Electrical Project Engineer

Role Characteristics:


Hinkley Point C is the UK's first new build nuclear power station in a generation that is critical to the UK NetZero targets.


All roles on the project require key behaviours which support the Zero Harm objective, a questioning attitude, and drive to uphold the standards of safety and quality required by this prestigious project. A committed strong work ethic is essential at all levels.


All candidates are expected to demonstrate their knowledge and experience where possible directly related to the criteria required for the role. It is acknowledged that previous Nuclear based experience will not always be possible, as such supporting with project research and how individual skills may be transferable will be important.


There are opportunities to put together strategic people plans within the nuclear


sector, work on wider company people projects, deliver an excellent first-class service to employees and ensure the administration and processes that engulf working life are implemented effectively and fairly


Summary of Role:


As a Project Engineer, you will provide support to ensure the effective delivery of activities in the programme to required safety, quality, time and cost targets, while recognising and managing the impacts of the programme on the wider Project. Your role will be to build strong relationships to ensure project success.


Accountabilities:

• Driving the delivery of the contract or package activities to ensure they are delivered safely on time, to budget, meeting business & technical requirements.
• Developing and implementing strategies and plans in line with the overall programme execution plan (PEP), setting out how the programme of work will be managed, organised, and executed.
• Maintaining effective communications with all stakeholders and executing the project or programme EP strategies within their contract or package of work.
• Monitoring and manage the progress of the schedule - track progress against milestones, deadlines, budget and provide key stakeholders with reports on these matters.
• Anticipating, managing, and resolving issues within the contract or package. Identifying risks and facilitating the resolution of all issues raised, developing, and updating the programme budget, and escalating any issues to the Delivery Manager.
• Ensuring that lessons-learnt and knowledge-capture are practiced as business as usual.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all project team members.

Key Deliverables:


General Management:

• Provide engineering and management resource to direct, supervise and support all project related operations.
• Plan, develop and implement all activities associated with the efficient and profitable running of the assigned Projects.

Customer Service:

• Maintain high standards of customer service.
• Monitor, review and improve through the implementation of appropriate procedures and initiatives.
• Maintain close contact with existing customers and assist the Senior Project Manager in the development of new customers as required to maintain suitable workload.

Standards:

• Ensure that project operations are undertaken in compliance with all relevant standards and legislation through appropriate formal procedures.
• Liaise with other support departmental personnel, if necessary, to obtain any advice that may be required.

Operational Procedures:

• Plan and undertake the project workload and allocate specific tasks to other appointed individual personnel associated with the project in conjunction with directions from the Senior Project Manager.
• Monitor the workload and tasks that other individuals both in the office and at site level are undertaking on a daily basis to ensure the projects are operating in an efficient and profitable manner.
• Prepare operational project programmes in line with main project programme and identify labour and material procurement deadlines. Carry out required tasks to ensure that identified deadlines are met. Monitor this on a daily/weekly basis as appropriate.
• Prepare major material and master material procurement schedules. Identify and check that proposed procurement dates come in line with the appropriate programme dates to ensure that materials and equipment are available on site at the prescribed time.
• Ensure the best possible prices are available via new quotations to attempt to achieve a better buy based on the original tender offer.
• Ensure there is a good working relationship with all suppliers to ensure optimum response in relation to the quotation request and delivery requirements.
• Identify any main sub contract packages of work that will be required making reference to our original tender if appropriate. Arrange and attend sub-contract reviews, meetings and appointments. Liaise with the Projects Quantity Surveyor, if appropriate.
• Plan the site set up arrangements with the Senior Project Manager and procure via our plant department the appropriate site office, workshop and storage facilities making reference to our original tender allowance.
• Monitor and coordinate work performed by the junior engineers and our own directly employed labour force/loan/Agency Labour Force/ Sub-Contractors.
• Review and interpret proposed designs, drawings and specifications to ensure compliance with our obligations and appropriateness to required function and recognised standards. Initiate revisions where appropriate and advise the Senior Project Manager of any shortfalls. Work with the design team to ensure purchasing economy is engineered into the project.
• Ensure that project operations are in compliance with design specifications and the appropriate standards and regulations.
• Monitor project deliverables and direct work sequencing to expedite project delivery in line with our works programme.
• Represent the business at meetings with customers, consultants, sub-contractors and other relevant organisations as agreed and directed by the Senior Project Manager.
• Inspect and monitor the quality of the installed works, carry out and review zero defects reports, ensure compliance with specifications and drawings, monitor site Health and Safety reports.
• Research and prepare various reports pertaining to individual project performance and/or other issues as appropriate.
• Perform miscellaneous individual and group related duties as assigned.
• Consider the overall M&E working relationships to ensure all resources, materials and plant are shared and appreciate the requirements of both trades.
• Co-ordinate with other sub-contractors involved in the project to ensure smooth working pattern/progress.

