Graduate Engineer

Job Title:
Procurement Engineer (Defuelling)

Location:
Heysham 2 Power Station

Booth Welsh are looking for a Graduate Procurement Engineer to work with our team in Heysham 2.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Engineer to join a team at the heart of supporting continued safe and efficient operation of a nuclear power station whilst also working on Defueling Projects.

You will bring sound engineering knowledge and judgement to play a key role in managing the station's spare parts requirements, ensuring fit-for-purpose procurement of components, and maintaining compliance with engineering and quality assurance standards.

The Role

As a Procurement Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Specifying and evaluating nuclear power station spares against original design intent.
• Supporting the upkeep and integrity of the plant Spares Catalogue.
• Developing procurement specifications in collaboration with Technical Specialists and Purchasers.
• Maintaining compliance with all standards and procedures applicable to plant spares procurement.
• Completing Item Equivalency Assessments to support changes in component selection.
• Assisting with technical investigations, including parts sourcing and resolving obsolescence issues.
• Conducting Quality Assurance (QA) reviews prior to purchasing QA1/2 spares, including reviewing and developing Quality Plans.
• Performing Quality Control (QC) inspections on key goods being supplied.
• Advising Purchasing and Warehouse teams to ensure smooth operation of Supply Chain processes.

The Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• A minimum of HNC in an engineering discipline, ideally with Electrical or Control & Instrumentation or Mechanical bias (though broader engineering knowledge will also be considered).
• Strong working knowledge of technical and quality assurance standards related to the procurement of spare parts.
• Experience in engineering specification and component evaluation.
• Familiarity with obsolescence management and quality control/assurance processes.
• Ability to work collaboratively across technical, commercial, and warehouse functions.
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to offer insight and challenge constructively where required.