TRACTEBEL is a global community of +5000 imaginative experts engineering a carbon-neutral future. Through our game-changing solutions for complex energy, urban, nuclear and water projects, we help our clients create a positive impact towards a sustainable world, where people, planet and profit collectively thrive. 

The Working Environment

You will join a recently created TRACTEBEL entity with very ambitious goals and exceptional projects. Created to support projects localised in the UK, the entity’s mission is to promote TRACTEBEL as a key player of the nuclear business in the UK.

Tractebel is part of a consortium in charge of the design and detailing of the reinforced concrete structures of the Nuclear Island of Hinkley Point C (HPC) Nuclear Power Plant, currently one of the world’s largest construction projects. HPC is set to be the benchmark for future construction of similar projects in the UK such as Sizewell C (SZC).

You will be part of a dynamic, highly motivated and multicultural team. This position is a great opportunity for you to develop your professional and personal skills and work on globally recognised projects.

Your job

As a Civil Engineer and steelworks specialist, you will ensure the technical coordination between all the stakeholders involved in the Steelworks design and construction (the designers, the client and the contractors):

• You manage the structural integrity assessment activity of the Steelworks for new build nuclear power plants;
• You deal with the requests raised by the contractors during the nuclear plant construction (i.e., requests for information, field change requests and non-conformance reports) with the support of the back-office or senior team member if necessary;
• You prepare the technical response document to the requests, ensuring the respect of quality and deadlines;
• You assist the client in meetings and technical discussions;
• You perform or adapt the design of steel structure components and connexions such as anchorage;
• You coordinate with CAD designer to finalise the detail design package for procurement and construction;
• You check and validate SW deliverables (calculation reports, drawings) produced by the back-office;
• You ensure the coordination with other disciplines (civils, layout, piping, etc.);
• You may participate to site visits in order to analyse potential issues or requests;
• You will be a member of an integrated team to work on the project;
• You will report to the area pilot.

Your profile

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• MEng in Civil Engineering (or equivalent qualification from a recognised institution);
• Working towards or have chartership status with either the ICE or the IStructE;
• Experience of the Design of seismically classified steelworks structures from concept to detailed design delivery;
• Experience in reinforced concrete calculation and design is a significant plus;
• Experience in nuclear or complex industrial projects;
• Working familiarity with relevant technical Codes of Practice and industry Standards (Eurocodes and British Standard, ETC-C);
• Knowledge of the design of anchorages;
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant health and safety regulations;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Proactive individual who can work collaboratively within a multicultural team;
• Agile and self-motivated towards improving personal performance and able to generate innovative outcomes to challenges;
• Ability to work to deadlines;
• You enjoy new challenges and are keen to learn and willing to take responsibility whilst also wanting to support others within our team;

What we offer

As a TRACTEBEL employee, you will benefit from:

• Opportunity for a quick career progression in a dynamic and challenging environment;
• Autonomy and flexible work patterns;
• Competitive salary and annual bonus scheme;
• Complementary trainings to develop your skills inside our team;
• Professional membership subscriptions - subscription fees for one relevant professional institute per annum;
• Support toward attaining chartership;
• Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus bank holidays;
• Possible international career evolution.

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You will join a recently created TRACTEBEL entity with very ambitious goals and exceptional projects. Created to support projects localised in the UK, the entity’s mission is to promote TRACTEBEL as a key player of the nuclear business in the UK.

Tractebel is part of a consortium in charge of the design and detailing of the reinforced concrete structures of the Nuclear Island of Hinkley Point C (HPC) Nuclear Power Plant, currently one of the world’s largest construction projects. HPC is set to be the benchmark for future construction of similar projects in the UK such as Sizewell C (SZC).

You will be part of a dynamic, highly motivated and multicultural team. This position is a great opportunity for you to develop your professional and personal skills and work on globally recognised projects.

Your job

We are looking for a motivated Civil Engineer to work on the design and construction of the Hinkley Point C (HPC) and Sizewell C (SZC) nuclear powerplants.

Your responsibilities will include analysing the input data received from the Client, investigating previous calculations, performing structural calculation on ANSYS software, preparation or updating of the associated reports.

Depending on the project you will be affected (HPC or SZC), you will be involved in the activities undertaken by our local team, which will include:

HPC project:

• Respond to civil works contractor’s queries related to the design packages released by the Back-Office;
• Analyse Request For Information (RFI) and provide clarification to the site;
• Analyse Field Change Requests (FCR) from the site and assess their feasibility;
• Analyse Non-Conformance Report (NCR) from the civil works contractor and assess the proposed repair solution or propose additional measures;
• Provide quick assessment on reinforcement concrete issues (hand calculations);
• Perform or adapt Ansys Finite Element Models (FEM) in response to FCR and NCR.

SZC project

• Analyse the input received from the SZC Client,
• Liaise with the SZC Client to obtain the clarification needed,
• Liaise with the Tractebel HPC France Office to understand the previous calculations performed on HPC,
• Perform (or adapt) Ansys Finite Element Models (FEM) calculation on SZC project;
• Write down the SZC associated reports.
• Keep an interrogative attitude during all the process and be able to challenge the input and the results, based on your engineering judgement.

Your profile

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• MEng in Civil or Structural Engineering;
• Working towards either the ICE or the IStructE;
• Experience in the use of Ansys or equivalent structural FEM software;
• Experience in reinforced concrete calculation and design;
• Experience in nuclear or complex industrial projects;
• Working familiarity with relevant technical Codes of Practice and industry Standards (ETC-C, Eurocodes and British Standard);
• Proficient in using MS Office Suite, Excel and Word especially;
• Programming skills in one or several languages are a plus;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Proactive individual who can work collaboratively within a multicultural team;
• Agile and self-motivated towards improving personal performance and able to generate innovative outcomes to challenges;
• Ability to work to deadlines;
• You enjoy new challenges and are keen to learn and willing to take responsibility whilst also wanting to support others within our team.

