EDF EPR Engineering UK (EPR-E) is a British engineering company delivering design and engineering activities for UK EPR projects in Britain. It is part of EDF Group. EPR-E brings together the expertise of EDF Group, along with the support of our key supply chain partners into one, integrated engineering company. 

The JDO Piping Discipline Lead is reporting operationally to the JDO Disciplines Manager and functionally to the EPR-E Piping Discipline Manager.  They will be located on HPC site.

The JDO Piping Discipline Lead manages a Team made up of staff from EPR-E (EDVANCE, CNEPE, Partners), HPC and other Partners. They are responsible for the performance of the team and the adequacy of staffing and skills. They have authority to select, hire, assess and discharge members of his/her team whatever their mother company.

The Piping Discipline Team is the local Point of Contact for the management of topics related to piping in the scope of works of EPR-E/EDVANCE/CNEPE scope, in coordination with HPC Construction and Commissioning Teams. Those topics relate to field events such as clarification request, adaptation requests, change request, non-conformance, etc. In this context the Piping Discipline Team is responsible for:

• Managing requests in his scope of delegated authority,
• Detailing, proposing solutions and coordinating the resolution of requests with staff in the back-offices,
• Challenging requests and any other topics from the contractors and HPC.
• Ensuring that Site Engineering and Construction OPEX is formalized and distributed to other projects within EDF entities

Acting under delegation of the JDO Disciplines Manager and within his discipline, the JDO Piping Discipline Lead is responsible for:

• Approving update of deliverables previously issued by the back-office teams and updated by the JDO teams,
• Looking over the continuity and the consistency of the design modified by the JDO teams,
• Making sure that methods, referential, tools, process and delegated authority from the back-office teams are complied with,
• Looking over the interestsof EPR-E/EDVANCE/CNEPE in the JDO on a daily basis, in particular with respect to topics such as intellectual property and responsibility of EPR-E/EDVANCE/CNEPE further to modification of their design by the JDO teams

In addition to their participation in the operational management of the JDO as a whole, the JDO discipline manager will be managing as a line manager the EPR-E/EDVANCE/CNEPE staff participating in the JDO, either directly or indirectly through the discipline leads (unless otherwise agreed during JDO implementation process).

They will be the holder of the delegation from EPR-E/EDVANCE/CNEPE Back Offices to the JDO. They may sub-delegate some elements of this delegation (such as approval of design documents updates) to their team.

General and technical background expected

• Management experience in nuclear engineering and new nuclear build projects
• 10 to 15 years minimum in design, procurement and installation of pipework and associated supports
• Knowledge of RCC-M code
• Experience on a construction site
• Project management / delivery experience
• Knowledge of EPR engineering process
• Science, engineering degree or equivalent

 
Skills required

• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Experience of leading large teams in complex environments
• Strong technical knowledge of the EPR design and ideally UK EPR design
• Robust knowledge and extensive experience of the EPR design and engineering processes
• Project management skills and delivery focused approach
• Ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to set, achieve and maintain high standards of safety and quality

Languages (level)

• English fluent,
• French is a bonus