Job Title:  Senior Nuclear Specification Engineer

Job Purpose

Develop and implement the Nuclear Procurement Engineering (NPE) processes, policies and procedures, and provide technical support across core engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation and control) in performance of NPE activities. 

Key Activities, Responsibility & Accountability

uclear Power Plant (BNPP) NPE process.

• Perform benchmarking of industry leaders to improve NPE processes.

• Perform self-assessments of NPE processes and performance to ensure compliance with procedures and identify gaps to industry best practices.

• Provide support for NPE audits by internal and external QA organizations to ensure organizational excellence.

Activity: 

Health, Safety and Environment, Security and Business Continuity 

Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 

• All individuals take personal responsibility for safety; follow company HSE policies, procedures and instructions; avoid complacency and continuously challenge existing conditions and activities in order to identify discrepancies that might result in error or in appropriate action; report any situation that could present a hazard; not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided at the workplace in the interest of health, safety, welfare or protection or management of the environment.

• Follow all relevant Security policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure security compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on self, others and corporate assets.

• Follow all relevant Business Continuity and Resilience requirements for compliance with, and adherence to, policies, procedures and instructions related to the effective planning for, and response to, incidents and/or business disruptions in order to continue critical business processes and activities with minimal adverse impact.

Activity: 

People Management

Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 

• Contribute to the development of UAE National employees in a manner which supports the objectives of the corporation and its Emiratization strategy.

• Contribute to knowledge dissemination/sharing in a way that assists with building internal capabilities of UAE Nationals where applicable and maximize their effective performance.

Activity: 

Excellence and Quality Management

Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 

• Ensure commitment to a culture of continuous improvement by eliminating waste, following operations procedures, practicing innovation, problem solving, and teamwork; complying with Quality Management System policies and procedures; providing and receiving constructive feedback, and striving to meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.

• Ensure Commitment to the Nawah Fundamentals.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities (contd.)

Activity: 

Catalogue Development

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:  

• Develop and maintain component Bill of Materials to ensure procurement readiness.

• Develop and maintain all NPE data including material masters in SAP to enable efficient inventory queries.

• Identify and catalogue critical spares to ensure all materials are accounted for in the inventory. 

• Review data collection and cleansing processes in NPE to validate fidelity of records. 

Activity: 

Product Development

Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 

• Review NPE evaluation results for material and services to determine the safety class, technical and quality requirements, and storage requirements for generic specifications, to enable efficient replacement of high volume inventory. 

• Review the critical characteristics, verification method, and acceptance criteria for commercial grade dedication of items for use in nuclear applications to ensure they meet nuclear criteria.

• Verify Item Equivalency Evaluation results on alternate replacement items for obsolete plant components and parts to assess validity of proposed replacements.

• Verify and perform cost savings efforts by using technical expertise to identify technically equivalent alternate procurement strategies. 

Activity: 

Supply Chain Support

Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 

• Assess technical discrepancies identified during material receipt inspection and implement resolutions to ensure operational excellence.

• Provide input into critical characteristics and technical criteria to Quality Assurance (QA) Division to support supplier evaluations and commercial grade surveys.

• Participate as technical expert in support of vendor audits and surveillances to meet quality standards.

• Identify and disposition of counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items to ensure quality.

• Assess bid evaluations and supplier deviations identified during contract procurement phase and implement resolution to minimize supplier risk and reduce costs.

• Conduct plant walk-downs to identify plant components and obtain information needed to support accurate procurement.

• Monitor and verify stocking level requirements to ensure availability of materials whenever required.

Activity: 

Design Engineering Support

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Perform reverse engineering across core disciplines (mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation and controls disciplines) as needed to identify replacement options in support of Design Engineering. 

• Support design change across core disciplines as needed and act as NPE expert when interfacing with Design Engineering. 

Activity: 

Continuous Improvement

Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 

• Develop, update and implement NPE procedures and processes to ensure adherence to standards during implementation and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Perform special assignments in support of the continual improvement of the Barakah N

Professional Certifications

CertificateMin: N/A

CertificateMax: Member of the Charter Institute of Purchasing & Supply (MCIPS) or other procurement qualifications

Qualifications

QualificationMin: • Bachelor's Degree or Diploma (or Equivalent) Degree in Engineering or related Science. 

• 5 years of relevant experience, out of which:

   - 1 year of Nuclear Power Plant engineering experience.

QualificationMax: • Master’s degree in a related field.

• 8 years of Engineering experience, out of which:

- 5 years in a nuclear power plant.

- 3 years of experience in Procurement Engineering. 

Experience