Senior Project Engineer

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Senior Project Engineer

Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater – Hybrid, minimum of 3 days a week onsite.

Are you a passionate Project Engineer ready embark on the next stage of your career? Are you experienced in Leading and Overseeing complex engineering projects, from conception to completion, with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills? Are you the type of person who likes a fast-paced environment where every day presents new challenges and opportunities to excel?

The Opportunity

As a Senior Project Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting the Commissioning Temporary Projects Manager in managing the development and delivery of temporary commissioning projects. Embrace a dynamic mix of office and site-based work as you ensure projects are executed safely, efficiently, and on schedule.

With no direct reports expected, you'll have the autonomy to drive project success and ensure delivery of all engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, and commissioning activities in alignment with safety, quality, and cost parameters.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a starting salary from £62,000 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’ll be doing

• You'll lead the timely and quality delivery of specific assigned activities and projects, working closely with the project manager, overseeing contracts and detailed schedules.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to achieve shared project goals, defining the scope of work within your assigned contract or package and identifying interfaces with other program elements. Additionally, manage the delivery of small projects and tasks, ensuring they are completed safely and efficiently, while maintaining key project documentation to ensure clarity and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and implement execution strategies aligned with the overall program execution plan (PEP), providing clear direction on managing and organising the work. Maintain open communication with stakeholders. Monitor progress, track milestones, and provide comprehensive progress reports to ensure transparency and accountability throughout the project.
• Your leadership will be pivotal in guiding diverse project team members, identifying key resources, and ensuring clear communication of roles and responsibilities.

Who you are

• Being a Senior Project Engineer at EDF means, having a strong background in project management or engineering, particularly within complex projects. While a degree in a relevant technical field is essential, your hands-on experience in applying project management processes, organising work to meet schedules, and communicating effectively with diverse teams is what we value most.
• Experience in procurement and the tendering process is preferred. You should have a proven track record in managing negotiations with suppliers and comfortable working with a commercial multidisciplinary team. A solid understanding of Health & Safety legislation, including Construction Design Management and the Health and Safety at Work Act, is crucial.
• We value someone proficient in budget monitoring, commercially aware, and capable of managing contractors effectively. Your understanding of Quality Assurance within the project environment and your ability to adhere to governance frameworks will be key. Proficiency in preparing reports and using software like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is also important.

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

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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.