The Civil Discipline Group Lead in EPR-E UK is responsible for:

• Working with the Discipline Manager to ensure that safety is a priority
• Managing the overall planning and technical accuracy and quality of the work carried out by the team across all buildings and projects;
• Ensuring the quality of the design activities carried out across the civil team (including adherence to engineering manual, standards, processes, tools and methods);
• Ensuring that the Lessons Learned from previous EPR projects are integrated into the scope of EPR-E UK
• Ensuring that the staffing in the Civil discipline is consistent with WFP (Work Force Planning) and the budget requirements of HPC and SZC projects
• Working on the development of the technical competencies of the Civil discipline staff, with a particular focus on the transfer of competences between France and UK for HPC et SZC project
• Checking the quality of the engineering documents produced by the team in line with the technical, nuclear safety and environmental standards and requirements. They will also be required to provide the Discipline Manager with input on potential risks and issues related to quality, workload, schedule, resources, competencies, budgets etc. within the team;
• Technical Leadership, Health and Safety, Work Planning, Succession Management, Quality Assurance, skill development on the job, and budgets. They may be asked to manage the performance of EDF-SA, Framatome and Edf-Energy staff and support their development.
• Reinforcing the link with the discipline organisation in Edvance France (DESC-GCB department) and in particular with the technical authority

They will be:

• Managing the relationship with all internal stakeholders (lTBB, SZC civil senior architect, JDO-DT Civil, GCB service in Edvance) and external stakeholders (NNB PM, DMT and PWRT, Bylor)  pertaining to the civil activities;
• In particular working closely with the Project operational managers when the civil ressources are embedded in the Project integrated teams
• Managing the resources and competences of the team as well as the recruitment of both mother company staff and partners by working with the Discipline Manager to establish recruitment requirements; Acting as a hiring manager of the vacancy list; Ensuring the timely review of CVs and selection decisions;
• Responsible for ensuring the correct processes, procedures and tools are utilised by competent staff in EPR-E UK;
• Acting as a role model and demonstrating the highest standards of focus on nuclear professionalism and safety.

General and technical background expected

• Bachelor degree engineering or higher education
• Experience in the EPR civil engineering and the civil design sequence

Skills required

• Excellent negotiation, communication and people engagement skills
• Ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Exemplary team and pastoral management skills
• Ability to set, achieve and maintain high standards of safety and quality

Software and tools :

• Microsoft Word/Excel.

Languages :

• English fluent
• French is a bonus