Fire Safety SME - Site-based - Bridgwater, UK

EDF Energy; Sutton Mallet; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Market-leading pension

Electric vehicle leasing

Discounted gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

Job summary

EDF Energy in Bridgwater, UK is seeking a Fire Safety Subject Matter Expert (SME) to shape fire safety foundations for Hinkley Point C, working with operations, engineering and regulatory stakeholders to ensure readiness and compliance.

As Fire Safety SME you'll develop fire safety management arrangements, governance and documentation, interpret UK fire safety legislation, and support WANO reviews and emergency planning; you'll lead risk assessments and collaborate across teams to embed best

Qualifications

• Experience in fire management and fire safety design in complex industrial or high-hazard environments.
• Ability to interpret UK fire safety legislation and Regulations and apply it to practice.
• Experience preparing safety documentation and governance arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Develop fire safety governance and operational readiness strategies for the future station.
• Lead Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Hazard Analyses with key stakeholders.
• Support fire prevention, protection arrangements and regulatory compliance programs.
• Provide specialist advice on fire legislation and readiness activities.
• Contribute to emergency preparedness and WANO performance readiness.

Skills

Fire safety governance

Fire risk assessments

Stakeholder collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Salary starting of 67,000 per annum. This is an onsite role based at #HinkleyPointC, #Bridgwater, where you'll work closely with operational, engineering, and regulatory stakeholders to support startup readiness and long‑term compliance. This is an opportunity to influence how fire safety is embedded across a new nuclear power station. From supporting WANO readiness activities and fire prevention programmes to developing operational documentation, fire protection arrangements, and emergency response planning, your expertise will help shape the future operation of the station.

Who You Are

We're looking for an experienced Fire Safety SME who enjoys providing specialist guidance, collaborating across teams, and improving fire safety performance within complex industrial or high-hazard environments.

• Fire management and fire safety design within a complex industrial, nuclear, or high‑hazard environment
• Developing fire safety management arrangements, governance

Fire Safety SME – Bridgwater, UK

About the Role

Ready to help shape the fire safety foundations of the first nuclear power station built in a generation? Do you thrive on influencing operational readiness, working with stakeholders, and creating safer environments in complex, highly regulated industries? At EDF, Success is Personal . As a Fire Safety Subject Matter Expert, you'll help create the standards, systems, and culture that support safe operations at Hinkley Point C while developing a career that's unique to you.

The Opportunity As a Fire Safety Subject Matter Expert (SME), you'll play a vital role in preparing Hinkley Point C for safe and successful operations. Working within the Commissioning and Operations programme, you'll help establish fire safety management arrangements, governance, and operational readiness activities that support one of the UK's most significant energy projects and EDF's journey towards An Electric Britain .

• frameworks, and operational fire safety documentation
• Interpreting and applying UK fire safety legislation, including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order and associated regulations
• Supporting or participating in World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) reviews and operational readiness activities
• Conducting Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Hazard Analyses within commissioning or operational environments
• Working with multiple stakeholders to implement fire prevention, compliance, and fire protection programmes
• Producing fire safety documentation and arrangements that support operational readiness and regulatory compliance

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing fire safety governance arrangements and operational readiness strategies for the future station
• Leading Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Hazard Analyses with input from key project stakeholders
• Supporting the implementation of fire prevention strategies, fire prevention programmes, and fire protection arrangements
• Providing specialist advice on fire legislation, regulatory compliance, and fire protection systems
• Contributing to emergency preparedness, response planning, and WANO performance readiness activities

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a starting salary of 67,000 per annum, potential for an annual bonus, and a market‑leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.

• potential for an annual bonus
• market‑leading pension scheme
• electric vehicle leasing
• discounted gym membership
• life assurance
• tech vouchers
• experience days

Everyone is welcome at EDF; we're committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

Closing date for applications is Tuesday 29th September 2026.

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