Area Lead

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Permanent –
40 hours per week

Bilfinger UK are looking for an Area Lead to join us full time on Hinkley Point

C. This is a permanent position based full time on site Monday to Friday 40 hours a week staff salary.

• The Area Lead is responsible for coordinating various teams, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards, and driving project milestones to completion.
• Oversee daily construction operations within your designated area, ensuring that work is performed according to project specifications and timelines. This includes coordinating with contractors and subcontractors to ensure that tasks are completed efficiently and safely.
• Implement quality control measures to ensure that all construction work meets the stringent standards required for nuclear facilities. This involves regular inspections and testing of materials and processes.
• Develop and enforce safety protocols specific to nuclear construction, addressing the unique hazards associated with the environment. Conduct regular safety meetings and training sessions to promote a culture of safety among all personnel.
• Manage the reporting and investigation of any safety incidents or near misses, ensuring that lessons learned are communicated and corrective actions are implemented.
• Act as the primary point of contact between various stakeholders, including project managers, engineers, and regulatory bodies. Ensure that all parties are informed of progress, challenges, and changes to the project.
• Prepare and present regular reports on construction progress, safety performance, and any issues that may arise, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Oversee the allocation and utilization of resources, including labour, materials, and equipment, to ensure that the project remains on schedule and within budget.
• Develop and maintain construction schedules, coordinating with other areas of the project to minimize delays and conflicts.
• Stay informed about relevant regulations and standards governing nuclear construction, ensuring that all activities comply with local, national, and international guidelines.
• Maintain accurate records of construction activities, safety inspections, and compliance checks to facilitate audits and inspections by regulatory authorities.

As well as being part of a landmark project and working in a collaborative alliance environment, we offer:

• Discretionary annual bonus (based on personal/project performance)
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme (min. 5% company contribution)
• Enhanced Sick Pay (after probation)
• Income Protection, Private Medical Insurance and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 25-days annual leave + Bank Holidays per year (increasing with service)
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• Paid annual professional memberships
• Professional growth and development

• CCNSG
• Previous experience in Nuclear preferred but not essential

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home‑grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low‑carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low‑carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind‑boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.