Project Manager (Earthing & Surging) - Bridgwater

Balfour Beatty; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Project Manager on a groundbreaking nuclear power station project in the UK. This role offers the opportunity to lead the Earthing and Surge Protection scope, ensuring safety and efficiency while collaborating with various teams. You'll be part of a project that not only contributes to reducing carbon emissions but also creates thousands of jobs and strengthens the economy. With flexible working options and a comprehensive benefits package, this position is ideal for professionals seeking to make a meaningful impact in the energy sector.

Benefits

Smart working with flexibility

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension plan

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in managing construction projects and electrical installations.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations in construction.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of Earthing and Surge Protection scope across all areas.
• Promote health and safety to support a positive Nuclear Safety Culture.

Skills

Construction Project Management

Electrical Earthing Installations

Health and Safety Knowledge

Risk Management

IT Proficiency

Security Clearance Ability

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

HND in Electrical Engineering

HNC in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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About the role

Become part of the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years! Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Project Manager (Earthing & Surging) on the Hinkley Point Project and develop with this amazing project.

About Hinkley Point C

The first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years; Hinkley Point C in Somerset will provide low-carbon electricity for around 6 million homes, create thousands of jobs and bring lasting benefits to the UK economy.

Marking a significant milestone in the revitalisation of our nuclear power industry, Hinkley Point C will make a major contribution to the UKs move to reduce carbon emissions. The electricity generated by its two EPR reactors will offset 9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.

What you'll be doing

• Ensure the consistent delivery of the Earthing and Surge Protection scope across all the areas and buildings by providing timely and relevant information to all area and building leads.
• Promote and maintain health and safety to support a positive Nuclear Safety Culture.
• Risk management and mitigation strategies.
• Support the planning and training of the blue-collar trades required for the scope.
• Liaise and coordinate with the execution designers, EPM team and equipment manufacturers to ensure that the full installation requirements are known, and interfaces are identified and resolved.
• Liaise and coordinate with the equipment manufacturers regarding product familiarisation and factory training where required.

Who we're looking for

• Experience in construction project management.
• A good working knowledge of electrical earthing installations.
• Up to date knowledge of workplace / construction Health and Safety.
• Degree / HND / HNC - Electrical Engineering (or suitable work experience).
• Proficient use of IT and MS Office software.
• IOSH Managing Safely preferred.
• Ability to gain security clearance.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.

We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

About us

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.