Emergency Preparedness Team Member

Shift Times: Full Time, Monday - Friday

Pay Rate: £18.18 per hour
Location: Morecambe LA3 2XQ

Do you enjoy and want to develop your experience of taking ownership of a task and consider yourself to have a can-do attitude?

Do you want experience of developing, planning, and delivering emergency exercises?

We are looking for the right person, to join our Quality Management group as a member of the Emergency Preparedness Team at Heysham 1.

The Opportunity

Resilient emergency arrangements are an essential part of operating a nuclear power station and you will be a key member of our team in maintaining the success of this function.

As a member of the Emergency Preparedness Team, you will assist with providing the Heysham 1 management with assurance that adequate management system arrangements are in place to protect the business concerning compliance with Company policies, standards and processes, Nuclear Site Licence Conditions and any other Legal Requirements

What you will be doing:

You will be responsible for assisting the EPE in managing the station's emergency arrangements and ensuring an effective response is available for a variety of potential incidents, ranging from nuclear and chemical to environmental and security.

As part of the Emergency Preparedness (EP) team your day-to-day responsibilities will include maintaining adequate emergency arrangements in relation to:

Annual emergency exercise planning
Scenario development
Exercise preparation, logistics & delivery
Exercise debriefs, lessons learnt, opex briefs
Identification of training needs & support training delivery
Liaise with/support emergency equipment owners
Manage Emergency Scheme succession planningAlongside assisting the EPE with:

Liaison with fleet and role specific peer group
Liaison with local authority & emergency services
Liaison with External Stakeholders
Prepare EPRG packs, minutes etc
Development & oversight of EP maintenance & enhancement plan
Maintenance of Heysham 1 Emergency Handbook

Additional Development Benefits

Opportunities to improve & build on leadership & communication skills
Exposure to internal forums - senior management forums, training committees, fleet forums
Exposure to external stakeholders - regulators, auditors, WANO, emergency services, councils
Building networks and collaborating with multiple departments across the station in planning, writing and delivering demonstration and shift exercises
Project management, including collaboration between functions
Develop a wider understanding of regulatory and licence requirements
Develop your skills in reviewing, approving & amending documentation

Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications

You will gain experience in developing and managing relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, internally and externally alongside the EPE. Therefore, you will need good communication and influencing skills as well as demonstrating effective teamwork, sharing responsibility with the ability to support and motivate others across all levels of seniority