HVAC Engineer

Job Description

The Company:

CERAP UK, is a nuclear engineering company. Since 2018, CERAP supports the UK's nuclear renaissance in providing our strong experience in the following fields:

• Project management,
• Design & engineering (HVAC, mechanical, electrical, and civil work, I&C...),
• Qualification test (commissioning).

More information: https://www.cerap.uk/

Main activities:

Overview of the role

Activities to be carried out as part of the service:

• Supporting the construction of the two EPR on HPC by answering to requests coming from building and erection contractors on HVAC discipline.
• When answering to those site requests:

o Gathering all needed input data for the answer

o Assessing and listing the impacts of the site change on the HVAC, layout design and other contractors.

o Producing technical assessment and solution, with supporting justification:

1. Aeraulic calculation,
2. Anchor plates calculation,
3. System analysis,
4. Interfaces.
5. Update deliverables produced by the RD Back-Office if needed

o Liaising with design Back-Offices Design Team when needed.

o Liaising with Contractor performing Execution Design when needed:

1. Managing contractual request of change when needed,
2. Performing surveillance on execution designer deliverables related to site request.

o Opening the dedicated change process to launch the implementation of the impacts.

• Reporting to the HVAC Discipline Lead and HVAC NI Lead achievements, progresses and difficulties and raising alerts on any aspects of the design when identified.
• Contributing to the closure of design open points after the delivery of HVAC design packages to site.
• Anticipating and raising alerts on open technical points.
• Collecting and organizing the lessons learnt.
• Being part of the HVAC team, participating to Team meetings, sharing technical topics.

Activities will be done on site.

As part of HPC project, the Engineer will belong to a multi-disciplinary and multicultural environment, stick to the project ways of working with high expectation on delivery time, schedule, safety and nuclear safety.

Requirements:

Essential

• Qualified to Degree Level and several years of experience in HVAC
• Good knowledge of 2D and 3D design software (AutoCAD, Navisworks).
• Good knowledge and understanding of general HVAC layout rules for an industrial project.
• Knowledge of the general operation of nuclear power station and the associated safety aspects (in particular, aspects relating to nuclear safety, flooding, fire, radiological protection, high energy line ruptures, etc.);
• Experience on 3D model visualisation for layout analysis.
• Microsoft Office.
• Fluent in English.

Desirable

• Experience in HVAC design or installation,
• Experience of UK design context and regulatory processes.
• Experience in previous EPR or other nuclear projects.
• The engineer should possess good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• The engineer is able to have a strategic view on the decisions they will take, manage a multiplicity of interfaces, summarise their work, be proactive, and meet commitments and deadlines. The engineer will be required to write clearly expressed and well-presented technical documents in English and apply logical thinking.