Field Engineer - Civils (Nights)

EDF; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF HPC is seeking a Field Engineer - Civils (Nights) for the Hinkley Point C site in Somerset. You will perform construction surveillance, ensuring contract compliance and quality targets are realised.

Reporting to the Construction Superintendent, you will coordinate with site teams, document non-conformances, support KPI indicators, and help keep works safe and in line with CDM requirements.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of building industry, materials, trades methods and legal requirements.

Responsibilities

• Surveil quality compliance in Civil Works per NNB strategy.

Skills

Quality surveillance

Construction knowledge

English proficiency

Team coordination

Education

HND Civil Engineering

Tools

Handheld devices

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Job Title: Field Engineer - Civils (Nights)
Location: Hinkley Point C, Somerset
Pay: £351.69 PAYE or £491.26 Umbrella

5 days per week on site (Night Shift)

Job Purpose / Overview

The NNB Surveillance Civil Engineering Field Engineer will take responsibility for activities in the field relating to Construction Surveillance. They will form part of a team with the primary role to deliver the NEC Supervisor duties described in the NEC contract and ensure that HPC Quality needs, targets and expectations are realised.

Principal Accountabilities:

• The Field Engineer is responsible for the surveillance of quality compliance within the Civil section of the Works in accordance with NNB surveillance strategy requirements.
• The Field Engineer will report to the Construction Superintendent for day-to-day guidance. The Field Engineer will input into site wide management issues and a high level of interaction and coordination with other operational members of the site wide team will be required. In addition to reporting and liaising responsibilities, the Field Engineer will be required to adhere to (and suggest enhancements and improvements to) company policies, procedures and protocols for construction, health & safety, and other functions.

The Field Engineer will be required to:

• Check the Works are constructed in accordance with the contract and notify the Construction Superintendent of non-conformance request requirements.
• Submit details of any non-conformance request requirements to assist in the issuing of non-conformance reports.
• Proactively communicate with other site teams, maintain good communication links and ensure surveillance is timely reported.
• Contribute surveillance information to support KPI indicators
• Endeavour to identify potential Quality issues before they arrive to enable mitigating actions
• Support team instructions to take temporary measures to mitigate and keep works safe and within
• Quality standards. Follow up by taking appropriate and proportionate action (e.g. issue
• communications, call meetings) to prevent the halt of works
• Ensure design decisions are not taken "in the field" but are considered and approved via a formal process
• Enhance the team with a good perspective of current and future site activities
• Ensure tasks are developed to quality in accordance with the company's requirement for health, safety
• and environment
• Develop and maintain an understanding of construction drawings, construction activities, Quality
• Control Plans and Quality Inspection Records
• Ensure and monitor that Quality Inspection Records are taken and agreed before Works are covered
• up
• Review Contractor performance against the authorised Quality Control Plan

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Broad knowledge and wide understanding of the building industry, materials, trades methods and legal requirements
• Excellent organisation, delegation, and communication skills. Ability to work within a high performing team that continuously outperforms expectations and objectives.
• Proven experience of writing diaries which are accurate, concise and with relevance to the particular form of contract.
• Proven track record of working within a large construction team.
• A minimum of HND in a Civil Engineering qualification or equivalent vocational training and experience
• Good attention to detail when checking work and materials.
• Able to establish appropriate working relationships with the contractors.
• Persuasive and diplomatic whilst remaining independent.
• Experience in the installation and erection of large Civil Works.
• General understanding of the post's obligations under CDM Regulations - along with an understanding of the document and drawing approvals processes
• Strong communication skills in English are required, and knowledge of French can be an advantage.
• Experience in the use of electronic handheld devices to capture information.
• They will be required to attend and pass the HPC Clerk of Works course as part of our upskilling training programme.

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.