Operations Technician

EDF Energy; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF Energy is seeking an Operations Technician at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater. This role involves monitoring plant performance, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and supporting operational activities in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates will have a background in power generation or heavy industry and hold relevant qualifications. Join us to contribute to a sustainable future and help achieve Net Zero together.

Benefits

Enhanced parental leave

Electric vehicle leasing

Health insurance

Product discounts

Critical illness insurance

Technology vouchers

Gym membership

Season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Experience in power generation or heavy industry is essential.
• Additional training in engineering fields is advantageous.
• Previous roles in process engineering or safety protocols preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor equipment performance and status, responding to operational faults.
• Support system handovers, commissioning, and maintenance activities.
• Foster a strong safety culture and participate in emergency duties.

Skills

Understanding of plant systems

Safety-critical environment experience

Monitoring plant performance

Education

GCSEs including English and Mathematics at grade C or above

Technical qualifications in engineering fields

Job description

About the Role

Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater

Are you an experienced plant operator looking for your next big challenge? Do you have a passion for power generation, an eye for system safety, and the skills to thrive in fast-paced, high-integrity environments? Are you keen to take on a role where each day presents new challenges and the chance to make a real difference? If so, come and join EDF as an Operations Technician!

The Opportunity

As an Operations Technician, you’ll undertake operational activities outside the main control room under the general direction of the Main Control Room, Temporary Control Room, or CommOps organisation, following operating instructions and procedures. You’ll also monitor the performance and status of equipment and plant, recognise any deviations from normal conditions, and respond to operational faults as required in accordance with operating procedures. You will also be required to perform Emergency Scheme duties where you will receive full training for any emergency which should occur.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a competitive salary 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 will maintain high performance standards by supporting system handovers, commissioning, maintenance, and contract partner activities, ensuring plant and equipment are safe and ready for work. This role will develop into a shift role with emergency team duties alongside the operational duties, as dictated by the project. In addition to core operational responsibilities application of the E+M safety rules is expected up to and including SAP E+M and SAP HV.

A key part of your role is to monitor plant performance and ensure all activities comply with site licence requirements, statutory regulations, company policies, and safety rules. You’ll contribute to organisational learning by reporting issues, reviewing operational experience, mentoring others, and ensuring operating procedures remain fit for purpose through regular reviews and updates. You’ll take responsibility for your actions, acknowledge errors, seek support when needed, and perform emergency duties as trained.

You will foster a strong safety culture by constructively challenging behaviours, reinforcing nuclear professionalism, and recognizing individual and team achievements. Additionally, you’ll support work management and outage processes, participate in training initiatives, and assist with ad-hoc projects and self-assessments to help maintain safe, efficient, and reliable operations.

Who you are

Being an Operations Technician means bringing a solid understanding of plant systems and proven experience supporting the delivery of complex plant system projects. You’ll have demonstrable knowledge of system-derived hazards and be confident working in safety-critical environments where precision and vigilance are essential.

We’re looking for someone with a background in power generation or heavy industry, a technical or engineering background is desirable, especially where it supports working in regulated, high-integrity environments.

You’ll hold a minimum of GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and Mathematics at grade C or above.

Additional technical qualifications or training in engineering fields will be advantageous. Candidates with previous power generation, process engineering or Senior Authorised Persons/Lock Out Tag Out/Permit to work roles will have an advantage.

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

Closing date for applications: 11th June 2025

#HinkleyPointCJobs #LI-Hybrid #DestinationNuclear #EDFNuclearJobs

What's in it for you?

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