INA Evaluator (Roving)

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. We're the UK’s largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain, the largest supplier to British businesses and we employ more than 13,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We are playing a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK to secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees.
Are you an experienced nuclear professional with operational experience looking for a new challenge across the whole EDF fleet? Like us, are compliance and safety your overriding priorities in the workplace? And above all, are you ready to enjoy a diverse, exciting and well-travelled role?
If you're looking for an exciting new opportunity to work in the world of Nuclear during a crucial period of change, this position may be for you!
The opportunity
INA are looking to appoint two ‘roving’ evaluators who can supplement our site teams on a needs basis. This role will not only provide additional resource to our site teams but also, with the right individuals, be key in providing cross-site insights and calibration. You'll work in a strong team that delivers independent assurance of compliance and facilitates improvements in nuclear, environment, industrial safety and Security. This is an incredibly diverse and demanding role covering all aspects of the business, including the provision of advice to senior station management teams on how culture, behaviour and everyday working practices affect operational safety performance. You’ll support the teams by providing independent oversight of the execution of business processes including oversight of Emergency Arrangements and Operations Duly Authorised Persons.
Due to the need for regular travel this opportunity will be flexible in terms of base location, part-time or full-time.
We are looking for the right person to commit 3, 4 or 5 days a week to this role, which will involve consistent and sometimes reactive travel.
Pay, benefits and culture
We can offer a very competitive salary ranging from £71,779
- £98,004 with terms and conditions covered by the EDF Nuclear Generation Company Agreement. You’ll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Company Agreement as well as your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications. If the salary range is not competitive with your current package, please get in touch to discuss further.
Due to the need for regular travel, a company car can be provided if preferred. This opportunity is unique in the wide and deep exposure to the generating and defueling power stations, and so is a fantastic development opportunity for someone with a passion for Nuclear Operation.
At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic back grounds, 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, making adjustments as you need. A full training and mentoring programme will be provided.
We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.
What you'll be doing
This is an incredibly diverse and demanding role covering all aspects of the business, including Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Technical and Safety.
You’ll support site INA teams in assessments of nuclear operations and plant state, on-site inspections, reviews, and data analysis to identify shortfalls and adverse nuclear assurance trends, as well as the instigation of necessary improvements. This is with the aim of ensuring the stations remains compliant with its legal obligations and continues to improve its safety performance. Regular travel providing support to our site INA teams from a single week to several weeks, provides a truly unique dimension to this role that may pique the interest of those requiring rapid development or who enjoy a significant challenge.
A typical week would involve:
- Being based at one of our sites for a number of days each week
- Interface with site team to help deliver our surveillance programme
- Observation of work in the field to identify compliance gaps and gaps to excellence
- Interface with local leaders and managers to discuss identified gaps and ensure proportionate action is taken to correct / improve performance
- Liaison with regulators
Experience of nuclear Operations (being a current or previous Duly Authorised Person or equivalent experience or training e.g. military) would be advantageous, although experience in other areas of nuclear operations would also be acceptable.
Who you are
We’re looking for you to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- Flexible with the ability to travel most weeks to one of our plants for several days (base location is flexible)
- Hold a minimum of HNC (or equivalent) in a science or engineering biased subject and membership of a relevant professional body and technical degree would be beneficial
- Experience of nuclear operations (possibly being a current or previous Duly Authorised Person or equivalent experience or training e.g. military)
- Ability to build relationships and team working at all levels in order to establish networks and optimise their use for influencing
- The character to deliver difficult messages under potentially challenging situations
- Preferably 10+ years track record of implementing, advising or overseeing SSHE arrangements within the nuclear, or other engineering orientated and highly regulated, industry (including defence)
- An ability to think ‘outside of the box’ to identify trends, behaviours and insights that could be effective at helping improve SSHE performance
- Strong analytical skills to support critical reviews of performance
- Clear, concise communication skills to ensure effective delivery of verbal or written feedback
- A proven track record of liaising with external SSHE regulators would be an advantage.
Applications for this role close: 7th Feb 2024
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