UK-based Bilfinger has won two new contracts worth £350m to deliver the design, procurement, supplier management, fabrication and construction of pipework and specialist equipment for the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station under construction in southwest England.
The industrial engineering company will create 350 new jobs in Britain, including specialist roles in engineering and manufacturing at its UK locations in Warrington, Humberside, Bristol and Somerset. Beginning immediately, the work will be delivered through Bilfinger’s Technologies and Engineering & Maintenance Europe division with UK bases in Bristol and Warrington whilst some of the manufacturing of specialist pipework will take place at an upgraded factory in the northeast of England.
The industrial engineering company will create 350 new jobs in Britain, including specialist roles in engineering and manufacturing at its UK locations in Warrington, Humberside, Bristol and Somerset. Beginning immediately, the work will be delivered through Bilfinger’s Technologies and Engineering & Maintenance Europe division with UK bases in Bristol and Warrington whilst some of the manufacturing of specialist pipework will take place at an upgraded factory in the northeast of England.
Bilfinger said it is committed to training British workers through apprenticeships in a range of skills including welding, mechanical engineering, pipe-fitting and health, safety and environment.
EDF Energy, the UK arm of France’s state-owned utility EDF, is building two 1,600-MW EPR units at Hinkley Point C. The units are expected to meet 7% of UK demand.
Preparatory work onsite has been underway since a final agreement on the project was signed in September 2016 by EDF, China’s CGN and the UK government.
In 2019 the project met all of its milestones and remains on schedule. Unit 1 is expected to begin power generation in 2025.
