Environmental Engineer

Are you a passionate Environmental Engineer looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have experience in implementing environmental requirements, along with expertise in system design and process engineering? If so, come and join EDF as an Environmental Engineer!

The Opportunity

EDF EPR Engineering UK (EPR-E) is tasked with delivering the design for several nuclear island (NI) buildings, systems, and equipment contracts for the Hinkley Point C EPR Project. This involves working through an integrated team, supporting HPC construction and commissioning efforts, and preparing design replication feasibility and engineering activities for the Sizewell C Project. As a result, a Technical Directorate is being established to oversee the engineering disciplines and technical expertise needed to successfully deliver these projects through EPR-E's integrated teams.

As an Environmental Engineer, you'll lead on environmental technical topics for both the HPC and SZC Projects, working within the Transverse Discipline Section, which oversees Environment and Safety for EDFE. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with project teams and clients, providing critical support to the Environmental Team Lead and the broader Environment Team.

You'll ensure that design teams receive high-quality guidance, maintaining the professionalism needed for such prestigious projects, while ensuring environmental requirements and standards are met. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to one of Europe's largest and most complex projects, supporting the success of nuclear energy as a vital part of the UK's future energy mix., 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

You'll manage technical aspects related to environmental requirements for systems and buildings as part of the design process, providing technical expertise during the design, construction, and commissioning phases. Additionally, you'll contribute to or review reports in collaboration with other design teams and the Client, ensuring systems and buildings align with Edvance's scope and requirements.

You will play a vital role in helping teams identify relevant environmental regulations for the HPC and SZC sites. You'll support efforts to address regulatory Assessment Findings, ensuring that Edvance's systems and structures align with the SZC replication strategy. Furthermore, you'll collaborate with system engineers, civil engineers, and layout teams in Paris and Bristol to ensure the thorough definition of functional requirements, operational protocols, and waste management strategies.

In this role, you'll oversee the production of chemical inventories and the COMAH justification for the EPRE scope, ensuring proper methodologies are applied to buildings and systems, and preparing the associated reports. Additionally, you'll participate in various Working Groups, attending regular meetings with design entities, Clients, or Regulators to discuss relevant topics and provide support where needed.

Being an Environmental Engineer means demonstrating experience working within engineering projects, with a strong knowledge of environmental requirements, studies, and assessments. You'll be familiar with the implementation of environmental requirements and have a solid understanding of Best Available Techniques (BAT) for ensuring compliance.

You'll have a knowledge of Nuclear Safety Assessment Principles and their application along with experience in system design and layout engineering, allowing you to navigate technical challenges effectively.

We're looking for someone who has a strong engineering background and has the ability to analysis a design in order to ensure compliance with engineering requirements.

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. We're the UK's largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain, the largest supplier to British businesses and we employ more than 13,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We are playing a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK to secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees.
Aztec West, Bristol
- with flexibility of working from home, minimum 3 days a week in the office.

Alongside a salary from £52,000 to £57,000 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.