What we offer

As a TRACTEBEL employee, you will benefit from:

• Opportunity for a quick career progression in a dynamic and challenging environment.
• Autonomy and flexible work patterns.
• Competitive salary and annual bonus scheme.
• Complementary trainings to develop your skills inside our team.
• Professional membership subscriptions - subscription fees for one relevant professional institute per annum.
• Support toward attaining chartership
• Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus bank holidays.
• Possible international career evolution.

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TRACTEBEL is a global community of +5000 imaginative experts engineering a carbon-neutral future. Through our game-changing solutions for complex energy, urban, nuclear and water projects, we help our clients create a positive impact towards a sustainable world, where people, planet and profit collectively thrive.

The ‘Radioprotection, Radwaste and Decommissioning’ Competence Centre, which is part of the DECOM Department, is responsible for all Engineering aspects in the field of:

• Radiation Protection;
• Radiation Monitoring;
• Radiological Characterization;
• Radioactive Waste Management (both waste from operational and from dismantling activities);
• Decommissioning Concepts (Dismantling Tools & Techniques, Conceptual Design Studies, …).

The team ‘Radiological Characterization’ is in charge of all activities related to:

• the radiological characterization of building, structure and equipment in a nuclear installation through measurements and sampling campaigns;
• the final radiological characterization of operational and dismantling waste (packages) produced during operation, post-operation and dismantling phases of a nuclear installation. This including, among others, the set-up of strategies/methodologies for the characterization processes, the selection and procurement of measurement systems to characterize radioactive and (un)conditional release waste (packages), the definition of scaling factors/activities for different waste streams.

You will be part of the development of the D&D activity in the UK supporting local projects and clients. In parallel you will contribute to back office activities carried out for Engie Electrabel (Belgium) and other national and international Clients. It provides high-level engineering and consultancy services. The team interacts with the other teams of the Competence Centre (CC), with the other CC’s and the other Products of the Global Business Area Nuclear. Its members work in close relationship with the final Client and interact with the Safety Authorities and the radioactive Waste Management Agencies.

Because of the strong increase of the business activity, we are looking for motivated Engineers to contribute in our day-to-day challenges as well as in our long-term objectives.

Your job

As ‘Design Engineer Radiological Characterization’, you are responsible for the sound roll-out of all the projects, tasks and responsibilities entrusted to you. In close collaboration with your colleagues and your team lead, you contribute to the preparation of bids, the Engineering Studies and the projects in the field of Radiological Characterization.

Your responsibilities are:

• conducting radiological characterization studies according to the needs and the expertise level expected by the dedicated authorities;
• developing and applying strong capabilities with computer codes such as MicroShield, MCNP or RayXpert but also in-house Python calculation codes;
• writing technical specifications and follow-up of orders for the procurement of measurement systems and radiological campaigns;
• developing a strong expertise in the field of the radiological characterization based on national and international references;
• share your knowledge and experience with Clients and colleagues to ensure alignment concerning the work to be realized and setting the right expectations;
• maintaining the knowledge, expertise and methodologies required to accomplish your missions;
• delivering ‘quality on time’: in order to achieve this objective, you will get all support required in terms of technical training, coaching and availability of (IT) resources;
• verifying work performed by your colleagues guarantying the expected high quality level;
• correctly applying the Integrated Management System (IMS) procedures;
• providing regular feedback concerning ongoing activities to your team lead and your hierarchy, while working autonomously towards the goals defined for you;
• identifying and implementing possible synergies with other teams and/or CC’s;
• contributing to the preparation of technical bids;
• providing (internal) presentations and trainings;
• participating actively to regular meetings with your colleagues during which workload, technical issues, project follow-up, development strategy and transversal activity coordination are discussed.

You will collaborate actively with your colleagues from Project Management and Competence Centre departments, and build a close relationship while working for the same goal, actively developing cross department projects for your Clients.

You embody the image and values of Tractebel and the Engie group (Ethics, QHSE,…) in all your contacts, both inside and outside the ENGIE group, and other external stakeholders.

Your profile

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

· you have the drive to become a technical expert in this field;

· you have a master’s degree or PhD in engineering or sciences, preferably in physics, with a strong technical background and a will to further develop your technical expertise;

· you are proficient in English. Knowledge of French is a plus;

· you have relevant experience (at least 3 years), preferably in the nuclear industry, expertise in data processing and analysis, or Contract Owner is desirable;

· you are flexible and creative in finding technical solutions;

· you are autonomous and you like teamwork;

· you are open to gain new competencies as well as to share them;

· you are at ease with IT-tools and familiar with the relevant software and codes such as MicroShield, MCNP, RayXpert. Python knowledge is considered as a plus;

· personal attributes: you are methodical, conscientious, organized, team-player, innovative, client-oriented.

What we offer

As a TRACTEBEL employee, you will benefit from:

· opportunity for a quick career progression in a dynamic and challenging environment;

· autonomy and flexible work patterns;

· competitive salary and annual bonus scheme;

· complementary trainings to develop your skills inside our team;

· professional membership subscriptions - subscription fees for one relevant professional institute per annum;

· support toward attaining chartership;

· employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing;

· generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus bank holidays;

· international career evolution;

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