INA Site Group Head

Are you an experienced nuclear professional with leadership looking for a new challenge in the Dungeness area? Like us, are compliance and safety your overriding priorities in the workplace? If you're looking for an exciting new opportunity to lead in the world of Nuclear during a crucial period of change, this position may be for you!

The opportunity

Working on site at Dungeness within our Independent Nuclear Assurance (INA) department, you'll lead 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 at Dungeness, including the provision of advice to senior station management on how culture, behaviour and everyday working practices affect operational safety performance.

You'll support the station by providing independent oversight of the execution of business processes including oversight of Emergency Arrangements and Operations Duly Authorised Persons.

We're looking for you to come with us on the journey of defueling, decommissioning and eventually transition, playing a crucial role in the independent assurance of compliance and facilitating improvements in all aspects of safety.

You will be based on site, available to observe plant operations and readily interact with personnel to establish performance standards. This position is offered as full time.

Pay, benefits and culture

We can offer a competitive salary from £84,892 - £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.

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

Your primary role as an INA Site Group Head will include:

• Management and delivery of the site INA Plan to provide systematic oversight of nuclear, industrial, radiological and environmental safety as well as security arrangements at the Dungeness B Power Station
• Ensuring that staff appraisals, leave, accountability meetings, development and training is properly addressed including new team member recruitment as required.
• Responsible for ensuring timely delivery of quality reports.
• Act as interface between INA and the station senior leadership team.
• Represent their site giving input to surveillance and business plan development.
• Developing and tracking issues using regulatory tools as required.
• Responsible for managing team meeting oversight & plant area responsibilities.
• Interfacing with central INA colleagues and teams to ensure clear and aligned oversight messaging to the business.
• Routine attendance at subset of INA Management team meetings.
• Ensuring that an effective interface exists between INA, the ONR and other regulators.

Who you are

We're looking for you to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• 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, defueling /decommissioning. In addition, a thorough understanding and use of regulatory processes and practices, including the Site License and WANO PO&Cs with a sound understanding of and experience of using standards for nuclear safety will be a distinct advantage.
• Preferably 5+ years track record of implementing, advising or regulating SSHE arrangements within the nuclear, or other engineering orientated and highly regulated, industry (including defence)
• Good analytical skills to support critical reviews of performance
• Clear, concise communication skills to ensure effective delivery of verbal or written feedback
• 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
• A proven track record of liaising with external regulators would be an advantage.

Applications for this role close: 4th Feb 2024

Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.

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.