Job Description
Location: Bristol
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Field: Nuclear
Education Level: Master’s degree or equivalent in HVAC or Mechanical Engineering
Experience: at least 3 years of relevant experience
Salary: Attractive following experience
Starting date: ASAP
ABOUT US
KURY UK Ltd is part of an international company, Kury Groupe, 100% dedicated to the nuclear field and created 26 years ago.
Since then, we have been working with EDF (French Electricity Producer). We are involved in several nuclear projects, including FA3 EPR (France), the French fleet, Taishan EPR (China), Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C.
We are now looking for engineers to join our Team in the UK. Our human-sized structure (100 employees worldwide) allows us to devote ourselves to mentoring and training our engineers. We take special care of our employees’ development by ensuring them quality projects through which they will increase their skills.
Our Kury values: Curiosity, Trust, Rigor, Teamwork
Our team is international, our engineers are coming from different countries as we are looking for the best talents!
SUITABLE CANDIDATE
You enjoy analising concrete problems, finding solutions and then setting them up.
Getting involved in significant industrial and engineering projects involving very demanding precautions as regards industrial safety captivates you.
Your good analytical skills, sense of logic, aptitude for synthesizing and your scientific knowledge will allow you to adapt quickly to multi-system environments.
You have the ability to adapt to new technical problems. You know how to manage a small-sized team.
You like the idea of working on Projects and Quality matters to you.
You are a good team player.
THE ROLE
Your scope of activities will include the following deliverables related to the Chiller systems:
* Plat-form Test Procedure (PTP) and its related study file aiming at validating I&C functions at test bay for the operational control system.
* Sufficiency Analysis Note (SAN) and its related study file demonstrating the proper test coverage of the safety functions assigned to a system.
* System Commissioning Programme (SCP) and its related study file.
* Commissioning Procedures (CP) and its related study file.
Your activities will be based on design documentation, engineering methods standards and processes as well as commissioning documentation and feedback from other projects.
In order to follow the main steps of the delivery process, you will be in charge of the following activities (without being exhaustive):
* Confirm the project data & internal organization with the discipline Lead (budget, time schedule, author – checker – approver).
* Identify the relevant stakeholders and means.
* Check the maturity of the input data against configuration and/or upcoming changes.
* Collect lessons learned.
* Record risks in the related register and propose mitigation plan, if any.
* Arrange pre-job brief/kick-off meeting.
* Open the study file.
* Produce the deliverables in compliance with the client’s engineering procedures and taking into account lessons learned from other projects.
* Get the deliverables checked by the relevant parties – resolve outstanding issues and comments.
* Survey commissioning deliverables elaborated by others (e.g. contractors) with respect to project standards.
* Feed the study file as tasks evolve.
* Support I&C function tests (PTP) at test bay (France) including test result assessment.
* Report progress towards initial time schedule & budget.
* Update risk register on a need basis.
* Get approval of the deliverables by the relevant parties without comments.
* Store both the above-mentioned deliverables and associated study files.
You will also be in charge of the following activities related to the Chiller commissioning activities:
* Review of supplier documents according to technical referential in time, respecting the contractual deadlines, with good level of quality and coordinate the documentary review of the various contributors.
* Produce comment sheets via dedicated tool to the supplier and perform discussion with supplier if needed.
* Support resolution of all modifications, technical issues, or non-conformities coming from site activities or design teams.
* Writing surveillance plan and reports.
During the first months, you can count on the KURY Team to assist you all along your projects.
This experience will give you the opportunity to move on to other projects in the medium term: you will tackle varied but complementary projects, studies and technical topics. Your understanding of the technical and environmental challenges will allow you to take on complex and critical transversal studies.
REQUIRED SKILLS
* Understanding and reading of I&C logic diagrams.
* Knowledge of chiller equipment design, manufacture and operation.
* Knowledge of the HPC project or previous EPR and associated studies/doctrine.
* Experience in commissioning test on a nuclear site or commissioning procedure elaboration.
* Experience in documentary surveillance.
* Experience in change management, and deliverable management systems.
* Ability to propose fit-for-purpose technical solutions in their area of expertise.
* Capability of coordinating technical topics which may involve several engineering disciplines (mechanical, fluid/HVAC, I&C) and suppliers.
* Good writing skills with a focus on the drafting of test procedures and test coverage substantiation files.
* Rigour in the production and review of deliverables.
* Ability to work in a team, in an international and multicultural environment.
* Good communication skills, relational ease with customers and partners.
* Ability to prioritise, to manage numerous interfaces, to meet commitments and deadlines.
* French-speaking would be an advantage.