Environmental Specialist

Aztec West, Bristol, Full Time, Hybrid working (3 days a week in the office on average) available with flexibility to the business needs.

**Are you passionate about sustainability and environmental protection? Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference?**

If so, join EDF as an **Environmental Specialist**, and you’ll join one of the most exciting and ambitious projects within EDF.

At Hinkley Point C (HPC), we are building two new nuclear reactors, the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK.

Marking a significant milestone in the revitalisation of our nuclear power industry, HPC will make a major contribution to the UK’s move to reduce carbon emissions. The electricity generated by its two EPR reactors will offset 9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year and will help Britain achieve **Net Zero** and protect the environment from the threat of climate change.

**Opportunity**

We are recruiting for an Environmental Specialist who will provide a wide range of support across the Safety & Regulation (S&R) Environment Team.

You will be part the Conventional Environmental Technical Team, providing a broad range of environmental engineering, environmental permitting, regulatory engagement, and environmental technical support, and will be provided broad opportunities to develop skills and specialisms.

The role will include the provision of advice and guidance to other departments within HPC to ensure that core environmental design assurance and regulatory compliance activities are delivered to a high standard of quality and timeliness.

The role will also include support to our design, engineering, commissioning, and operations teams as the project progresses and as required.

HPC works in close collaboration with the engineering and project management teams of EDF in France and the UK. This role will be actively engaged in working with the broader EDF family.

No two days will be the same in this role. One day you might see you assessing design changes for environmental impact, whilst the next day you could be working with our regulators on environmental permissions, and the next you could be delivering a presentation at our class leading Environmental Professionals Network on an exciting project you have been working on.

This role provides excellent opportunities professional development and the chance to work with a team of dedicated environment and sustainability professionals who will support you every step of the way...

**Pay, benefits and culture**

Alongside a competitive starting salary of up to £45,000, depending on experience, we offer a competitive benefits package, including a company pension scheme, a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle, and the potential to earn bonus.

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you 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.

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

**What you’ll be doing**

As an Environmental Specialist your main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Provision of support to the Conventional Environmental Technical Manager on a range of environmental

technical topics and lead on topics and tasks as directed.
- Developing, maintaining, and promoting knowledge of the environmental processes for new nuclear

builds, providing advice within the directorate and across HPC as required.
- Coordinating within the Environment team, the wider S&R directorate, the HPC project, and EDF Group

to share required information.
- Contributing to review and critical assessment of relevant environmental legislation and policy to ensure

that HPC interests are appropriately represented.
- Reviewing and critically assessing current & new design, and design changes ensuring that the highest

standards of environmental protection are upheld.

**Who you are**
- Degree qualified (or equivalent) in environmental science/engineering or a related discipline.
- Experience of working in a technical, environmental role.
- Knowledge and skills in environmental issues (legislation, policy, regulatory guidance, and standards).
- Excellent communication/interpersonal and influencing skills.
- General professional qualities including accuracy, tenacity, resilience, result and teamwork-oriented

attitude, diplomacy.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.

Your background may include some of the following:

- Membership (or progression toward membership) of a relevant professional institution (e.g., IEMA).
- Chartered Environ