Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Specialist

You will work closely with Engineering, Procurement and Project Controls colleagues in the UK, France and Italy as well as newcelo's key suppliers to share knowledge and ensure alignment of ways of working, processes, systems and tools across the company.
As newcleo is a start up company the role will require a hands-on proactive approach and the individual must be comfortable with early-stage programmes. They must have the ability to work with ambiguity and change whilst establishing a clear path towards successful project delivery. The role provides the opportunity for an individual to expand their capability and experience as the programme grows from its early definition through to multi £billion delivery.
Main duties/role and responsibilities:
Construction Planning, Methods and Sequencing

• Help to identify international best practice and lessons learned from nuclear and other heavy industrial, oil and gas, pharma, power and other highly regulated industries in relation to the use of MMC and DFMA approaches including modularisation techniques. Support in maintaining and regularly updating this best practice knowledge base throughout the life of the programme.


• Working across the organisation (Engineering, Safety, Licensing, Quality, DA, Supply Chain etc.) support the development of the overall philosophy and requirements for MMC, DFMA, Modularisation and Constructability.


• Provide input and advice to the newcleo Global Engineering Design teams through to support design development of the plant layout, structures and systems such that the design supports MMC and DFMA principles.


• Support the development of the Construction Delivery strategy and help drive Construction innovation including approaches such as 'Site as a factory' concepts and ensure MMC is fully considered in design development.


• Ensure consideration of the application of manufacturing techniques and methods in construction and drive standardisation and componentisation approaches.


• Provide expert advise on Construction and Installation methods and support design and construction method optioneering.


• Drive best practice construction productivity including lean construction methods, use of flow modelling, benchmarking, continuous improvements etc.


• Ensure CDM and general HSEWQ best practice is applied to any construction methods


• Provide expertise advise on the approaches for the Contruction Site and works sequencing including input to construction methods.


• Working with Engineering colleagues help to develop appropriate codes and standards for modularisation where appropriate and define Construction QA/QC requirements..


• Coordinate with the Commissioning Team to ensure testing and commissioning is considered in the proposed construction methodologies.


• Provide technical input to the development of the Cost Estimate for the LFR200 in the form of construction advise, benchmarking data, workshops, reviews of proposed cost data, quantities, assumptions etc.


• Support in defining high level construction site establishment and management principles/requirements, including site access, onsite transport, security, utilities, materials management and storage, onsite fabrication, waste management, surface water management, sustainability, plant maintenance, cranage, worker welfare, HSE etc.


Construction Logistics

• Support the development of the requirements, key considerations, drivers and constraints that will form the basis of a logistics strategy for both onsite construction and offsite logistics.


• Input to the development of the construction phase logistics demand profile (materials and workers) aligned with the target construction schedule and possible modularisation strategy.


• Support high level logistics modelling/sequencing including high-level site workforce modelling that is aligned to the construction and commissioning schedule.


• Input into the Permtting and DCO strategies on the type of construction and logistics data that will be required.


Construction Schedule

• Support construction schedule development including identifying key studies, strategies and plans that will be required to develop the construction and commissioning schedule.


• Work with Engineering and other key stakeholder teams on impacts and drivers for overall construction schedule durations.


• Help to identify construction planning and delivery dependencies to/from design, regulatory, consents, permits, procurement activities.


• Work with Project Managers/Engineers to identify and monitor project and/or delivery risks (threats and opportunities) to construction and commissioning and help them with the planning and implementing mitigation responses.


Knowledge Management and Continuous Improvement

• Support with lessons learnt and knowledge capture to support drive continuous improvement in schedule development and management across newcleo.


• Contribute to the a Construction Planning Community of practice across the UK, France and Italy to help drive capability development and sharing of best practice.


• Actively contribute to the development and execution of good practice corporately.
  
  Construction and infrastructure industry experience (ideally in working for contracting organisations across sectors such as nuclear/energy, oil and gas, process and petro-chem industries), with experience of working on complex multi £m (£100m +) projects/programmes within a highly regulated environment.


• International experience would be beneficial.


