Gloucester Business Park. Hybrid with flexible home and office working supported.

Are you an experienced Human Factors professional, or someone developing with the HF profession, keen to apply your experience to a nuclear energy context?

Are you enthusiastic, and motivated to work collaboratively across a wide range of technical disciplines and keen to stretch your capabilities and support with developing other people and the wider organisation?

Are you energised by ensuring that the human is considered at the centre of the design, operations and organisation of the UK Nuclear Fleet?

If so, join EDF as a Human Factors Engineer and you’ll join a diverse and inclusive team of specialists supporting the UK’s Civil Nuclear Fleet, as we continue to lead the rebirth of nuclear in the UK.

The Opportunity...

Nuclear Services is EDF UK’s Technical Centre of Excellence for civil nuclear, and a platform for collaboration, driving a common approach and replication, where appropriate, across our fleet of advanced gas-cooled (AGR) and pressurised water reactors (PWR).

As a Human Factors Engineer, you will be leading the integration of HF into EDF’s operations, processes, design and safety cases across EDF’s existing Nuclear Fleet and our New Build Projects.

The role provides you with the opportunity to be involved in a wide variety of HF activities and to influence many different groups and industry-leading projects across the business including the design, construction and operation of Hinkley Point C (HPC) and Sizewell C (SZC).

Who you are…

Your background may include some of the following:

• Ability to provide high-quality, authoritative Human Factors advice and expertise.
• Enjoys developing and delivering technical training and mentoring the development of others.
• Able to apply human reliability methodologies to identify and assess operator actions; observing, understanding and helping to improve operator performance and reliability.
• Works collaboratively with multi-discipline teams to assess, inform and optimise Human Machine Interfaces (e.g. control room, panels, plant) and operations (e.g. management arrangements & procedures) across the entire plant lifecycle (Human Factors Integration – HFI).
• Motivated, self-starting, dynamic technical leader who is able to work with multiple disciplines and organisational levels to drive HF into all aspects of EDF’s Civil Nuclear Fleet.
• Ability to understand the bigger picture, distil a range of source data and analysis to define, scope and strategically plan implementation of HF into EDF’s Civil Nuclear Fleet.
• Thrives in working in high profile, time critical projects identifying and delivering HF solutions across a diverse range of Nuclear Operations and Process.
• Capable of developing strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers with diverse experiences and requirements to build trust and confidence.

Pay, benefits and culture…

Alongside a starting salary from £50,000, we’re dedicated to offering flexible benefits that support our people across all aspects of their lives.

We offer a market-leading company pension scheme, paid holidays and a range of flexible benefits, such as a cycle to work scheme, discounts and employee pricing.

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. Please let us know if you require flexible working arrangements by highlighting this on your application. We’re happy to talk flex in line with the requirements of this opportunity.

Closing Date: 28th August 2023

Join us, and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.

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