Technical Lead Engineer (Electrical)

Job Category:  Project Management / Controls
Contract Partner Company:  Jobs Service
Employing Company:  EDF

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Technical Lead Engineer (Electrical) 

 

Job description

Ready to shape engineering outcomes that help deliver one of the UK’s most significant energy projects? Join us in a role where your decisions influence safety, progress and delivery. At EDF, Success is Personal – your journey matters as much as the work you do.

 

The Opportunity

As a Technical Lead Engineer, you’ll play a key role in strengthening engineering delivery at Hinkley Point C. This role is deeply electrical in nature, giving you responsibility for resolving cross‑discipline design issues that directly shape the integrity and reliability of electrical systems across the project on its transition towards An Electric Britain.

 

You’ll join us on a salary starting from £54,280 per annum, working at #Hinkley Point C four days a week. You’ll collaborate closely with colleagues across construction, design and engineering to maintain momentum on one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure programmes.

 

You’ll grow your expertise across a wide range of electrical engineering challenges while shaping high‑integrity outcomes. From leading nuclear safety category changes to addressing intricate electrical design questions, your work will help drive improvements and build confidence across the wider technical community supporting An Electric Britain.

 

Who You Are

We’re looking for a Technical Lead Engineer – Electrical who brings clarity, collaboration and sound engineering judgement to complex situations. To be shortlisted, you need to offer…

  • Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering
  • Demonstrable evidence of problem solving and stakeholder management
  • Understanding of civil and mechanical interfaces
  • Strong communication skills in English
  • Experience of onsite engineering
  • Experience of authoring technical documentation
  • Experience of design, installation and modification of electrical engineering systems, services, equipment and components from VHV distribution to EMC and low‑voltage instrumentation
  • Working knowledge of relevant British and European standards, including strong command of BS 7671 (18th Edition)

 

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

  • Providing oversight and approval of Nuclear Safety Category 3 changes
  • Leading joint task forces for Nuclear Safety Category 2 changes
  • Resolving complex technical issues across design, installation and commissioning
  • Preparing and authoring technical reviews, justification papers and formal judgements
  • Engaging multidisciplinary specialists to drive consistent, high‑quality engineering outcomes

 

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a starting salary from £54,280 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!

 

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.

Technical Lead Engineer (Electrical) 

 

Job description

Ready to shape engineering outcomes that help deliver one of the UK’s most significant energy projects? Join us in a role where your decisions influence safety, progress and delivery. At EDF, Success is Personal – your journey matters as much as the work you do.

 

The Opportunity

As a Technical Lead Engineer, you’ll play a key role in strengthening engineering delivery at Hinkley Point C. This role is deeply electrical in nature, giving you responsibility for resolving cross‑discipline design issues that directly shape the integrity and reliability of electrical systems across the project on its transition towards An Electric Britain.

 

You’ll join us on a salary starting from £54,280 per annum, working at #Hinkley Point C four days a week. You’ll collaborate closely with colleagues across construction, design and engineering to maintain momentum on one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure programmes.

 

You’ll grow your expertise across a wide range of electrical engineering challenges while shaping high‑integrity outcomes. From leading nuclear safety category changes to addressing intricate electrical design questions, your work will help drive improvements and build confidence across the wider technical community supporting An Electric Britain.

 

Who You Are

We’re looking for a Technical Lead Engineer – Electrical who brings clarity, collaboration and sound engineering judgement to complex situations. To be shortlisted, you need to offer…

  • Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering
  • Demonstrable evidence of problem solving and stakeholder management
  • Understanding of civil and mechanical interfaces
  • Strong communication skills in English
  • Experience of onsite engineering
  • Experience of authoring technical documentation
  • Experience of design, installation and modification of electrical engineering systems, services, equipment and components from VHV distribution to EMC and low‑voltage instrumentation
  • Working knowledge of relevant British and European standards, including strong command of BS 7671 (18th Edition)

 

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

  • Providing oversight and approval of Nuclear Safety Category 3 changes
  • Leading joint task forces for Nuclear Safety Category 2 changes
  • Resolving complex technical issues across design, installation and commissioning
  • Preparing and authoring technical reviews, justification papers and formal judgements
  • Engaging multidisciplinary specialists to drive consistent, high‑quality engineering outcomes

 

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a starting salary from £54,280 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!

 

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.