Electrical Configuration Control Lead in Bridgwater, Somerset

Location: SDC, Bridgwater & Aztec West, Bristol

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

Field: Nuclear

Way of working: Hybrid (2 days remotely)

Education Level: Master’s degree or equivalent in an Engineering or Scientific discipline

Experience: at least 5 years of relevant experience

Salary: Attractive following experience

Starting date: ASAP

ABOUT US

KURY UK Ltd is part of an international company, Kury Groupe, 100% dedicated to the nuclear field with 26 years of experience in nuclear engineering. We are involved in several nuclear projects, including FA3 EPR (France), the French fleet, Taishan EPR (China), Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C. Our human-sized structure (100 employees worldwide) allows us to devote ourselves to mentoring and training our engineers. We take special care of our employees’ development by ensuring them quality projects through which they will increase their skills. Our Kury values: Curiosity, Trust, Rigour, Teamwork. Our team is international, our engineers come from different countries as we are looking for the best talents!

SUITABLE CANDIDATE

You enjoy analysing concrete problems, finding solutions and then setting them up. Getting involved in significant industrial and engineering projects involving very demanding precautions regarding industrial safety captivates you. Your good analytical skills, sense of logic, aptitude for synthesising and your scientific knowledge will allow you to adapt quickly to multi-system environments. You have the ability to adapt to new technical problems. You know how to manage a small-sized team. You like the idea of working on Projects and Quality matters to you. You are a good team player.

THE ROLE

As an Electrical Configuration Control Lead, you will report functionally to the Electrical Engineering Manager. Your role will be varied and technically challenging. You will be involved in engineering issues, design delivery, design handovers to site, manufacturing & procurement activities for the above scopes. These will predominantly be before installation and commissioning activities although as the role develops more site support will be required. Your role will require close coordination with all stakeholders involved in design, procurement and manufacturing stages. You will manage 2 configuration engineers.

The nature of the role involves global support to electrical disciplines to ensure delivery in accordance with the principles of safety, quality, time and cost and not impeded by delayed resolution of engineering issues. The role requires an understanding of the electrical disciplines, facilitation and communication skills, be able to work autonomously and the ability to deal with a huge number of topics simultaneously.

You will be responsible for the main following activities:

• Accountability of the overall end-to-end configuration control, including compliance of IEG and IED disciplines with all the project configuration requirements (processes, controls, records…).
• Regular report to the Electrical Engineering Manager on main indicators (KPI, key risks, main OPs…).
• Set up and consolidate all tools and trackers needed to get a robust and exhaustive configuration management from the basic design to the commissioning activities.
• Management of Open Points (OPs): Ensure all Open Points are correctly tracked and recorded in Switch database. Organisation of regular meetings with the different RD organisation and with the executions designers to get an overview of all OPs with clear action plans and target dates. Liaising with the engineering leads and RD to ensure OPs are closed on time.
• Management of Design Changes (DCs): Attendance at preparation meetings to identify the electrical topics. Distribution of the topics to the relevant engineering leads and PMs to gather their feedback. Feedback to be provided in Switch.
• Management of Contract Transfer Sheets (CTSs): Follow-up of CTSs, notably to ensure that all CTSs sent by RD have been validated in Teamcenter and instructed to the relevant suppliers.
• HO2/HO3 delivery: Extract of OPs from Switch to support production. Support to the production to ensure all OPs are correctly recorded. Support to site teams for site-related communications, especially when design and procurement activities are impacted.

Your role will require a significant number of interfaces and stakeholders and therefore it is essential you are able to successfully communicate with all stakeholders. Some key interfaces that need to be considered are the following: Electrical Engineering teams, Mechanical and HVAC configuration control teams, Project Management teams, Plant Integration (mostly for design change management), Area Engineering teams, Execution Designers, Responsible Designer, Contract Engineering Lead (CEL), Discipline Lead and technical teams, Nuclear Services, Site Engineering Team (Joint Design Office), The Site Construction Team, The Quality Teams, Document Control Teams.

During the first months, you can count on the KURY Team to assist you all along your projects. This experience will give you the opportunity to move on to other projects in the medium term: you will tackle varied but complementary projects, studies and technical topics. Your understanding of the technical and environmental challenges will allow you to take on complex and critical transversal studies.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Track record of delivering technical expertise in projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment, whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security, and environmental responsibility, ideally within the Nuclear Energy sector or similar regulated environment.
• Demonstrable awareness of integrated management system and the different policies, procedures, standards and documents applicable to technical and contractual management.
• Experience of successfully engaging, managing, and influencing groups of stakeholders and facilitating issues resolution.
• Good presentation, influencing and facilitation skills, with the ability to enthuse and inspire multidisciplinary teams and build successful relationships at all levels.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to develop relationships and maintain effective networks.
• Meticulous and rigorous approach to engineering to achieve high professional standards.
• Proven ability to successfully deliver engineering safely to the correct quality, time, and cost in a fast-paced, schedule-driven environment.
• Ability to work autonomously but with awareness of own limitations.
• Good team player, self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
• Experience of Building management systems would be an advantage.
• French-speaking would be an advantage.