Company Description
Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.
Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.
We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.
Drawing on more than 55 years’ experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.
To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all
Job Description
Assystem Energy & Infrastructure are recruiting for a Head of Infrastructure Functional Assurance to work at our customers site in Derby on a contract basis.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team accountable for delivery of a significant site infrastructure regeneration and improvements portfolio, to meet the business vision and our customers growing demands. It is anticipated that the role holder will carry significant experience of delivering high value infrastructure projects in complex, high hazard environments.

ROLE DETAILS:

• Job title: Head of Infrastructure Functional Assurance
• Contract length: 12 months
• Location: Derby
• Contract type: PAYE via Umbrella solution
• The Head of Capability & Assurance will be accountable for the definition, initiation, implementation and sustainment of a co-ordinated approach of the following Infrastructure functions, as part of the Major Infrastructure Projects Capability.
• Project engineering and Design strategy capability and assurance.
• Project Quality Assurance
• Project Construction assurance. (standards, governance & delivery)
• Asset management strategy capability and assurance.
• The Head of Capability & Assurance will be responsible for the performance, management and continual improvement of the following wider business support functions services that are directly supporting and assigned to the Infrastructure Delivery Business Unit:
• HSE functions capability & assurance (standards, governance & delivery)
• IT Service functions capability & assurance (standards, governance & delivery
• Security Services functions capability & assurance. (standards, governance & delivery)
• You will define the ways of working for the named functions, and deploy leads into the project delivery teams to meet the requirements of the programme delivery executive
• Effective collaboration with our internal customers, functions, and long-term delivery partners is a key success factor for the department.
• A key aspect to the Head of Capability & Assurance role is to help leverage the capabilities of external partners, to optimise and enhance our internal capabilities and people, ensuring a legacy beyond the infrastructure programme, and a benchmark for the wider Group.
• The role will be accountable for creating and maintaining an effective infrastructure assurance function, covering all departmental activities, across both fissile and non-fissile elements of our scope.
• You will be a key influencer for our business, customer, and senior colleagues in the infrastructure 1st line leadership team, on matters relating to the capabilities and assurance required to deliver the infrastructure programme effectively.
• Jointly accountable with other members of the Infrastructure DBU leadership team, for providing clarity, direction, support, and challenge - in equal measure, along with appropriate resources to achieve the Delivery Business Units vision and objectives. This includes the co-leadership of operational relationships at the appropriate level, with the customer and respective agencies.
  Qualifications

UK DEPENDING ON THE VETTING LEVEL REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE, TO ALLOW FOR MEANINGFUL SECURITY VETTING CHECKS.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future