Human Factors Engineer - Hybrid - Gloucester, UK

About the Role

Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester - with flexibility of working from home, minimum 3 days a week in the office. Are you a passionate Human Factors professional ready to take the next step in your career? Do you bring deep expertise in Human Factors with a talent for delivering impactful technical advice and mentoring others? Are you someone who thrives in high-profile, fast-paced projects where collaboration, strategic thinking, and attention to detail are key? If so, come and join EDF as a Human Factors Engineer!

The Opportunity

As a Human Factors Engineer, you’ll lead the integration of Human Factors across EDF’s operations, processes, designs, and safety cases, supporting both the existing nuclear fleet and new build projects. You’ll work collaboratively across the business to influence key areas, contributing to industry-leading projects including the design, construction, and operation of Hinkley Point C (HPC) and Sizewell C (SZC), while being involved in a diverse range of Human Factors activities that support EDF UK’s Technical Centre of Excellence for civil nuclear.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a competitive salary and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal. We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans. At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone’s working needs are different. Whether you’re in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated. Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments. We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you’ll provide high-quality, authoritative Human Factors advice across the business, developing technical strategies and leading major workstreams that align with legal, compliance, and commercial requirements. A structured governance and performance model will guide your approach to delivery and support. As a champion of the Human Factors discipline, you’ll mentor colleagues, shape technical training, and help embed best practices across EDF. Collaboration with the HF Group and EDF UK Licensees will be key as you support the resolution of complex technical and regulatory issues. This could include applying human reliability methodologies to assess operator actions and enhance performance. You may also take part in the design and optimisation of Human Machine Interfaces at every stage of development—from setting requirements to final commissioning.

Who you are

You’ll provide high-quality, authoritative Human Factors advice and expertise across a wide range of nuclear projects. You’ll bring strong technical leadership, supporting the integration of Human Factors throughout the full plant lifecycle, including operations, design, safety cases, and procedures. You’ll be experienced in applying human reliability methodologies to assess operator performance and help drive improvements in human reliability. You’ll work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams to optimise Human-Machine Interfaces (such as control rooms, panels, and plant systems) and operational arrangements (including management structures and procedures), contributing to effective Human Factors Integration (HFI). We’re looking for someone who thrives in delivering HF solutions in high-profile, time-critical projects and who enjoys mentoring others and delivering technical training. You’ll have the ability to distil complex information, see the bigger picture, and strategically plan and implement HF activities across EDF’s Civil Nuclear Fleet. Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills are essential, as you’ll work with a wide range of internal and external partners across different disciplines and organisational levels. If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last 3 years.

Closing date for applications: 10th July 2025

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