• Clear track record of supporting the development of contruction and commissioning methods and plans for complex large scale projects/programmes from early programme definition through to delivery.


Expertise and Knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of modern methods of construction (MMC), including modularisation and logistics.


• The ability to influence the engineering design and construction methodology to support the optimium delivery schedule.


• Excellent knowledge UK HSE standards and regulations, in particular CDM.


• Familiarity with construction-related software and technologies., Combination of academic qualification and appropriate professional experience in construction and/or engineering fields.


• Professional affiliation preferrable (e.g. APM, RICS, ICE etc).


• Evidence of continuous professional development and career progression., Good leadership, communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills including influencing with experience of leading teams and contracts on major complex programmes.


• Ability to create credibility with internal stakeholders, able to build confidence and influence effectively at all levels.


• Ability to operate in teams across multiple locations.


• Results focused with the ability to meet commitments and deadlines.


• Attention to detail but with an ability to assure reports produced by others and provide meaningful, actionable insights as well as being able to simplify data for presentation to a wide range of audiences.


• Able to advise on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively.


• The ability to engage, motivate and coach others enabling the creation of high performing teams.


• Ability to act as a role model and inspire and empower others.


• Fluent written and spoken English.


• Language skills in French or Italian would be beneficial, but not essential.


Security

• The role will require the individual to achieve a national security clearance equivalent to a BPSS standard, or higher, within a reasonable period.


Residential Status and Location

• Right to work in the UK.
  
  Privately funded and headquartered in London, newcleo was launched in 2021 - and since raised a total of EUR 400m - to be an innovator in the field of nuclear energy. Its mission is to generate safe, clean, economic and practically inexhaustible energy for the world, through a radically innovative combination of existing, accessible technologies.

With visionary co-founders, newcleo capitalises on thirty years of R&D activity in metal-cooled fast reactors and liquid-lead cooling systems, and our senior management and advisory team can boast hundreds of years in cumulative hands-on experience.
Counting around 600 highly skilled employees across Europe, newcleo has business, scientific, operations and industrial manufacturing capabilities in a vertically integrated model designed to deliver its ambitious timeline for its plan-to-market.
newcleo's technology, mostly comprising a novel approach to already qualified solutions, addresses equally well the three challenges affecting the nuclear industry to date: waste, safety and cost.

• Waste: fast reactors are capable of efficient "burning" (i.e., fission) of depleted uranium, plutonium and Minor Actinides. When operated with MOX fuel generated from reprocessed nuclear waste, newcleo's reactors not only ensure sustainability by closing the fuel cycle, but can also boost energy independence.


• Safety: lead-cooled reactors operate at atmospheric pressure. The properties of lead (thermal properties, boiling point, chemical and shielding properties) together with newcleo's passive safety systems ensure very high levels of safety.


• Cost: newcleo's reactor design has been optimised over the last 20 years leading to the concept of an ultra-compact and transportable 200MWe module with improvements in energy density compared to other technologies. Costs are kept low by means of simplicity, compactness, modularity, atmospheric pressure operation and elevated output temperature.


newcleo is also working to significantly invest in MOX fuel manufacturing in developed countries, extracting energy from the current nuclear industry by-products.
newcleo is ready to develop a new, sustainable, and completely safe way of generating nuclear energy that will help humanity reach zero emissions, and mitigate of global warming.
Overview of the role:
newcleo is driving forwards an exciting and challenging international programme to develop and deploy our innovative Lead-cooled Fast Reactor technology. We are looking for a highly motivated and pro-active Modern Methods of Contruction (MMC) Lead to support the programme to deploy the LFR200 Reactor in the UK, France and potential other countries.
As the MMC Lead your primary responsibility is to help drive the development of the offsite manufacturing and onsite construction delivery approach for the LFR200 deployment. The role requires not just construction planning expertise but extensive knowledge of modern methods of construction (including modularisation) and logistics.
You will be able to bring construction delivery innovations and international best practice to the LFR design development and deployment methodology that will help drive schedule and cost certaintity.