Senior Electrical Engineer

We’re pleased to present the opportunity to join Urenco as a Senior Electrical Engineer. Based at our Capenhurst site location, you’ll provide discipline-specific engineering services within the UUK Engineering & Projects department to ensure the delivery of safe, cost-effective engineering solutions.

This role is based within the Engineering Support department whose focus is on delivering engineering solutions and modifications to support safe, reliable operation of the site assets. In this role you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team of engineers providing electrical skills and knowledge to support effective delivery or work packages. Your areas of focus will range from the enrichment plants to site infrastructure assets, as well as supporting delivery and acceptance of capital projects.   

Urenco is a trusted, long-term supplier to the nuclear industry, specialising in safe, cost effective and reliable uranium enrichment services. As demand in our sector increases, we are creating career opportunities and growth across our teams.

For us, a happy and engaged workforce is vital to our sustainability. Our aim is to recruit and retain talented people who can help us deliver outstanding customer service and achieve long term commercial success.

To be great at this role it would be beneficial to have the following experience:

• Degree in relevant Electrical Engineering.
• Chartered member of a relevant engineering institute
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a relevant industry.
• Good understanding of Engineering design processes in a heavily regulated industry
• Experience working with electrical systems up to 11kV
• Excellent working knowledge of
  • IET wiring regulations 18^th edition
  • Cable calculations & protection systems
  • Experience working with UPS systems
  • Good, broad understanding of other engineering disciplines, technologies, plant systems and processes that are present in the company
  • Experience of asset management principles

What will your day look like?

• Working with team members to identify solutions to engineering issues and to manage the health of our assets.
• Producing high quality engineering deliverables to cost and schedule which comply with UUK design procedures, relevant codes and standards, and nuclear site license requirements.
• Providing routine progress updates and specialist technical input to a variety of forums as required.
• Providing advice and guidance to stakeholders across a range of business functions.
• Identifying technical solutions to problems encountered on site and supporting the delivery of these.
• Undertaking technical investigations as required.
• Undertaking commissioning activities when required and authorised to do so.
• Produce appropriate specifications for contractors and manage their delivery.
• Oversee activities and deliverables from contractors, to ensure work is carried out to specification, on time and compliant with UUK procedures.
• Actively manage and record CPD from on-the-job training and any external learning, in order to provide robust evidence for professional registration/membership and SQEP.
• Actively progress development of your knowledge of UUK assets, processes and business drivers.

What can you expect of us?

At Urenco we’re dedicated to offering flexible benefits that support our people across all aspects of their lives. We’re delighted to offer a range of benefits to support our employees’ physical, emotional and financial wellbeing.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• Annual leave starting at 25 days, which increases by one day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 30 days. In addition, you will be able to accrue 13 additional days off to be used flexibly.
• A diverse range of family friendly policies.
• A generous bonus scheme. 
• A defined contribution pension scheme; with up to 16% employer’s contribution.
• Flexible benefits package; including life assurance and income protection. In addition, you’ll have an opportunity to purchase additional benefits that suit your lifestyle and take advantage of tax and NI savings.
• Education and training; we take pride in helping people learn and develop by supporting, accelerating and directing your learning. As well as the completion of mandatory health and safety courses, training packages will be offered to meet your specific needs.

Please be aware that this role is subject to security clearance and medical, drug and alcohol testing prior to start.

Our Promise

At Urenco, everyone is welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where we all have a voice, and you can feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, 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.