioning plants.

Atkins (now part of the SNC-Lavalin group) has been supporting the UAE nuclear programme since 2011 as is a trusted partner to the programme, and we have a great ability to make use of our extensive global capabilities (50 countries and 53,000 experts) to ensure the UAE programme remains a model for the world.

Right now, we are looking for someone to lead our engineering work for the UAE nuclear programme.

This will be based in Abu Dhabi, and mostly working at the power plant site itself with occasional working in our Abu Dhabi engineering HQ.

Responsibilities:

- Technical leadership of the delivery of our work (whether undertaken in UAE or overseas offices)
- Working closely with client engineers to identify scopes of work to solve technical issues
- Involvement in the delivery of work (whether this be consulting advice, calculations, analysis, or the development of programs and processes)
- Growing a multidisciplinary engineering team in Abu Dhabi and mentoring junior engineers
- Actively bringing the right expertise from within our company to help delivery multidisciplinary solutions
- Working to extremely high standards (including ASME NQA-1 QA procedures), and maintain a level of nuclear professionalism at all times

Requirements

Essential requirements:

- Degree qualified in a related Mechanical/I&C/Electrical Engineering or Science based discipline;
- At least 10 years commercial PWR nuclear plant experience (analysis, plant operations, power ascension testing, plant modifications, licensing, and/or development or oversight of regulated engineering programs)
- Native written and spoken English

About the Company

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technology based consultancy and support services to the industry, commerce and governments in all of the worlds major economies. With over 17,000 staff operating in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, Atkins has a broad range of skills and resources and provides Clients with a comprehensive service throughout the entire life cycle of the projects in the built environment.

We aim to be the international first choice supplier of technical and integrated services. Shaped by our customers' needs, our vision is to:

  • focus on quality
  • seek world class design and excellence
  • strive to add value
  • be flexible to the evolving needs of a changing society

Atkins first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. From its regional head office in Dubai, U.A.E. Atkins Middle East now employs over 2000 staff located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Oman (Muscat ), Qatar (Doha) Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait City) and India (Bangalore).

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Engineering Manager salaries in UAE

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AED 34,000

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