Junior Fluid System Engineer

Job description

Position – Fluid System Engineering Service

Location – Aztec west, Bristol

Travel – 3 days per week in the office and 2 days remote

Arrangement – Staffed

Salary – Up to £45,000

NUVIA UK's Technical Services & Consulting department is fast growing with hybrid opportunities available up and down the country. We're striving to create a multidisciplinary team to offer our clients the best range of talent.

BPSS clearance will be required at basic level. Prior clearance will not be transferrable.

Desired profile

Fluid Systems Engineer consists of, or supports, the activities performed by engineers in the Fluid Systems team. Those activities comprise:

Produce, review and update the system documentation for the mechanical and thermo-hydraulic design, operator instructions, human machine interface, safety and environmental, control logic design as well as periodic testing in compliance with the engineering rules, methodologies, quality processes and tools.

For instrumentation and control, perform the analysis to define the I&C functional requirements of the system and production of the I&C logic: 

• Writing of the Instrumentation & Control Functional Requirements
• Writing of Detailed Functional Diagram (DFD)
• Writing of FTP (Functional Test Platform procedure) specifications
• Analysis of the FTP results
• Writing of P6.x (alarm sheets, operating images and operating modes)

For the mechanical design:

Sizing of components e.g. pumps, pipework, pressure relief valves, tanks
Perform thermal-hydraulic calculation and modelling with in house or commercial tools

Ensure the 3D model is consistent with the intended system design

Formulate equipment specification and provide the data in respective database or datasheet

Support the procurement team in formulation of technical specification for
contract documentation

Support to procurement team in technical surveillance of supplier documentation

Analyse and verify input data, requirements and lesson learnt from other nuclear power plants

Engage proactively with all stakeholders around the system in EDVANCE to ensure the delivery of a product meeting the requirements set by all disciplines (layout, civil, hazard, nuclear safety, environment, configuration management, procurement…)

Contribute to topics around good practices, innovation, improvement of processes, and quality

Participate in experience sharing activities within the discipline


Essential:

Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification

• 3-5 years’ experience of process engineering

• Relevant experience in the nuclear industry

• Ability to effectively manage own workload in order to produce high quality documents and respect deadlines

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Ability to communicate clearly and accurately, both written and orally, in English

• Proactive and confident in communicating with others, particularly those based in remote offices including France, and Germany.

• Proactive in developing positive working relations with others within the project

• Continuously looking for opportunities to improve quality of engineering studies and the subsequent documentation produced

Desirable:

• Knowledge of EPR system design principles, Instrumentation and Control architecture and Safety Classification

• Experience of working on an operating plant or on an industrial site

• Ability to read and/or write technical documents in French. 

About NUVIA UK

NUVIA est une branche de VINCI, plus grand groupe intégré de concessions et BTP du monde. NUVIA est plus particulièrement l'entité nucléaire du Groupe VINCI et est impliqué dans le cycle de vie tout entier des installations nucléaires, du New Build au démantèlement, en passant par la maintenance et l'exploitation.

NUVIA est en croissance constante, avec plus de 2700 salariés dans le monde. En moyenne, 100 hommes et femmes nous rejoignent chaque année. Maintenant, plus que jamais, nous recherchons de nouveaux talents pour soutenir la croissance du groupe.