About the Role
The Opportunity
As the Work Engineering Group Engineer (WEG) you will take an active role in the team, the primary focus of which is the specification of work order packages for defects across all systems. Ensuring full compliance with agreed safety and environmental standards, to assist in the production of Work Week, Refuelling and Statutory Outage Plans in accordance with the Work Management Process.
Authorised Person Safety Assessment (APSA) and Significant Risk Permit Writer are key competencies within the Work Engineering Group and the WEG Engineer will be expected to complete the necessary training and subsequent authorisation to perform these roles.
Pay, benefits and culture
The starting salary for this appointment will be within the range of £47,513 to £84,595 and will be dependent on your existing salary, competence, experiences, and qualifications. The full salary range for this role is up to £99,929 with terms and conditions covered by the EDF Company Agreement.
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
As the WEG Engineer you will carry out the following roles and responsibilities:
- Identify and resolve potential issues within complex jobs, assessing requirements for additional tasks and resources, verifying defects and equipment problems, assembling work packs, and updating model work orders.
- Deliver engineered solutions to plant defects and minor multi-disciplinary projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to investigate plant failures, develop innovative engineering solutions, and provide technical oversight through to successful resolution.
- Ensure all activities are carried out with full regard to Site Licence requirements, Statutory Regulations, company and location procedures and Safety Rules
- Prepare and maintain work-supporting documentation, including risk assessments, to support the safe and effective delivery of engineering activities.
- Review material requirements and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure the timely provision of resources and successful delivery of engineering activities
- Take an active role in managing and prioritising defect backlogs across all systems to support plant reliability and performance.
- Review and implement relevant operating experience (OE) feedback to support continuous improvement, operational learning and plant performance.
- Take an active role in the Corrective Action Programme (CAP), raising Condition Reports (CRs) where appropriate and driving corrective actions through to completion within agreed timescales.
Who you are
The successful WEG Engineer will ideally have the following skills and experience:
- As a minimum, you will have a relevant HNC (or equivalent)
- Experience within Electrical and/or Instrumentation Maintenance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose faults, identify solutions and manage plant defects with close attention to detail.
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across multi-disciplinary teams.
- A proactive, innovative and self-sufficient approach, demonstrating accountability for delivering solutions, applying operational learning and driving continuous improvement through to successful resolution.
Closing date for applications is Sunday July 19th, and interviews will take place on Wednesday July 29th
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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