Location: Aztec West Business Park, Bristol
Travel: Occasional Travel to site or SDC in Bridgewater (max 4 time per year)
Work arrangement: 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day
Arrangement: Permanent, 40 hours
NUVIA UK's Technical Services & Consulting department is fast growing with hybrid opportunities available up and down the country. We're striving to create a multidisciplinary team to offer our clients the best range of talent.
Hinkley Point C is a transformative infrastructure project for the UK, offering large scale, reliable, zero carbon electricity, boosting regional economies and building a foundation for future clean energy systems. NUVIA is a key part of this mission.
BPSS clearance will be required at basic level. Prior clearance will not be transferrable.
Job Purpose / Overview
To provide professional, high quality engineering support to the HPC Project on behalf of the Plant Configuration Function of the NNB Technical Directorate and to ensure that the proposed design is compliant with UK regulations and context.
This role requires high levels of technical and organisational skills along with the ability to build strong working relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
Principal Accountabilities
The primary responsibility of the role of Configuration Engineer is to support the Change Control Branch of Plant Configuration in coordinating HPC's activities within the Configuration Management processes.
This will involve providing technical assistance and managing activities so that the Configuration Management processes owned by Plant Configuration are properly, adequately and efficiently implemented across the project.
The main scope is as follow:
1. Along with the rest of the Change Control Team, the role will be the preferred point of contact within HPC for configuration management processes. In particular, the technical point of contact for Engineering Managers and Design Entities for all configuration management topics.
2. Coordinates the contributions from HPC stakeholders to the progression of configuration management processes including resolution of Open Points, Design Changes, referential changes, and progressing agreements on Technical Interface attributes.
3. Is responsible for controlling, supporting, overall steering and monitoring of the end-to-end configuration activities.
4. Is involved in Design Handovers to NNB to ensure configuration control is maintained.
5. Responsible for the development and maintenance of data centric ways of working for managing design configuration.
In addition, the post-holder may be required to perform other tasks relevant for the project or to the personal development of the post holder.
Knowledge & Skills
6. Degree in a relevant science or engineering subject or strong technical background preferred
7. Experience within the Nuclear Industry useful but not mandatory
8. Experience of process development and application within engineering projects
9. Database management and coding skills preferred
10. Understanding of quality arrangements required and associated with nuclear plant construction preferred
11. Understanding of equipment engineering requirements
12. Knowledge of design processes and activities related to Nuclear Industry preferred
13. Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation including CDM and Nuclear Site License requirements
14. Knowledge of power station design is desirable (EPR or NPP)
15. Proficient project management, organisational and Coordination skills
16. Great communication skills and ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
17. Decision making and escalation ability for resolution of issues
18. Knowledge of budget and schedule management
19. Ability to travel to different project locations including France
Qualifications & Experience
Behavioural Competences
20. Relationship building skills
21. Self starter
22. Excellent communicator and be able to work independently
23. Proactive
24. Attention to detail
25. Organisational skills
26. Questioning attitude
27. Receptive to change
Technical Competencies
28. Engineering or technical discipline experience
29. Understanding of analysis tools and methods, combined with the ability to apply them
30. Understand quality arrangements and preferably those associated with nuclear plant construction
31. Understand engineering requirements
32. Demonstrate ownership of a process and demonstrate proactivity in resolving Configuration Management issues
33. Ability to extract and compile relevant data according to the task in hand, often from numerous sources
34. Analysis of technical documents
35. Performs analysis of data highlighting and summarising relevant issues
36. Maintains accurate and timely records (systems, databases, spreadsheets).
37. Can develop and adapt theories to deliver project milestones
38. Ability to identify opportunities for improvements to procedures, processes and/or systems
39. (optional) Possesses a broad knowledge of engineering principles in relation to power station design
Pourquoi nous rejoindre ?
Why us?
40. 8.5% Pension Contribution & Life Assurance
41. Private Medical Scheme*
42. Employee Share Scheme
43. Salary Sacrifice Schemes: Electrical Vehicles, Technology and Cycle to Work
44. 18 Weeks Full Maternity Pay* (+21w SMP)
45. 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days after 5 years’ service, 31 days after 10 years’ service)
46. Option to buy, sell and carry over up to 5 days annual leave per year
47. In partnership with trade unions
48. Personal Development & Further Education Support
49. Long Service & Recognition Awards
50. Free Employee Assistance Programme
*After 1 year of service.
NUVIA UK - a subsidiary of VINCI construction - is an international company that operates across highly regulated sectors including Civil Nuclear and has a strong presence and history of delivery at nuclear sites in the UK and internationally.
NUVIA UK is a performance-driven company that is committed to the development of its people within a culture of safety, innovation, and excellence.
NUVIA UK is committed towards equality in employment.
Entité
NUVIA est une branche de VINCI, plus grand groupe intégré de concessions et BTP du monde. NUVIA est plus particulièrement l'entité nucléaire du Groupe VINCI et est impliqué dans le cycle de vie tout entier des installations nucléaires, du New Build au démantèlement, en passant par la maintenance et l'exploitation. NUVIA est en croissance constante, avec plus de 2700 salariés dans le monde. En moyenne, 100 hommes et femmes nous rejoignent chaque année. Maintenant, plus que jamais, nous recherchons de nouveaux talents pour soutenir la croissance du groupe.