Operational Development Engineer

The HPC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project.

Operational Development Engineer

Are you comfortable working collaboratively across multiple disciplines to ensure the successful integration of engineering systems into operations? Are you able to adapt your approach to problem-solving when faced with challenges in maintaining operational efficiency and system reliability? Are you passionate about leveraging your technical expertise to drive improvements in engineering processes and contribute to the overall success of a project?

If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as an Operational Development Engineer at Hinkley Point C!

The Opportunity

As an Operational Development Engineer, you’ll have the exciting opportunity to apply and expand your engineering expertise, playing a crucial role in preparing the site for the world-class performance of the next generation of pressurised water reactors in the UK. You'll help build the future operational capability by implementing and refining technical standards and strategies in close collaboration with various teams.

Being assigned several key systems, you’ll be responsible for delivering engineering support, managing design changes, ensuring long-term system health, overseeing maintenance specifications, working with OEMs, managing spare parts, and diagnosing faults. This role is essential in ensuring the smooth transition from construction to operation at Hinkley Point C.

Pay, Benefits, and Culture

Alongside a salary starting from £55,000 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.

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 Will Be Doing

As an Operational Development Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the seamless transition of our facilities from construction to operation. Reporting to a Discipline Lead, your day-to-day activities will involve a blend of technical support and collaboration, all aimed at optimising plant performance. Here’s what you can expect in this dynamic position:

• Support Control Centre processes to facilitate smooth plant handovers from construction through commissioning and into operations.
• Develop in-depth technical knowledge of HPC systems, encompassing both nuclear and conventional plant areas.
• Maintain crucial technical and functional interfaces with responsible designers, central engineering, commissioning teams, contract partners, the EPR fleet, and existing generating stations.
• Take engineering responsibility for assigned systems, ensuring optimal performance and long-term health through effective maintenance and inspection regimes, including preventative maintenance strategies and performance monitoring techniques like condition monitoring and predictive maintenance.
• Contribute to design changes and document equipment reliability and criticality assessments, while also ensuring compliance with Licence Condition 28 and managing periodic test documentation.
• Develop and implement maintenance work instructions to support ongoing system health and performance.
   

Who You Are

We're looking for a qualified professional like you to join our team, bringing a blend of technical expertise and hands-on experience in engineering management. If you have a passion for operational plant systems and assets, this role might be the perfect fit for you. Here’s what you’ll need to bring to the table:
 

• A relevant HNC/D or degree (or equivalent) along with experience in a technical or engineering discipline.
• Previous technical or engineering management experience with operational plant systems and assets, including any of the following systems and components:
• Pumps and motors
• Valves and actuators
• Pressure systems
• HVAC
• Lifting equipment
• Steam turbine and process systems
• Experience in a regulated industry is essential.
   

#HinkleyPointCJobs #LI-Hybrid #DestinationNuclear #EDFNuclearJobs

Success is personal. It’s your journey, powered by us. Join us and we’ll help Britain achieve Net Zero, together

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.