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,.....
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.
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About the role
Onshore Delivery Engineering within the Central Technical Organisation (CTO) is responsible for performing the engineering aspects of all Onshore Wind and Hydrogen projects; commencing at prospection, projects are to be technically specified and delivered through development, securing finance, and construction ensuring Engineering Excellence prior to handover into Asset Operations.
As the Civil Engineer you will provide key engineering resource within multi-discipline, project delivery engineering teams where you will manage all Civil aspects; co-ordinating and delivering Civil design and infrastructure that complies with the project requirements, whilst ensuring appropriate engineering design, quality standards and specifications are maintained.
Location; London, Durham, Scotland
Closing date; 2nd April 2024
Pay, benefits and culture
At EDF Renewables we’re dedicated to doing good things and we take pride in tackling the world’s biggest challenge – climate change. We do this by embracing new ideas to create an innovative and open-minded culture, a culture where we trust the best versions of ourselves to make good things happen.
Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits, and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that’s an electric vehicle, private healthcare, or additional holiday.
We’ll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role; whether that’s on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home.
We’re committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone’s Welcome inclusion programme.We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.
What you’ll be doing
You'll provide expertise and focus on all matters related to Civil specificiation and design activiites on assigned Onshore Wind and Hydrogen projects, ensuring that deliveables are clearly identified and aligned within timelines and budgets.
- Develop suites of Civil technical specifications for inclusion within relevant tender documentation and assessments across Balance of Plant (BoP) work packages, including addressing technical queries.
- During the origination, design and construction of the Civil infrastructure you will ensure that operational learning and requirements are key considerations and lifetime costs are optimised.
- Manage the Civil engineering design activities and assist in producing the infrastructure design (via use of appropriate tools i.e., AutoCAD, Autotrack, GIS).
- Manage the Civil engineering design activites during the front-end engineer design (FEED) and detailed design stages supporting the Work Package Managers and procurement team to ensure delivery satisfies the requirments and timescales of the project.
- Responsible for ensuring Civil risks, assumptions, issues and decisions are recorded and addressed appropriately, providing technical expertise and guidance to ensure risk level is ALARP.
- Ensure a consistent approach to Civil delivery such that safety, quality, programme and value are measured and balanced to deliver optimised project outcomes.
- Responsible for fully documenting all Civil design assessments, decisions and recommendations for Design Assurance Reviews at critical phases of the project (conceptual design, pre-FID design, detailed design and delivered design) as defined within the Design Management Process.
- Perform technical and commercial due diligence, site visits, factory and site acceptance tests and support commissioning as required.
- Support the planning and prioritisation of suitably qualified and experienced Civil resource to meet Onshore business growth projects requirements, including the management and supervision of any required internal or external third parties (consultants, sub-contractors, designers, etc) for Civil deliverables.
- You will interface with the various Onshore Business Unit teams as well as the wider CTO Central Engineerig, Technical Govenance and Electricity Connections.
What do you need to be great at this role?
You’ll have experience in development, design and construction of power generation projects, ideally within wind and/or hydrogen.
- You’ll have an understanding of developing and delivering Civil Engineering solutions from feasibility to detailed engineering designs, including access roads, supporting structures, foundations and all other associated civil works.
- You’ll have working knowledge of Engineering industry standards and design, manufacture, installation and testing codes of practice and regulations for Civil works.
- You’ll have as minimum a Civil Engineering degree or equivalent qualification / experience.
- You will have working knowledge of Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations, design, construction and installation Codes of Practice.
- It would be advantageous for you to have experience and/or or a qualification in Project Management.
- You would possess a full clean driving license with the ability to work away from base location as and when required.
If you are a proactive and experienced individual with a passion for engineering excellence and a strong commitment to safety and quality, we invite you to apply for the position of Civil within Onshore Delivery Engineering.
Why EDF Renewables?
At EDF Renewables UK & Ireland we’re committed to tackling climate change. Our rapidly growing team of 500 talented people share an ambition to create a net zero future where clean, green, energy powers all our lives.
It’s a huge ambition and time is of the essence if we are to play our full part in meeting the UK and Ireland’s challenging net zero targets. With our unique mix of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage and green hydrogen we are the UK & Ireland’s most diverse generator of renewable energy.
To achieve our goal of generating a massive 10GW of renewable energy by 2035, we’re working with stakeholders and communities throughout the UK and Ireland to unlock the enormous potential of the low carbon energy sector.
If you’re passionate about tackling climate change to create the cleaner, greener future we all want, we would love you to come join us.
Join us, and let’s do good together.
