Nuclear Safety And Assurance Inspector

EDF 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 looking for a new challenge in the Glasgow area? Like us, are compliance and safety your overriding priorities in the workplace? If you're looking for an exciting new opportunity working at Hunterston B Power Station, West Kilbride, in a crucial period of change, this position may be for you!
This is a fixed term, part-time role, for 24 months (although with potential for this to be extended). The expectation is for you to be on site for 3 days a week.
The opportunityWorking on site at Hunterston, within our Independent Nuclear Assurance (INA) department, you'll form part of a strong team that delivers independent assurance of compliance and facilitates improvements in nuclear, environment and industrial safety. Maybe you're a Navy Nuclear Officer looking for a position in the nuclear industry, or an experienced engineer wanting to step into the world of assurance. With experience in these types of areas, we'd love to hear from you!
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 nuclear, environment and industrial safety.
Pay, benefits and culture
We can offer a competitive salary from £71,101
- £98,004 with terms and conditions covered by the EDF Nuclear Generation Company Agreement. The starting salary will be dependent on 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 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
As the internal regulator for our sites, we strive to be influencers in the business, demonstrating role model behaviours related to Safety and compliance and representing a passion for Nuclear Safety. This is an incredibly diverse and demanding role covering all aspects of the business at Hunterston B, including the provision of advice to senior station management on how culture, behaviour and everyday working practices affect operational safety performance.
You’ll be carrying out day-to-day 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 station remains compliant with its legal obligations and continues to improve its safety performance.
You may have the opportunity to take on the role of Independent Nuclear Safety Reviewer (INSR) which will involve a daily independent assessment of the status of Nuclear Safety, using independent sources to challenge the station’s Nuclear Safety performance, ensuring defence in depth is optimised.
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 would be beneficial
- Experience of nuclear operations would be desirable (possibly being a current or previous Duly Authorised Person or equivalent experience or training e.g. military)
- 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)
- An ability to think ‘outside of the box’ to identify trends, behaviours and insights that could be effective at helping improve SSHE performance
- 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 SSHE regulators would be an advantage.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 14th February
For more information, please contact Annie Ridgway: annie.ridgway@edfenergy.com
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