Electrical Tunnel Engineer (Sizewell C)

EDF; Sizewell; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF is hiring an Electrical Tunnel Engineer for Sizewell C to provide electrical engineering expertise across the marine and tunnel phase. The role supports design, implementation, and oversight of electrical systems, reporting to the CWA electrical manager, based at the Orwell office with regular site visits.

Responsibilities include drawings, testing regimes, TBM power setup, and coordination with multiple teams to ensure safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in electrical /electronic engineering.
• ECS Card.
• 17th/18th Edition Qualification.
• Experience with TBMs is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Prepare technical drawings, specifications, and documentation for the team.
• Design, develop and maintain testing regime for systems on site.
• Overseeing all electrical aspects and establishment of the TBM, including power supply, control panels, and auxiliary systems.
• Transformers, grids, power supply units,
• Conduct calculations/simulations to support design decisions.
• Assist technically with installation and commissioning of systems.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical engineering problems and equipment breakdowns.
• Ensure compliance with relevant codes/standards and safety regulations.
• Collaborate with other teams on the project and co-ordinate works.
• Write risk and method statements
• Completing permit applications
• Support and review subcontractors design and implementation planning.

Skills

Electrical systems knowledge

Power distribution

Control systems

TBMs experience

Education

Degree or equivalent in electrical /electronic engineering

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Electrical Tunnel Engineer (Sizewell C)

CWA

Sizewell C

The purpose of the role is to provide electrical engineering expertise to the project team. The Electrical Engineer will support the design, implementation, and oversight of the electrical systems and infrastructure, ensuring compliance, safety, and performance across the marine and tunnel phase of work. He will report to the CWA site wide electrical manager in a first step, and he will be based on project office in the Orwell logistic park with regular site visits.

The Electrical Engineer will support the electrical team across the project, responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Prepare technical drawings, specifications, and documentation for the team.
• Design, develop and maintain thorough testing regime for systems on site.
  • Overseeing all electrical aspects and establishment of the TBM, including power supply, control panels, and auxiliary systems.
  • Hands-on experience setting up Power transformers, Supplies for HV/LT for the TBMs,(Slurry/EPB), Coordinating the Electrical establishment setup at site.
    • (i) Commanding knowledge and experience in working out the power consumption of TBM Tunnelling Site (STP, EPB or Dual mode TBMs) including but not limited to STP Establishment Power requirements
    • (ii) TBM Power requirements
    • (iii) Conveyor power requirements
    • (iv) TBM Auxiliary power requirements (Grout Plant, Gantry Cranes, Chiller Plant, ventilation, WTP etc),
    • (v) LT/HV Cabling scheme for TBM.
  • Transformers, grids, power supply units,
• Conduct calculations/simulations to support design decisions.
• Assist technically with installation and commissioning of systems.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical engineering problems and equipment breakdowns.
• Ensure compliance with relevant codes/standards and safety regulations.
• Collaborate with other teams on the project and co-ordinate works.
• Write risk and method statements
• Completing permit applications
• Support and review subcontractors design and implementation planning.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in electrical /electronic engineering
• ECS Card
• 17th/18th Edition Qualification
• Knowledge of electrical systems, power distribution, and control systems
• Experience with TBMs is Mandatory

Experience

• Project and process management
• Experienced in a similar position and able to demonstrate required knowledge
• Ability to design and troubleshoot electrical systems

Desirable

• Nuclear/license condition experience.
• AutoCAD Experience
• Experience working within Joint Ventures/Alliances.
• UK major construction experience and associated training.
• Designing electrical systems, including schematics and control panel layouts.
• Installing and commissioning electrical equipment like motors, sensors, and actuators
• PLC Programming and maintenance

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.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.