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Senior Technical Writer - Enabling & Earthworks (Sizewell C)

Job Category:  Engineering
Contract Partner Company:  Balfour Beatty
Employing Company:  Balfour Beatty

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Opportunity for a Senior Technical Writer - Enabling & Earthworks (Sizewell C) working with Balfour Beatty on the Sizewell C Project,


The Sizewell C (SZC) project requires a Senior Technical Writer to support and develop the engineering solutions, methods, programme and Target Outturn Cost during the preconstruction phase, and support and lead the Technical Writers. The role is aimed at supporting the technical, pricing and programme submissions that forms the agreed works to be delivered by the Civil Works Alliance (CWA). 
The prime area of focus is to develop compelling technical proposals in support of the Target Outturn Cost (TOC) and supporting information.


Main Duties: 

 

  • Reporting to Pre-Construction Lead. Member of team who is able to deputise for the Pre-Construction Lead if needed. The person will have the ability to manage and control technical writing team and ensure that there are sufficient teams of personnel assigned to commissions. 
  • Responsibility for project(s) and for supervision, control and development of junior personnel.
  • Significant management responsibility and direction within the team including client, technical, and cross-discipline liaison, specialist skills and experience.
  • Communicate effectively with other members of the project team and with other departments and where necessary
  • Provide feedback and development to members of the Technical Writing team
  • Comply with all the project's safety and quality assurance requirements and ensure that all team members do likewise.
  • Ensure that appropriate training, both personal and that the team personnel, is undertaken.
  • Gather and collate information to produce technical proposals and supporting material in order to meet the Target Outturn Cost (TOC) submission requirements, and be responsible for and support those in team who need to do so
  • Assist in developing and work to a programme of deliverables to support TOC and award of works packages/task orders
  • Capture and support development of technical content from meetings and one to one reviews and discussions
  • Draft specific responses to questions and queries raised during the TOC process
  • Carry out reviews of responses to questions raised during TOC process
  • Research and write supporting information for use in the submissions, including relevant case studies, CVs, project innovations and project best practice
  • Proactively engage in information management systems, capturing and submitting key content, technical submissions and lessons learned 
  • Liaise with the preconstruction, engineering, operations HSES teams as required to ensure they are briefed on the details of the TOC submission and work with them on the completion of technical responses and other relevant material
  • Include matters that cover safety, environmental, sustainable, assurance and economic requirements working with the SME's and leads in these areas. 
  • Developing technical solutions that take cognisance of the site constraints, including legal constraints defined in the DCO. 
  • Liaise with other parts of the programme, client team, designers and stakeholders as required 
  • Carry out lessons-learnt sessions following TOC submissions
  • Assist in streamlining TOC process for future TOC submissions


Knowledge & Skills


Essential

 

  • Must have relevant work experience spanning several programmes and tenders. 
  • An excellent standard of written English, with strong verbal communication skills
  • Good appreciation and understanding of civil engineering
  • Good communication skills
  • Good self-discipline and time management 
  • Construction experience preferable
  • Problem solving skills, creative thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Lead and manage a team of Technical Writers
  • Understanding of and input to scheduling of work to enable accurate forecasting and delivery of TOC submissions


Desirable

 

  • Experience in Civil Engineering or complex construction projects and programmes
  • Some knowledge of industrial health and safety legislation and personal safety


Qualifications & Experience


Desirable

 

  • Technical / Engineering / Communications or similar relevant degree

 

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 SZC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project. #SZCJobs

Opportunity for a Senior Technical Writer - Enabling & Earthworks (Sizewell C) working with Balfour Beatty on the Sizewell C Project,


The Sizewell C (SZC) project requires a Senior Technical Writer to support and develop the engineering solutions, methods, programme and Target Outturn Cost during the preconstruction phase, and support and lead the Technical Writers. The role is aimed at supporting the technical, pricing and programme submissions that forms the agreed works to be delivered by the Civil Works Alliance (CWA). 
The prime area of focus is to develop compelling technical proposals in support of the Target Outturn Cost (TOC) and supporting information.


Main Duties: 

 

  • Reporting to Pre-Construction Lead. Member of team who is able to deputise for the Pre-Construction Lead if needed. The person will have the ability to manage and control technical writing team and ensure that there are sufficient teams of personnel assigned to commissions. 
  • Responsibility for project(s) and for supervision, control and development of junior personnel.
  • Significant management responsibility and direction within the team including client, technical, and cross-discipline liaison, specialist skills and experience.
  • Communicate effectively with other members of the project team and with other departments and where necessary
  • Provide feedback and development to members of the Technical Writing team
  • Comply with all the project's safety and quality assurance requirements and ensure that all team members do likewise.
  • Ensure that appropriate training, both personal and that the team personnel, is undertaken.
  • Gather and collate information to produce technical proposals and supporting material in order to meet the Target Outturn Cost (TOC) submission requirements, and be responsible for and support those in team who need to do so
  • Assist in developing and work to a programme of deliverables to support TOC and award of works packages/task orders
  • Capture and support development of technical content from meetings and one to one reviews and discussions
  • Draft specific responses to questions and queries raised during the TOC process
  • Carry out reviews of responses to questions raised during TOC process
  • Research and write supporting information for use in the submissions, including relevant case studies, CVs, project innovations and project best practice
  • Proactively engage in information management systems, capturing and submitting key content, technical submissions and lessons learned 
  • Liaise with the preconstruction, engineering, operations HSES teams as required to ensure they are briefed on the details of the TOC submission and work with them on the completion of technical responses and other relevant material
  • Include matters that cover safety, environmental, sustainable, assurance and economic requirements working with the SME's and leads in these areas. 
  • Developing technical solutions that take cognisance of the site constraints, including legal constraints defined in the DCO. 
  • Liaise with other parts of the programme, client team, designers and stakeholders as required 
  • Carry out lessons-learnt sessions following TOC submissions
  • Assist in streamlining TOC process for future TOC submissions


Knowledge & Skills


Essential

 

  • Must have relevant work experience spanning several programmes and tenders. 
  • An excellent standard of written English, with strong verbal communication skills
  • Good appreciation and understanding of civil engineering
  • Good communication skills
  • Good self-discipline and time management 
  • Construction experience preferable
  • Problem solving skills, creative thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Lead and manage a team of Technical Writers
  • Understanding of and input to scheduling of work to enable accurate forecasting and delivery of TOC submissions


Desirable

 

  • Experience in Civil Engineering or complex construction projects and programmes
  • Some knowledge of industrial health and safety legislation and personal safety


Qualifications & Experience


Desirable

 

  • Technical / Engineering / Communications or similar relevant degree

 

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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