First Recruitment Group
Engineering Authority
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Engineering Authority
12 month contract
Barrow-in-Furness - 4 days onsite, 1 day remote
Job Overview
Purpose Statement
The Engineering Authority provides technical assurance, governance, and decision-making authority to ensure engineering activities are safe, compliant, and aligned with company standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practice. The role acts as the ultimate technical decision-maker within their discipline and is accountable for managing technical risk across the asset lifecycle.
The role provides leadership and management of all outsourced TA and Engineering service provision.
Accountabilities
Key Role Deliverables
- Act as the designated Engineering Authority with authority to approve, challenge, or reject engineering decisions.
- Act as custodian of discipline engineering standards and asset engineering documentation and assure their compliance. Provides recommendations for approval of derogations/dispensations.
- Responsible for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Technical Authority Framework.
- Overall ownership of the scope of quality of SECE performance standards.
- Ensure individual performance standards are correctly allocated to the appropriate Technical Authority.
- Identify, assess, and manage technical risks, ensuring risks are reduced to ALARP (or equivalent).
- Lead or input into hazard identification and technical risk assessments.
- Ensure engineering decisions support safe operations, asset integrity, and lifecycle performance.
- Act as an escalation point for technical non-conformances and deviations as appropriate.
- Support incident investigations by providing technical judgement and root cause analysis.
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, tools, and governance.
- Contract ownership and vendor management.
- Act as a Lead Investigator using Kelvin TopSet investigation techniques to support business requirements.
- Any other associated duties as reasonably required.
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Competence & Qualifications
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Technical Skills
- Proven experience acting in a senior technical or assurance role.
- Strong knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and regulatory frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to make independent technical decisions under pressure.
- Deep technical expertise within discipline.
- Sound engineering judgement and integrity.
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in an engineering or technology discipline.
- Chartered Engineer.
- Experience in event management and investigation training such as Kelvin TopSet.
Company Information
At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.
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