About the Role
The Opportunity
Exciting and rewarding opportunities have arisen at Heysham 2 Power Station, to join our highly skilled and motivated Power Generation Team as a Shift Operations Engineer. If you have a background in power generation and/or plant operations, this may be the ideal position for you.
You will undertake a comprehensive training program both in the classroom and simulator and upon successful authorisation you will be appointed as a Duly Authorised Person under the Station’s Site Licence.
Primarily, once authorised, you will be responsible for reactor/turbine unit operations including operations and supervision, routine surveillance, testing, and plant efficiency monitoring.
In addition to your position as a Reactor Desk Engineer, you will receive training to be authorised as a Senior Authorised Person under the Company’s electrical and mechanical safety rules.
Working as a member of the shift team, you will undertake mandatory training and qualification to become a member of the station’s Emergency Scheme which requires the wearing of personal Breathing Apparatus so you would be required to be clean shaven.
Pay, benefits and culture.
The salary range associated with this role is between £44,112 to £78,541 and you’ll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Company Agreement as well as your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications. Alongside 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.
Here at EDF UK, 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
On successful completion of the training program, you will:
- Ensure that all department activities are carried out within the boundaries of site licence requirements, statutory regulations, company and local directives, procedures and Safety Rules.
- Demonstrate detailed knowledge of operations and leadership in directing short-term activities.
- Monitor and trend plant performance, taking action to maintain plant within its normal operating range.
- Log activities to maintain clear indication of plant status, events and tasks performed.
- Perform emergency scheme duties for which you are trained, in any emergency.
- Manipulate plant changeovers or perform testing to support the Work Management process.
- Where required, support the business through the temporary secondment from Shift to Day working.
- Support the outage process (forced, statutory and refuelling) by the provision of resource and technical skills and knowledge.
- Assist the station with ad-hoc projects, investigations and self-assessments within your own field of expertise.
Who are you?
You must hold a minimum of an HNC or equivalent qualification in a relevant engineering subject, although candidates with qualifications appropriate for Chartered Engineer status will have an advantage.
Previous experience and knowledge of power plant operation is also advantageous.
Closing date for applications is Sunday 16th March 2025.
Interviews will be held week commencing Monday March 24th 2025
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