Plant Layout Technical Lead - Design Governance
Location: West Burton Power Station, Nottinghamshire - Hybrid (3 days on site / 2 remote)
Rate: Up to £56 per hour, Inside IR35
Contract: 12 months
Lead the Development of Plant Layout Standards for a Major UK Engineering Programme
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the definition and development of plant layout rules, principles, standards, codes and engineering constraints.
- Establish the governance processes and guidance that will control future plant layout development.
- Define requirements for physical integration across mechanical, electrical, piping, equipment and infrastructure disciplines.
- Develop and maintain plant layout philosophies, design criteria and technical guidance.
- Ensure layout requirements consider safety, constructability, maintainability, accessibility and operational requirements.
- Work with multidisciplinary engineering teams and technical authorities to establish consistent design expectations.
- Manage design interfaces, technical queries, deviations and changes against the agreed framework.
- Support design assurance and ensure requirements are traceable throughout the engineering lifecycle.
- Contribute to the development of PLM processes and the management of engineering data within a controlled digital environment.
Essential Experience
- Significant experience in plant layout engineering, physical integration or a closely related technical leadership role.
- Experience defining or developing engineering standards, design rules, codes, constraints or technical governance frameworks.
- Strong understanding of multidisciplinary plant layout and physical integration requirements.
- Experience establishing design processes, philosophies and technical guidance rather than simply applying existing standards.
- Understanding of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) principles and how engineering information, requirements, configuration and design changes are controlled throughout a project.
- Experience working within a Design Authority, technical assurance or engineering governance environment.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within nuclear, fusion, power generation, oil & gas, defence or other complex regulated industries.
- Familiarity with 3DEXPERIENCE or other PLM software platforms.
- Experience developing plant layout standards for new-build or first-of-a-kind facilities.
- Previous experience as a Plant Layout Technical Authority, Design Governance Lead or Physical Integration Lead
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