Maintenance Technician - FTC 2 years

About The Role

Hartlepool Power Station is offering several 2 year Fixed Term Contract roles within its maintenance department, ideal for motivated nuclear professionals with backgrounds in Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation disciplines. These positions focus on enhancing plant availability through timely, value-added maintenance.

Successful candidates will be responsible for carrying out maintenance safely and in line with procedures, updating documentation, and providing feedback to improve plant performance and environmental compliance. They will also support the ERI programme by reporting on plant conditions before and after maintenance, and actively engage in personal development.

Technicians will work flexibly under the guidance of a Maintenance Team Leader, operate within budgetary constraints, and regularly report progress and operational issues to relevant station personnel.

Maintenance technicians will be experienced in power plant maintenance or other heavy industry and it would be preferable for the candidate to have a Mechanical, Electrical or Instrumental bias

Mechanical Experience:- Overhauling various types of Valves, Pumps, Compressors, Diesel engines, Boilers and drive equipment including V belts, chain drives, couplings etc.

Electrical Experience:- Overhauling motors, starters and control equipment, H&V fans, Actuators as well as lighting and small power, fault finding on AC/DC electrical systems.

Instrument Experience:- Calibrating and overhauling equipment associated with the main area principles (pressure, flow, level, temperature). Setting up and calibrating control valves and associated control circuits, fault finding on instrument systems.

Who You Are

You’ll be a qualified maintenance professional with a recognised apprenticeship and an NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation disciplines. While not essential, having at least five years of post-apprenticeship experience and a Rigging qualification would be beneficial.

Pay, Benefits & Culture

The salary range associated with this role is between £39,543 - £53,385. You’ll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Company Agreement as well as your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications. We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to health insurance.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, 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’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application.

Our Values: What You Can Expect When You Join Us

As you consider joining EDF Nuclear Operations, we want you to know what drives us. Our values are more than words, they shape how we work, how we grow, and how we support one another.

We move with agility, embracing change and responding quickly to new challenges and opportunities. This mindset keeps us innovative, adaptable, and ready to lead with proactive change.

We pursue excellence in everything we do. Whether it's delivering high-quality outcomes, collaborating across teams, or investing in personal development, we are committed to doing our best and helping others do the same.

We act with integrity, always choosing to do what’s right. Trust, respect, and transparency are the foundation of our culture, and we hold ourselves accountable to the highest ethical standards.

These values are not just what we believe, they’re how we work. If they resonate with you, you’ll thrive here.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 12th November.

Interviews will follow shortly after.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for CTC Security Vetting which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last 3 years.

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