Senior Commissioning Engineer (Hinkley Point C)

Overview

As our Senior Commissioning Engineer you will participate in the preparation then the execution of the Commissioning Tests of the Hinkley Point C Power Station. The position will be part of the Commissioning Operational Team, part of the Site Support integrated Team of Edvance Hinkley Point C directorate. The Hinkley Point C Commissioning Programme, which is in charge of the whole Hinkley Point C power station commissioning and testing, decided to perform its duties through the formation of a Commissioning Alliance, formed by several companies including Edvance and other Partners.

Through a secondment to Edvance UK – joint venture with Framatome and EDF – your initial role will be to contribute to the completion of the Hinkley Point C design phase.

Framatome has an international reputation for offering a large and diverse variety of career opportunities. Our focus is to attract highly talented individuals who share our values before promoting you through our internal development and career mobility opportunities.

Framatome will play a vital part in the delivery of Britain’s ambition to fight climate change and reach Net Zero emissions. It will bring together a number of supply and engineering firms Framatome.

For this opportunity nuclear experience is desirable but not essential. We encourage people from other sectors and the diversity of experience this adds.

As a team member within Framatome you will be expected to achieve success through your engagement with, and demonstration of, our Framatome values and behaviours.

The behaviours we identify in all our high performers include their abilities to:

ensure safety, environment, and compliance
customer orientation
drive for results
honesty
collaboration and teamwork
inspirational leadership and change management
enterprise perspective
developing self and others
holding self and others accountable
decision making

Framatome has a set of example « observable behaviours » underpinning each of these and we will be looking for these during the selection phases.

Main responsibilities

• Preparing for the instrumentation installation and commissioning activities on site

• Providing guidance and support for the instrument calibration activities

•  Assessing the requirements for spares

• Working with the installation team to assess the as-built status against the design and against best practice to prepare for handover for commissioning

• Defining and reviewing commissioning methods and procedures

• Planning, coordinating, supervising calibration and commissioning activities

• Supporting mechanical and process disciplines with instrumentation expertise

• Assessing risks and contributing to mitigations and resolution of issues

• Leading a team of commissioning engineers and technicians

• Tracking and reporting status and progress

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• Significant knowledge of instrumentation and calibration methods
• Previous participation to commissioning of large industrial facilities
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-cultural, multi company team

Desirable:

• Expert-level theoretical and practical knowledge of process measurement methods, constraints and associated instrumentation devices and standards (e.g. pressure, flow, level, temperature
• Extensive experience in the practical application of instrumentation in the industrial context, including primary elements, tappings, impulse pipework etc
• Experience in the commissioning and maintenance of final actuators (e.g. pneumatic, hydraulic, motor operated valves) performing both regulating and isolating functions
• Interfacing with DCS, PLC and protection systems
  
• Experience in the commissioning and maintenance of safety relief valves
• Understanding of measurement and calibration uncertainty through the entire channel from instrument to display and the ability to specify relevant acceptance criteria
• Knowledge and experience in calibration methods and standards
• Experience of site commissioning/operation/maintenance in thermal or nuclear power plant, oil/gas/petrochemical or other heavy industry

Benefits

For this role we are offering a salary range of between £50,000 and £66,000 per annum plus benefits, including, but not limited to:

• 25 days annual leave per year (raising one day per 2 years to a maximum of 30 days)
• 8% employer pension contribution (salary sacrifice)
• Site Premium
• Relocation Support
• Individual and family private health care
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• Income Protection
• Professional Body Membership (1 per year)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Language Courses
• Plus more including access to training and development opportunities.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We value and plan to continue to build on the benefits of our diverse working environment and recognise a priority to improve gender mix.

Everyone will be considered without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

Spécialité : TB3 - Essais et mise en service

Niveau d’études (tous) Bac+4

Lieu : Royaume-Uni, Bridgwater, Hinkley Point C

Niveau d’emploi : Ingénieur & Cadre

Poste soumis à enquête administrative : Oui

Poste autorisant le dépistage des stupéfiants dans le cadre de la prévention des addictions : Oui