About the Role
We are seeking a dedicated OPEX Coordinator to join the team at Heysham 2 and play a key role in delivering an effective and continuously improving Operating Experience (OPEX) programme. This role is central to driving learning, insights, and performance improvement across the station.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Organisational Learning Lead, this role offers a valuable opportunity to develop your analytical capability, problem‑solving skills, and influence across the organisation while contributing directly to station performance.
Pay, benefits and culture
The salary for this role is from £45,641 to £95,993, that applies with our terms and conditions covered by the EDF Company Agreement. The starting salary for the appointment will be dependent on your existing salary, competence, experiences, and qualifications. 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
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and implement all OPEX programme requirements in line with BEG/SPEC/OL/302 – OPEX Implementation.
- Manage reporting of EDF events to external bodies.
- Lead and support the Self‑Assessment, Benchmarking and SOER programmes (BEG/SPEC/OL/303 & BEG/SPEC/OL/304).
- Act as the station’s WANO Operating Experience Single Point of Contact (SPOC).
- Identify and assess internal and external OPEX items for station relevance.
- Support development and delivery of OPEX briefs, newsletters, and learning both locally and across the fleet.
- Provide analysis, insights and data to support performance reviews and decision‑making.
- Prepare significant event reports for external dissemination, including WANO Event Reports (WERs).
- Deliver OPEX‑related training where required.
- Champion OPEX culture, driving learning and embedding improvement across teams.
- Support the wider Organisational Learning team to identify and resolve performance gaps in behaviours, plant, processes or organisation.
- Represent the station within fleet OPEX review processes and ensure adoption of best practice.
The successful candidate will also take the role of Business Continuity Coordinator, joining the fleet BC peer group and acting as the single point of contact on site for ensuring the appropriate response arrangements are established.
Who you are
You’ll bring strong analytical and communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders. HNC or an equivalent technical qualification is essential.
Experience / familiarity with CAP/OPEX processes, investigation methodologies, AMS action tracking, OPEX tools such as Context Search, Organisational Learning Portal and Business Objects would be advantageous.
Closing date for applications is Sunday June 14th, and interviews will follow late June/ early July
To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last 3 years.
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