Civil Engineer - Detailer (M/F)

Job Description

About Tractebel

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.

Work environment

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

The Consortium SICOS (composed of Tractebel, Egis and Setec) is 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. This is a great way to be exposed to the latest technology and digital construction methods with 3D BIM rebar modelling on such a large industrial project.

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 a globally recognised project.

Job profile

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

As part of the Joint Design Office (JDO), your responsibilities will include managing and treating the site change requests respecting the design intent, project specifications and deadlines. You will support the Civil Team of the Nuclear Island in optimizing the design received from the Back office. You will be supported by an experienced team composed of Detailers, BIM Coordinators and Senior Engineers who will help you in your daily task.

You will report to the area pilot.

You will be involved in the activities undertaken by our site-based team, which will include:

• 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;
• Liaise and coordinate with the drafting team managing the implementation of the design modifications in the 3D models and 2D drawings;
• 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);
• Liaise and communicate with the back-office team as appropriate;
• Liaise and communicate with the Client team on site as appropriate;
• Participate to site visits in order to analyse potential issues or requests.

Essential Experience

• MEng in Civil or Structural Engineering with at least 3 years of proven experience in the field;
• Working towards or have chartership status with either the ICE or the IStructE;
• Design experience;
• 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);
• Experience in reinforced concrete detailing;
• 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

• Opportunity for a quick career progression in a dynamic and challenging environment;
• Autonomy and flexible work patterns;
• Site allowance for working on site office;
• Complementary trainings to develop your skills inside our team;
• Profession membership subscriptions - Subscription fees for one relevant professional institute per person per annum to support your career development;
• Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus bank holidays.
• International career evolution.

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