Natural Hazards Research Engineer

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.
Natural Hazards Research Engineer
Do you have a background in climate science and a good understanding of statistical analysis tools? If so, come and join EDF as a Research Engineer!
The Opportunity
EDF Research & Development (R&D) UK, are advancing research in the fields of Nuclear, Offshore Wind, Energy Systems, Flexibility & Storage, Zero Emissions Mobility and Smart Digital Technologies.
We are looking for a talented Research Engineer to join the Natural Hazards and Environment team to provide high quality research studies and develop collaboration with the scientific community at an international level.
Pay, benefits and culture
Alongside a salary from £42,000 (depending on experience) and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits to support our people across all aspects of their lives.
Your rewards package includes a choice of benefits, such as electric vehicle leasing, enhanced parental leave, health insurance, discounts and employee pricing.
Flexible working means you can work from home (if you wish) and we’ll provide a suite of IT equipment to ensure that you can work remotely comfortably and effectively. The team travel to our London offices on a weekly basis.
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 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, making adjustments as you need.
We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.
What you’ll be doing
You will be responsible for carrying out technical and scientific studies on natural hazard characterisation. This role will focus on the characterisation of extreme meteorological hazards (wind, rainfall, temperature, waves, surges, storms etc) impacts using statistical analysis.
As the Natural Hazards Research Engineer, you will be responsible for producing and presenting innovative and relevant results for the R&D UK Centre, supervise research projects carried out by students and propose new research projects to ensure EDF remain at the forefront of applied scientific development.
Working collaboratively, you will communicate with external academic partners, public organisations and internal stakeholders at various levels to ensure relevant information is gathered and presented accurately.
Who you are
You will have a scientific background and experience in climate science (including climate models), Natural Hazards or related fields.
We are looking for somebody with a strong track record of delivering project and research work and an extremely good understanding of programming, modelling approaches and statistical techniques for climate risk.
If you have a good understanding of climate change data (UKCP18/CMIP6) and a passion for helping Britain to achieve Net Zero, then we’d love to hear from you!
Closing date for applications: 18th January 2024
Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.
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