Job Description

Provide an expert front line electrical safety support service to reinforce, maintain and improve electrical safety & electrical maintenance during plant operations and maintenance (including isolations) to ensure compliance with all relevant legislation & guidance and to work with our people to continually improve their knowledge and experience and safe working practices.

Principal Accountabilities

• Provide guidance on all aspects of electrical safety to operations, maintenance, projects and contractors to minimise the risk of injury to individuals and ensure compliance to legislation and guidance.
• Maintain compliance with the Electricity at Work Regulations (E@WRs), IET Wiring Regulations & SL Electrical Safety Rules (ESR) & guidance during any activities by personnel on electrical equipment or electrical systems by undertaking the agreed programme of Task Observations and Electrical Safety Audits.
• Provide training, coaching and mentoring to Nominated Persons Electrical (NP(e)), Planners, Safe Systems of Work Controllers (SSC) and others as required on activities associated with work on electrical equipment or electrical systems.
• Nominate, re-nominate and assess NP(e)s and contractors (as required) to meet SL and Regulation 16 of the E@WRs requirements.
• Produce, endorse or advise on Risk Assessments to identify and assess electrical hazards prior to commencing or instructing others to carry out work on any electrical equipment, electrical system or any other task which has risk from electricity.
• Ensure high hazard electrical work (e.g. work on or near live exposed conductors that may give rise to danger) has good quality pre job briefs and the appropriate control & supervision.
• Attend relevant stakeholder meetings or isolation surgeries to provide electrical safety advice on the hazards identified and the controls required to mitigate hazards.
• Lead or support investigations with electrical implications to determine root causes and identify learning to share across site.
• Support SAP(e) in improving electrical safety and maintenance, introducing changes and sharing LFE.
• Develop and deliver training and briefing sessions to the electrical craft team members and Apprentices to ensure that standards and best practice are disseminated into the electrical craft community promptly and effectively.
• Understanding the impact of ageing assets on electrical safety within their area of responsibility.
• Review Maintenance Instructions, plant/facility drawings and Technical Basis of Maintenance (TBoMs) to ensure that any modifications are included to ensure technical accuracy.
• Supports the SAP(e) with regular involvement with regulators, stakeholders, auditors, unions and benchmarking exercises.
• Proactively utilise networking and training opportunities to keep abreast of improvements and changes in standards, best practices and regulations and to embrace the usage of new technologies in areas of electrical engineering and safety.

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of managing electrical safety.
• Knowledge of the electricity at work regulations and BS7671.

Essential Skills

• HNC or higher qualification in a relevant electrical discipline or a considerable period of experience in the electrical maintenance / engineering field.
• Experience of planning and prioritisation work for themselves and others.
• Proven track record of leading by example and setting high expectations in a highly regulated industry.
• Proven track record of holding people to account through strong leadership and guidance.
• Hold the role of Nominated Person Electrical or have the equivalent level of skills and experience.
• Working experience and in depth understanding of appropriate guidance and regulations associated with electrical regulations.

Desirable Skills

• Membership of the appropriate professional engineering Institution.
• Hold the role of Authorised Person Electrical or have the equivalent level of skills and experience.

Additional Information

• Open VN
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Contact: Peter Chorley

The interviews for this vacancy are expected to be between 30th November and 1st December 2026.

ASW’s may have the right to apply for internal Sellafield Ltd vacancies. Please note if you are an Agency Supplied Worker you are required to attach evidence of all qualifications obtained to support your application. We require a minimum of A*-C (9-4) GCSE in English Language, Maths & Science/IT or equivalent / higher qualification.

Contracted Supply Workers (CSWs) are not eligible to apply to internal vacancies. CSWs are welcome to apply to external vacancies advertised on our external vacancies board.

If you choose to apply for this role and your application is shortlisted by the hiring manager, you will be invited to a competency based interview. In the interview, you will be assessed against the below competencies:

Behavioural:
• Commitment to Standards
• Coaching and Developing others
• Leading by example

Technical:
• Management of safety
• Managing engineering processes and assets

Please see link to the competency framework for further information:
https://slportal.ssa-intra.net/pub/SC001/00027/Competency%20Framework/Forms/AllItems.aspx

If your technical competency is not in the above framework, please refer to the profession’s share point page for further information.

Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk

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The closing date for this vacancy is 9th November 2026.