At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a high-performing team ensuring quality in nuclear manufacturing.
- Company: Join EDF, a leader in low-carbon energy generation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, annual bonus, and customisable benefits.
- Other info: Hybrid working with frequent travel and excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on major infrastructure projects across the UK and Europe.
- Qualifications: Engineering degree, leadership experience, and fluency in English and French.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 78000 £ per year.
About the Role
Location: Aztec West, Bristol (hybrid working, frequent travel)
Salary: 72,000 - 78,000
Ready to lead a high-performing engineering team ensuring critical components for major nuclear projects are delivered to the highest standards? Keen to combine leadership, technical expertise, and international exposure while shaping supplier quality across the UK and Europe? At EDF, Success is Personal and your impact on safety, quality, and performance will define the role you build.
The Opportunity
As Group Lead High Volumes Manufacturing Surveillance, you’ll play a key leadership role in ensuring that large volumes of equipment supporting nuclear construction are manufactured safely, compliantly, and to the required standards. Your work will directly support delivery across major programmes, helping manage risk in supply chains and contributing to reliable, low-carbon energy generation as EDF drives the transition towards An Electric Britain.
EDF EPR Engineering UK delivers the design for nuclear island buildings, systems, and equipment for Hinkley Point C and similar projects. Working as part of an integrated team, EPR Engineering supports construction and commissioning while preparing design-replication feasibility and related engineering activities.
You’ll join us on a salary between 72,000 and 78,000 per annum. This role is based at Aztec West in Bristol, with frequent travel to supplier sites across the UK and Europe, giving you direct exposure to manufacturing environments and key project stakeholders.
Leading the High Volumes Manufacturing Surveillance team, you’ll shape how bulk manufacturing quality is managed at scale, balancing delivery, safety, and performance. You’ll influence strategy, optimise team capability, and ensure efficient oversight of suppliers, while developing your leadership profile within a business delivering some of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects.
Who You Are
We’re looking for a Group Lead Manufacturing Surveillance with strong leadership capability, a structured mindset, and deep understanding of regulated engineering environments. You’ll be confident managing teams, suppliers, and performance in complex delivery settings. To be shortlisted, you need to offer:
- An engineering degree (or equivalent qualification)
- Significant experience in the nuclear sector, including UK project exposure
- Proven leadership experience managing teams in engineering, manufacturing, or quality environments
- Strong background in manufacturing, supply chain, or inspection/surveillance activities
- Experience managing projects, contracts (e.g. NEC/FIDIC), and budgets
- Ability to oversee performance delivery against time, cost, and quality requirements
- Fluency in English and French (minimum B2 level in both)
What You’ll Be Doing
- Building, leading and developing a team responsible for manufacturing surveillance across high-volume equipment
- Ensuring supplier manufacturing activities meet required safety, quality, and compliance standards
- Managing team performance, workload planning, and resource allocation
- Driving timely delivery of outputs aligned to cost, schedule, and quality expectations
- Building relationships with internal stakeholders and supplier networks across the UK and Europe
Pay, Benefits and Culture
Alongside a starting salary between 72,000 and 78,000 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! To be considered, please submit a formal application by Tuesday 7th July.
Group Lead High Volumes Manufacturing Surveillance - Hybrid - Bristol, UK in Gloucester employer: EDF
At EDF, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters personal and professional growth. With a competitive salary range of £72,000 to £78,000, along with a comprehensive benefits package including customisable perks and a market-leading pension scheme, we empower our employees to thrive in their careers. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures that every team member feels valued and supported, making EDF a rewarding place to work as you lead critical projects in the nuclear sector from our Bristol location.
