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Fire Safety SME

Job Category:  Health & Safety
Contract Partner Company:  Jobs Service
Employing Company:  EDF

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Fire Safety SME


Ready to help shape the fire safety foundations of the first nuclear power station built in a generation? Do you thrive on influencing operational readiness, working with stakeholders, and creating safer environments in complex, highly regulated industries?


At EDF, Success is Personal. As a Fire Safety Subject Matter Expert, you'll help create the standards, systems, and culture that support safe operations at Hinkley Point C while developing a career that's unique to you.


The Opportunity


As a Fire Safety Subject Matter Expert (SME), you'll play a vital role in preparing Hinkley Point C for safe and successful operations. Working within the Commissioning and Operations programme, you'll help establish fire safety management arrangements, governance, and operational readiness activities that support one of the UK's most significant energy projects and EDF's journey towards An Electric Britain.


You'll join us on a salary starting of £67,000 per annum. This is an onsite role based at #HinkleyPointC, #Bridgwater, where you'll work closely with operational, engineering, and regulatory stakeholders to support startup readiness and long-term compliance.


This is an opportunity to influence how fire safety is embedded across a new nuclear power station. From supporting WANO readiness activities and fire prevention programmes to developing operational documentation, fire protection arrangements, and emergency response planning, your expertise will help shape the future operation of the station.


Who You Are


We're looking for an experienced Fire Safety SME who enjoys providing specialist guidance, collaborating across teams, and improving fire safety performance within complex industrial or high-hazard environments. Are you experienced in...?


Fire management and fire safety design within a complex industrial, nuclear, or high-hazard environment
Developing fire safety management arrangements, governance frameworks, and operational fire safety documentation
Interpreting and applying UK fire safety legislation, including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order and associated regulations
Supporting or participating in World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) reviews and operational readiness activities
Conducting Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Hazard Analyses within commissioning or operational environments
Working with multiple stakeholders to implement fire prevention, compliance, and fire protection programmes
Producing fire safety documentation and arrangements that support operational readiness and regulatory compliance
To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.


What You'll Be Doing


Developing fire safety governance arrangements and operational readiness strategies for the future station
Leading Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Hazard Analyses with input from key project stakeholders
Supporting the implementation of fire prevention strategies, fire prevention programmes, and fire protection arrangements
Providing specialist advice on fire legislation, regulatory compliance, and fire protection systems
Contributing to emergency preparedness, response planning, and WANO performance readiness activities


Pay, Benefits and Culture


Alongside a starting salary of £67,000 per annum, potential for an annual bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.


At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That's why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that's unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it's your journey, powered by us.


Everyone is welcome at EDF; we're committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.


Join us and find your success at EDF!


#SuccessIsPersonal #EDFcareers #LI-Onsite #DestinationNuclear

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The HPC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project.

Fire Safety SME


Ready to help shape the fire safety foundations of the first nuclear power station built in a generation? Do you thrive on influencing operational readiness, working with stakeholders, and creating safer environments in complex, highly regulated industries?


At EDF, Success is Personal. As a Fire Safety Subject Matter Expert, you'll help create the standards, systems, and culture that support safe operations at Hinkley Point C while developing a career that's unique to you.


The Opportunity


As a Fire Safety Subject Matter Expert (SME), you'll play a vital role in preparing Hinkley Point C for safe and successful operations. Working within the Commissioning and Operations programme, you'll help establish fire safety management arrangements, governance, and operational readiness activities that support one of the UK's most significant energy projects and EDF's journey towards An Electric Britain.


You'll join us on a salary starting of £67,000 per annum. This is an onsite role based at #HinkleyPointC, #Bridgwater, where you'll work closely with operational, engineering, and regulatory stakeholders to support startup readiness and long-term compliance.


This is an opportunity to influence how fire safety is embedded across a new nuclear power station. From supporting WANO readiness activities and fire prevention programmes to developing operational documentation, fire protection arrangements, and emergency response planning, your expertise will help shape the future operation of the station.


Who You Are


We're looking for an experienced Fire Safety SME who enjoys providing specialist guidance, collaborating across teams, and improving fire safety performance within complex industrial or high-hazard environments. Are you experienced in...?


Fire management and fire safety design within a complex industrial, nuclear, or high-hazard environment
Developing fire safety management arrangements, governance frameworks, and operational fire safety documentation
Interpreting and applying UK fire safety legislation, including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order and associated regulations
Supporting or participating in World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) reviews and operational readiness activities
Conducting Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Hazard Analyses within commissioning or operational environments
Working with multiple stakeholders to implement fire prevention, compliance, and fire protection programmes
Producing fire safety documentation and arrangements that support operational readiness and regulatory compliance
To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.


What You'll Be Doing


Developing fire safety governance arrangements and operational readiness strategies for the future station
Leading Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Hazard Analyses with input from key project stakeholders
Supporting the implementation of fire prevention strategies, fire prevention programmes, and fire protection arrangements
Providing specialist advice on fire legislation, regulatory compliance, and fire protection systems
Contributing to emergency preparedness, response planning, and WANO performance readiness activities


Pay, Benefits and Culture


Alongside a starting salary of £67,000 per annum, potential for an annual bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.


At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That's why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that's unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it's your journey, powered by us.


Everyone is welcome at EDF; we're committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.


Join us and find your success at EDF!


#SuccessIsPersonal #EDFcareers #LI-Onsite #DestinationNuclear

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.

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