Technical Delivery Lead

At Sizewell B Power Station, we’re working on securing safe, sustainable, low carbon energy for the UK until at least 2055 with the continued safe generation of our station. Our Single Integrated Delivery Organisation (SIDO) is utilising innovation in ideas and solutions to guarantee the best value outcomes for programme investments, operations and wider industry and society. If you want to be involved in a dynamic, collaborative team where you’ll be making a genuine impact on the future of the nuclear industry in Suffolk, then this could be the role for you!

The Opportunity

Working from either Sizewell B Power Station or our central office in Gloucester, we have two vacancies available – a Technical Lead in Equipment Qualification and a Technical Lead in Ageing and Obsolescence. As a Technical Lead, you will build a multi-disciplinary team, combining technical and project management to deliver our portfolio of investment delivery projects. These are technical leadership roles, with opportunities to apply your technical, collaboration and management capabilities to resolve complex, multi-faceted technical topics. You’ll work with a variety of stakeholders ranging from engineering to supply chain and contract partners to senior leaders. You’ll be identifying synergies, resolving conflicts and developing risk mitigation strategies, in our Joint Technical Centre across Gloucester and Sizewell B.

Pay, benefits and culture

The salary range associated with this role is between £54,391 - £84,892. This is alongside a market-leading pension scheme and a package including a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal. We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone’s working needs are different. Whether you’re in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, 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. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be responsible for setting the technical strategy and providing the technical leadership in execution of projects within your portfolio. You’ll be utilising your strategic thinking to deliver with a solution-oriented mindset. You will work closely with the Technical Programme Manager to successfully achieve project goals, so will need proven technical capability, project delivery experience and strong teamwork skills.

You will need to drive the resolution of technical challenges and connect with people. It’ll be your responsibility to make optimal and informed decisions based on the balance of risk and develop suitable mitigations accordingly, in line with business and company objectives. Having the ability to resolve conflict and engage in difficult conversations to resolve issues will be essential in this role.

Who you are

We’re looking for you to have:

• A strong technical background with experience in delivering work in the programme technical area
• Proven ability to ensure that all technical solutions meet regulatory and company compliance requirements, alongside experience of Health and Safety legislation including CDM
• Ability to define and document safety requirements and ensure system designs meet these requirements
• Visionary mindset with the ability to foresee long-term technical challenges and opportunities
• Effective communicator, able to foster trusting relationships, gain respect, influence decisions and successfully challenge at all levels
• Experience of operating as part of an integrated team and leading a technical function, delivering Technical/Engineering solutions, preferably in the nuclear industry
• Education to degree level in Engineering or equivalent scientific qualification, as well as holding membership or being a Chartered Engineer with i.e. IMechE
• Ability to collaborate with the procurement team to select and manage suppliers, ensuring quality and cost-effectiveness would be a bonus
• A keen interest in the financial and budgetary aspects of project delivery would also be desirable.

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. 

Closing date for applications: Thursday 24th October 2024

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