Plater Superintendent

We are currently seeking candidates for 2 year fixed term positions at Hinkley Point C location. We would be looking to deploy in January and March 2026.

This role will be responsible for promoting and maintaining health and safety, including site inspections to ensure safety rules are implemented in support of a positive Nuclear Safety Culture. Provide oversight and coordination of multiple plating teams, each led by a non-working Supervisor, to ensure safe, high-quality, and efficient delivery to specification, schedule, and project requirements.

Key Deliverables:

• Champion safety and quality for all plating activities, ensuring a culture that supports nuclear safety and productivity.
• Coordinate and oversee the activities of multiple plating teams, ensuring delivery to specification, safety, quality, and schedule
• Provide technical instruction, resources, and support to Supervisors and their teams to enable effective delivery.
• Deliver safety briefs and toolbox talks, ensuring all team members understand requirements for new or unfamiliar activities.
• Monitor and check the work of teams to ensure adherence to safety, quality, and time parameters.
• Identify, monitor, and manage issues affecting productivity, developing and implementing improvements.
• Produce and review programmes and schedules for plating activities, ensuring alignment with project critical path.
• Liaise with Engineering, Project Management, and other discipline teams to resolve technical queries and coordinate interdependent activities.
• Lead, coach, and support Supervisors, including performance management, training, and development.
• Ensure compliance with all site and company health, safety, and environmental requirements.

Qualifications and Work Experience:

Essential: Level 3 Apprenticeship OR Level 3 Diploma in Plating, Fabrication, Welding, Structural Steelwork, Shipbuilding

Essential: ACE Card Level 3 in Plating (or equivalent)

Essential: CCNSG Safety Passport

Essential: Completion of ILM Level 3 Certificate C&BE (within 6 months of start date upon demonstration of enrolment) OR Completion of Nuclear Engineering Construction Supervisor (NECS) within 4 weeks of start date upon demonstration of booking and CMI Level 3 (following completion of NECS)

Essential: SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme) & IOSH Managing Safely

Essential: Demonstrable experience as a team leader or supervisor of operatives on-site, preferably in a nuclear or high-risk environment

Essential: Experience in managing multi-disciplined teams delivering within a large-scale construction or engineering project

Essential: Experience in performance management, coaching, and developing teams

Desirable: Connected Competence )

Job Specific Knowledge:

Essential: Technical competence in plating/fabrication to the equivalent of trade competency qualifications

Essential: Commercial acumen relating to on-site productivity, wastage, and time/hours

Essential: Understanding of nuclear safety culture and regulatory requirements

Skills:

Essential: Strong leadership, coaching, and team-building skills

Essential: Effective communication and engagement abilities

Essential: Ability to build effective relationships across disciplines and levels

Essential: Problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Essential: Planning and organisational skills, including programme and resource management.

Ponticelli UK, based in Aberdeen, is a leading engineering, construction, and maintenance services Provider. Their expertise spans from pre-feed engineering to project completion. They prioritise sustainability, ensuring a long-term future for employees, clients, and partners. With a focus on safety and performance, Ponticelli UK manages projects across various sectors, including oil and gas, petrochemical, and Renewable energy. Their services cover the entire lifecycle of industrial facilities, from engineering and construction to ongoing maintenance. Explore their range of offerings and discover how they contribute to industrial performance and efficiency.

Ponticelli UK also collaborates with consortium partners Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services and Semco Maritime to bring PBS to the UK market.

"Connected Competence is an industry-led initiative which demonstrates a clear commitment to improving safety, as well as increasing the mobility and transferability of a safe, skilled, and productive workforce. We are a Connected Competence employer.

The Disability Confident scheme supports our efforts in equality, diversity, and inclusivity, and demonstrates our commitment to recruit and retain disabled people and those with health conditions. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. "