Section Engineer (Sizewell C)

EDF Energy Limited; Sizewell; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF Energy Limited is seeking a Section Engineer for the Sizewell C project. The role covers enabling works and earthworks, with responsibility for design, planning, procurement and execution of early civils scope including SSSI Crossing, ground improvements and sea defence.

You will lead safety, quality and productivity sections, supervise on-site teams, and ensure compliance with project specifications. A strong focus on coordination with designers and subcontractors is essential.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND/Degree in an electrical or engineering discipline preferable.
• CSCS card required.
• SSSTS or SMSTS qualification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Reviews Method Statements and Risk Assessments and makes improvements as appropriate.
• Carries out field audits and confirms the sufficiency of control documentation.
• Production and implementation of Permits to Work including Permit to Dig, Confined Space and Hot Works Permits.
• Guides & coaches less experienced staff in technical requirements and techniques of setting out.
• Production of as-built drawings & records for every element of the works involved in.

Skills

Communication

Team leadership

Planning & scheduling

Health & safety

Site supervision

Problem solving

Education

HNC/HND/Degree in electrical or engineering

CSCS card

SSSTS or SMSTS

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Contract Partner Company: Civil Works Alliance (CWA)

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Section Engineer
CWA
Sizewell C

The scope of the Enabling Works and Earthwork is the design, planning, procurement and execution of some of the early SZC civils scope including - SSSI Crossing, ground improvements, dewatering, diaphragm walls, sea defence, marine bulk import facility (MBIF), beach landing facility (BLF), construction drainage outfall and bulk Earthworks.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

Health Safety & Environmental

• Reviews Method Statements and Risk Assessments and makes improvements as appropriate
• Production of task briefing sheets and carries out associated briefings
• Carries out field audits and confirms the sufficiency of control documentation
• Production and implementation of Permits to Work, including Permit to Dig, Confined Space Permits and Hot Works Permits

Engineering Control

• Guides & coaches less experienced staff in technical requirements and techniques of setting out
• Guides and coaches less experienced staff in resolution of construction issues, drawing on experience and accepted industry best practice
• Read and determine in formation from drawings, schedules and specifications

Quality

• Production of as-built drawings & records for every element of the works involved in
• Completion of Quality check sheets and production of information for handover
• Implements systems and processes to support construction of the works in accordance with the specification (eg Materials Approval, NCR, Handover Documentation)
• Carries out Independent Inspections of their own section and of others
• Carries out Site Audits to check works and documentation compliance
• Coaches less experienced staff
• Liaise with designer to resolve technical issues

Productivity

• Produces a fully resourced short term programme in the accepted format / software
• Tracks and monitors KPI compliance and recommends improvements to systems to maintain team production
• Establishes monitors of production, translated to graphical form from the Programme to aid understanding of current status and identification of requirements for intervention

Commercial

• Maintains accurate diary, including dialogue with external organisations (subcontractors)
• Produces a budget from the resourced programme and monitors / reviews weekly costs
• Manages sub-contractors
• Understands cost and value
• Understands what is classified as additional work and how to record this
• Drafts correspondence to sub-contractors, suppliers and Client

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• HNC/HND/Degree in an electrical or engineering discipline would be preferable and/or relevant Site Experience with the Utilities / Construction Industry
• CSCS card
• SSSTS or SMSTS qualified

Desirable

• Targeting and actively progressing professional accreditation (eg ICE, IHT)
• Strong knowledge and management of construction process in one or more of the following areas: Earthworks/Drainage, Pavement, Structures, Roadworks

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately. Suggests and implements improvements to systems
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity; experienced at encouraging direct reports to do the same and managing a team to ensure tasks are carried out effectively and key messages cascaded
• Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights
• Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility
• Excellent team player, able to work competently and independently without continuous supervision
• Strong communication skills with good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Solution orientated approach to issue resolution
• Excellent role model for development of team members and demonstrates required behaviours to align to project and team objectives
• Understands method statements and risk assessments, able to develop new and improved safe systems of work
• A full understanding of technical requirements and techniques of setting out and coaching of team members
• Allocates correct resource levels and identifies additional requirements
• Track record of solution orientated approach to issue resolution

Desirable

• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes
• Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility
• People Management experience and relationship management skills
• Commercial awareness with knowledge of both budgetary and Financial control.

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.