Project:

First Wall Panels, ITER Project

Job Description:

We are looking for candidates with experience in factory management and production lines for the manufacturing of nuclear fusion components with high requirements.

GENERAL TASKS

• FBL Steering Committee delegates responsibility and authority to the Project Director on the daily decisions
• Responsible for being the communication via between client and the Steering Committee
• Provide leadership on culture and values, keep the project aligned with the organization’s strategy, governance of project risk, focuses on realization of benefits and recommends opportunities to optimize cost/benefit
• Provide timely decisions, clarifies decision-making framework, clarifies business priorities and strategy, communicates business issues, provides resources, engenders trust, manages relationships, and promotes ethical working
• Responsible for compliance of all terms regarding to the Project progress
• Contact with client to ensure and monitoring the good practices in the Project
• Project Integration and Project Management: scope management and follow up of costs, KPI, schedule, risk, procurement, quality, HR, HSE, financial, engineering deliverables and manufacturing. Action Management tool. Follow up of Actions.
• Daily contact and coordination with the Project team to analyze the status of the Project
• Detection of tools and market opportunities to improve the Project efficiency
• Detecting potential improvements and enhancements to the management of the Project

• Preparation and/or revision of documentation regarding the division of Project Management
• Managing and following up on the contractual status of bank bonds (performance guarantees and pre-financing)
• Responsible for reviewing and obtain signature of Purchase Orders
• Detection of potential improvements and risks to the Project

• Attending meetings and analyzing proposals for general improvements

• Contact with possible suppliers

• Continuous study of improvements on the market to analyze their implementation in the Project

• Contract Management:
• Follow up of all contractual clauses
• Submission of contractual documents.
• Deviations and Contract Modifications.
• Amendments of the contract.
• Exchange of Contractual Information.
• Deviation Orders and Approved Deviations Request.
• Dual Use and Intellectual Property.
• Compensation events
• Organization structure and responsibilities.
• Personnel Competencies, training and certification
• Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP)
• Participation on Non Conformity Process
• Progress Report Submission (executive summary and integration of each division reports)
• Approval and revision of Cost Statements
• Review, control and approval of invoicing. Approval of travel expenses
• Support to definition of priorities from a scheduling point of view (critical path, main subcritical paths and slack analysis)
• Ensure the knowledge of the Project and Lessons Learned
• Support and help to Project Management Support in general tasks regarding to the division

SPECIFIC TASKS

• Support and collaboration to solve any Project blocking point. Detecting interdisciplinary technical problems on the Project and preparing proposals by integrating a valid solution for all the disciplines

• Definition of general strategy for the processes and procedures of each Project division. Revision and monitoring of processes follow-up
• Managing the insurance policies on the FBL workshop building
• Coordinate and evaluate needs and strategy for preparing FBL purchase orders with partners (Empresarios Agrupados and Leading Metal Mechanics)
• Definition of needs and support to Project Management Support in:

• Writing up contracts associated with the direct orders from FBL partners

• Writing up contracts associated with the indirect orders from FBL partners

• Analyzing the information and cost estimates of the contracts with F4E to carry out orders of direct and indirect costs

• Contacting all the parties involved in FBL costs

• Estimates of indirect costs for Cash Flow

• Reviewing the orders before invoicing them

• Definition of strategy and assumptions for the analysis of the tasks regarding baseline composition
• Evaluating and estimating amendments to the contract

• Revision and approval of deviations from the contract in terms of costs, tasks, documentation, staff hours, resources and risks

• Analyzing the following points:

• Documents holding the original requirements

• Impacted documents

• Impact on technical scope (with support of Integration Engineer)

• Impact on cost of the contract

• Impact on duration of the contract

• Impact on interfaces

• Impact on safety

• Impact on other: proposal valid until, safety class

• Integrating the technical and cost information among the disciplines

• Supporting follow-up, coordination, and actions to carry out to undertake the DNOs in the contract

• Managing, definition of strategy and following up on the Subcontractors' backup plans:

• Establishing the responsibilities of each person to overcome the issues

• Integrating the information from the different disciplines (Quality, Control, HSE, Procurement, Engineering, Design and Manufacturing) to manage the backup plans

• Support in preparing the information needed for future decisions in case of having to carry out a Plan B

• Support Site Responsible on any need that may arise on the site
• Support on definition of strategy for the contractual and commercial management of several contracts
• Purchase orders awarding information approval before preparation for Steering Committee final approval
• Major purchase orders Supplier Documentation follow up

MANUFACTURING (PRODUCTION LINE)

• Definition and prioritisation of the Production Line
• OEE monitoring
• Manufacturing strategy and organization
• Production control and production plan definition
• Support for technical requirements coming from the factory
• Ensuring compliance with technical requirements throughout the manufacturing stage
• Ensuring proper use of correct documentation for the manufacturing stage
• Reporting of incidents and technical non-conformities
• Process specifications shall include quality provisions, methods for inspection and test, number of samples, accept or reject criteria
• Definition of long lead time items (equipment, materials, components and so on)

• Design and analysis necessary in order to demonstrate that a particular solution for the manufacturing design of the component is acceptable
• Production line suitable for the series manufacturing
• Analysing, testing and development activities to produce preliminary manufacturing design
• Responsible for reporting the Manufacturing Contractual Deliverables to the customer via CTS
• Assurance that the Process FMEA/FMECA (P-FMEA/FMECA) which shall be input for the definition of the critical quality items is followed
• Responsible for the issuance of the Manufacturing Flow Chart (macro and micro)
• Identify critical quality items/activities related to serial production in a manufacturing flowchart (macro and micro).

Required Education:

Relevant engineering degree(s).

Required Experience:

At least 5 years in demanding and complex manufacturing and engineering projects, ideally in the Energy sector (preferably in the Nuclear and/or in O&G).

Skills:

• Engineering
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Contract Management
• Manufacturing and organization of Production Lines

Languages:

• English, at least B2, negotiation level,
• Spanish, at least B1,
• French, a plus.

Location:

Los Corrales de Buelna, Cantabria, some travel according to project needs.

This is position directly with EAG (Empresarios Agrupados GHESA).