The Opportunity

Exciting and rewarding opportunities have arisen at Heysham 2 Power Station to join our highly skilled and motivated Engineering Department. There are a number of vacancies in our different engineering teams requiring highly motivated and qualified Mechanical, Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineers.

At Heysham 2 the engineers have a fundamental role in providing a strong technical conscience to the rest of the power station, identifying and escalating risks based on plant performance and developing standards both within and outside the company in order to improve the reliability of the power station plant systems. Some of our opportunities also involve oversight of planned maintenance being completed to schedule and resolving emergent faults in a safe and timely manner.

This advert will close on Sunday 5th November 2023

On site interviews will commence week starting November 13th .

Pay, Benefits and Culture

We’re offering a salary of £40,069 – £71,779 that apply with our terms and conditions covered by the EDF Company Agreement. The starting salary for the appointment will be dependent on your existing salary, competence, experiences and qualification. We also offer an attractive pension scheme along with some great company benefits! This is a full-time position, however we will be happy to discuss options regarding part time flexibility, if you would like to highlight this on your application.

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you’ll be doing

As a TAG Engineer you’ll carry out the following:

• Develop high level of knowledge within Mechanical, Electrical or Control and Instrumentation disciplines and good general engineering knowledge across plant systems whilst taking responsibility for your own training and development.
• Participate in and lead fault finding and troubleshooting investigations for emergent equipment reliability issues.
• Provide timely technical advice and corrective WOC’s to support to maintenance teams.
• Provide technical supervision on complex systems (including technical contracts)
• Provide written advice to support safe reliable operation including technical advice notes and extended unavailability reviews, etc.
• An awareness of relevant legal and regulatory framework, internal quality management system and compliance requirements ensuring that all activities are carried out with full regard to Site Licence requirements, statutory regulations and company standards.
• Safety Case awareness and author/verifier for Cat 3/4 Engineering Changes
• Participation in Continuous Improvement activities including adverse condition and equipment failure investigations.
• General input to team business plan and ability to build networks, negotiate and influence effectively.
• Organisational skills to manage multiple projects from low complexity to high-risk projects and tasks.

Who you are:

• Do have industrial and operational engineering experience?
• Are you an engineer with a drive to identify and resolve risks with a focus on safety, quality, time and cost?
• Do you have the ability to think dynamically, balancing multiple inputs to deliver an optimised output?
• Do you have a track record of delivering improvement projects under demanding operational pressures without impacting quality?
• Do you have experience of working within regulatory requirements such as PSSR (2000), the Nuclear Site License, or other such frameworks?
• Do you have a relevant HNC (or equivalent) - candidates with a relevant degree may have an advantage.
• Would you like to work with other like-minded engineers and technicians to achieve safe, reliable performance of plant systems on a complex Nuclear Power Station?

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

If this sounds like the job for you, we would be delighted to receive your application.

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