Technical Leadership & Strategy

• Lead the development of engineering strategy, programme planning, and systems engineering approaches within the assigned scope.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert and technical authority within the relevant engineering discipline.
• Provide authoritative guidance on engineering design, integration, and technical decision‑making.

Design Development & Assurance

• Lead the formulation, review, and assurance of engineering strategies, feasibility assessments, and design development activities.
• Oversee technical review processes, ensuring design outputs meet safety, quality, cost, and performance requirements.
• Support the determination of site or system suitability from an engineering perspective and contribute to comparative evaluations.

Stakeholder Engagement & Representation

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, regulators, and partner organisations to support programme delivery.
• Represent the engineering function in consultations, public engagement activities, and technical discussions.
• Act as Intelligent Customer for relevant Development Consent Order (DCO) or regulatory submissions.

Requirements & Systems Engineering

• Lead the development and management of system requirements within the assigned scope.
• Ensure engineering solutions are developed using robust systems engineering principles.
• Translate programme requirements into clear, deliverable engineering outputs.

Design Integration & Delivery

• Support the development of Initial Concept Design (ICD) strategies, scope definition, and procurement activities.
• Guide design development from concept through to regulatory submission and acceptance.
• Work closely with engineering, safety case, and technical teams to deliver integrated design solutions.

Leadership, Governance & Assurance

• Provide strong leadership across engineering activities, fostering a performance‑driven and collaborative culture.
• Ensure engineering processes and procedures are fit for purpose, compliant, and consistently applied.
• Provide management oversight for direct reports and supply chain contractors where appropriate.
• Maintain effective working relationships with key partners and stakeholders across the programme.

Programme & Delivery Support

• Apply experience of the engineering design lifecycle, cost control, and scheduling to support programme delivery.
• Ensure engineering deliverables are produced to the required standards and within agreed timescales.
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes and ways of working.