Reactor Systems Engineer (Mechanical or Process)

Medirest Signature; Hartlepool; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity as a System Engineer has arisen at Hartlepool Power Station, focusing on maintaining safety and reliability in nuclear operations. This role involves executing engineering standards, managing systems maintenance, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations, all while contributing to the UK's Net Zero goals. The ideal candidate will possess an HNC in a related field and demonstrate strong technical and communication skills.

Benefits

Market-leading pension scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Health insurance

Product discounts

Gym membership

Season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Relevant HNC or equivalent minimum requirement.
• Proficient technical engineering knowledge.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct System Health reviews and develop improvement plans.
• Ensure maintenance policies are defined for assigned systems.
• Participate in work planning and manage equipment performance.

Skills

Technical engineering knowledge

Communication

Organisational skills

Education

Relevant HNC or equivalent

Job description

About the Role

We're currently recruiting for a System Engineer (Mechanical or Process) at our Hartlepool Power Station.

The Opportunity

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen in Hartlepool Power Station for a System Engineer (Mechanical, Process Engineering, or similar disciplines) to be a member of the Engineering Department.

Reporting to the Engineering Group Head, you will be responsible for the execution of the Fleet Engineering standards and processes for safe and reliable operation of a nuclear power plant in accordance with all licenses, regulating bodies, company business strategies and industry best practices.

Hartlepool is an operational nuclear power station with an aspiration to extend its lifetime. At the end of the electrical generation phase, a significant period of defueling and transitioning the site to decommissioning will be needed. This brings many years of work at Hartlepool with different and varied opportunities.

Pay, benefits and culture

We can offer a competitive salary from £45,641 - £81,263 with terms and conditions covered by the EDF Nuclear Generation Agreement. The starting salary will be dependent on your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications.

This is a full-time, site-based position.

Alongside 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.

Here at EDF UK, 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 will be doing

Your role will be responsible for the System Health reviews, developing short to long term improvement plans, outage scope and defining the maintenance policy on the assigned systems. You will also actively participate in the work planning process providing engineering technical input as required ensuring prioritisation of work is based on the criticality of equipment and its potential impact on plant performance from safety, reliability and efficiency perspective.

As a system owner for several plant areas, you will act as the technical conscience for the assigned systems, ensuring critical equipment is identified and that correct preventative maintenance programmes are in place to prevent unanticipated equipment failures.

You will manage activities that are to be carried out and completed with full regard to site licence requirements, statutory regulations, company and location directives, procedures and safety rules.

You will perform Condition monitoring, performance trending, plant walk downs and System Health Reviews as required and investigate unanticipated equipment degradation/failure.

As well as assisting the organisation in the transition to fuel free and the maintenance, projects and modifications this will involve, you will also look for ways to replace and or manage obsolete equipment to ensure our systems meet the safety and reliability needs for as long as they are required.

Who you are

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who will have a safety focus in all activities and responsibilities undertaken, you will also maintain knowledge of applicable industry codes and standards. Liaising with peers in other engineering groups within the fleet, you will be required to share best practises and to continually improve local and fleet performance.

As a minimum, entrants will have a relevant HNC (or equivalent). A background in nuclear power plant operations, engineering or technical and safety disciplines would be advantage but not essential. You will demonstrate proficient technical engineering knowledge as well as excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. Training will be provided based on your existing experience.

This is a really exciting time to join the EDF team at Hartlepool, so if this role sounds right for you, we'd love to hear from you!

Applicants will be required to obtain CTC level vetting prior to taking up their duties.

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 3 of the last 5 years.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 15th June 2025. Interviews will follow soon after. There may be a second interview stage.

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