Commercial:

• Monitor individual project commercial performance against targets through regular review of job cost reports and detailed work in progress reports.
• Provide detailed work in progress reports for discussion and monitoring by Senior Project Manager. Identify target shortfalls and discuss and carry out appropriate action to resolve any problems.
• Assist in the preparation of the ongoing project account and final account. Ensure accounts are up to date as far as agreement of variations are concerned, monitor on at least a monthly basis to ensure variations are being agreed by others in a timely manners.
• Present with project final accounts to the Senior Project Manager for agreement prior to final account being presented to the Customer for final certification.
• Prepare, in conjunction with the Senior Quantity Surveyor, any sub-contract orders and the purchase of major material packages monitor any change orders and approve sub-contract payments.

Administration:

• Ensure that project files, both hard copy and electronic versions, are set up in accordance with company procedures for each project. Carry out/ensure that filing is kept up to date and in the correct place.
• Carry out a project administrative duties consistent with company requirements and standards.
• Ensure that the day-to-day administrative duties associated with good project management are carried out and that the requirements and interface with other parts of the business responsible for general business administration are carried out in a timely and productive manner.

Personnel:

• Communicate clearly and directly with other employees associated with the project, monitor performance productivity and quality as appropriate.

Health and Safety:

• Ensure that company standards for health and safety associated with all project activities are maintained as identified in the company health and safety policy.
• When required, support and split all enquiries into any incidents and accidents associated with the Group activities.
• Initiate and monitor all site health and safety inspections either by our in house H&S Manager or external resource. Ensure that any recommendations following on from a site H&S site visit are implemented.
• Take personal responsibility for all project H&S issues ensure that when visiting site all paperwork associated with H&S issues such as tool box talk registers, site risk assessments, plant checks etc., are being carried out and are up to date.

Business Development:

• Maintain and develop in association with the project and the Senior Project Manager existing customer contacts to maintain and increase as appropriate.
• Implement and conclude specific projects as identified and agreed with the Senior Project Manager as appropriate for improving and developing the specific project or the overall group performance.

Minimum Qualifications/ Experience:

• Educated to Degree / HNC in an Electrical Engineering (LV, HV, MEP installations) or working towards HNC (Preferred)
• Educated to Nuclear installation standards including safety critical systems
• Working towards Professional Qualification in Project Management such as APM PMQ or other recognised qualification (Desirable)
• Track record of delivering projects in complex environments, from concept to handover, within a technically complex and dynamic environment, ideally within the Nuclear Energy sector or similar regulated environment.(Desirable)
• Have experience of working on heavily unionised sites and working alongside IR managers and Trade union representatives
• Have experience in working with Qualified equipment products and services including supporting the EQ process
• Have experience working alongside the QA team to ensure quality compliance including all records, audits and process
• Have an understanding of nuclear safety culture and have experience working on projects where this forms the basis of the Health & Safety agenda

Additional Qualifications/ Experience:

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Project Management and working knowledge and management experience of engineering and/or construction activities.
• Able to demonstrate strong skills and experience in project management, financial management, change management and facilitation.
• Proven successful experience in engaging multi-level stakeholders including contractors, consultants, and advisors.
• Working knowledge of CDM Regulations.
• Understanding the needs of nuclear quality and how nuclear quality is assured and controlled.
• Experience in the design, manufacturing and installation of plant and equipment (LV, HV and MEP scope), including Nuclear grade and Nuclear safety critical plant & equipment

Working Pattern of Attendance and Location(s):

• In first 6/9 Months Bristol (Aztec West/Warmley)
• From late 2025/early 2026 Hinkley Point C Construction Site, Wick Moore Drove, Nr Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1UD
• 9-day fortnight

HPC Values attributed behaviours:

• Demonstrates Humility through sharing success as a team.
• Demonstrates Positivity through always striving for solutions.
• Demonstrates Respect through valuing other points of view.
• Demonstrates Clarity through sharing information simply and concisely.
• Demonstrates Solidarity through adopting a "One Team"