Site Nuclear Compliance Officer

Site Nuclear Compliance Officer

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We are currently looking to recruit a Site Nuclear Compliance Officer who will be reporting to the Site Nuclear Compliance Manager. This team is responsible for ensuring that compliance arrangements and procedures are defined and implemented in relation to the Nuclear Site Licence (NSL), planning obligations, and lease restrictions and obligations for the Hinkley Point C (HPC) construction site and oversee their effectiveness.

The Opportunity

As a Site Nuclear Compliance Officer, you will work with responsible managers, to ensure that staff, contractors, and consultants working on the HPC construction site understand what is required to demonstrably comply with the requirements of the NSL, planning permission and lease obligations, and provide guidance on these areas, identify shortcomings and address them and promote a proportionate approach as well as continuous improvement. This will require a combination of desk-based activity as well as an active onsite presence to observe or inspect activities.

If this sounds like a role for you, we would love to see your application!

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a salary of circa £47,000 depending on relevant skills & experience, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include 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.

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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

• Undertaking compliance assessments, the results of which will inform understanding of compliance status and be used to assist others in improving compliance performance
• Undertake inspections of site activities to assess compliance position
• Deliver compliance monitoring on HPC main site against these arrangements with the NSL, planning permission and lease obligations, including production of a monthly compliance dashboard
• Ensure that responsible managers have clear definition of their compliance arrangements
  Facilitate self-assessment by responsible managers of site activities to assess compliance against the NSL, planning permission and lease obligations.
• Provision of written and verbal advice on compliance with the NSL, planning obligations and lease restrictions and obligations for HPC to the rest of the HPC Construction Team and delivery partners.
• Engage in a programme of education, coaching and mentoring to ensure that NNB staff and contract partners understand their obligations to comply with the NSL, planning and lease obligations, as well as the supporting compliance arrangements put in place.
• Author compliance arrangements
• Engage in effective communication between all relevant internal and external Stakeholders, including delivery partners, in ensuring that the above requirements are clearly understood and complied with. This may involve delivering contract specific awareness briefings when a new contractor is being mobilised to site or providing and delivering specific topic-related briefs following the identification of specific shortfalls.
• Review and comment on contractors’ schedules and management plans on behalf of the Site Nuclear Compliance team against the NSL, planning permission and lease obligations, to ensure continued compliance with our obligations.

Who you are

• Typically qualified in a Science or Engineering discipline
• Experience in an engineering environment
• Previous experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders
• Previous experience of working on a large construction project, preferably within the Nuclear Industry, would be an advantage
• Experience of working with and developing good relationships with external stakeholders such as regulators, planning authorities and contract partners
• Ability to work independently and be proactive

Applications for this role close: Sunday 6th October

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If you have any questions prior to applying for this position, please contact the recruiter Sarah Ayres at Sarah.Ayres@edfenergy.com

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