Programme & Interface Management

• Define work scope and manage interfaces with other project areas and programmes.
• Ensure Level 3 schedules are developed and aligned to overall project schedules.
• Review contractor programmes and rolling schedules.
• Monitor contractor performance and drive delivery improvements.
• Ensure all scope deliverables are completed in accordance with programme requirements.
• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles to monitor and improve performance.

Stakeholder & Regulatory Engagement

• Maintain strong and productive relationships with contractors, consultants, regulators and internal stakeholders.
• Act as an intelligent customer on behalf of Sizewell C.
• Engage with key regulatory bodies including: Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), Environment Agency (EA), Local Authorities
• Support compliance with Nuclear Site Licence Conditions and project governance arrangements.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead multidisciplinary teams across engineering, construction, planning and project controls.
• Provide clear direction and support to project delivery teams.
• Foster collaboration, accountability and high-performance behaviours.
• Promote lessons learned and knowledge sharing across the programme.

The Scale of the Challenge

This role carries significant leadership responsibility and influence across the programme, including:

• Leadership of 10+ direct reports.
• Management of matrix teams across multiple disciplines.
• Oversight of up to 1,000 contractor personnel.
• Accountability for critical construction areas and major work packages.
• Management of complex stakeholder and contractor interfaces.
• Responsibility for significant budgets, risks and programme outcomes.

This is a role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, technically challenging environment and enjoys leading large teams through complex delivery challenges.

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience

You will bring significant experience delivering major infrastructure projects within technically complex and highly regulated environments.

You will have:

• Proven experience delivering Heavy Civils, Earthworks or major infrastructure projects.
• Strong construction leadership experience on large-scale programmes.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and major contractors.
• Strong knowledge of CDM Regulations and Principal Contractor duties.
• Experience working within highly regulated sectors such as: Nuclear, Energy, Rail, Defence, Utilities, Oil & Gas
• Strong understanding of NEC and/or FIDIC contracts.
• Experience managing programme performance, risk, cost and schedule.
• Knowledge of project controls and Earned Value Management techniques.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Technical & Leadership Competencies

• Experience developing engineering, construction and delivery strategies.
• Experience managing EPCM and multi-discipline projects.
• Strong commercial awareness and contract management capabilities.
• Experience managing change, risk and programme controls.
• Excellent influencing, negotiation and facilitation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Proven ability to lead large teams and complex delivery programmes.

Desirable

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management or related discipline.
• Chartered status (or working towards).
• Experience on large-scale mega projects.
• Understanding of nuclear quality requirements and assurance processes.
• Experience working within the nuclear sector.
• Knowledge of Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) design and operations.
• Experience delivering projects requiring extensive interface management.

Ready to Lead at Scale?

If you're an experienced Heavy Civils or Earthworks leader looking for your next challenge on a nationally significant programme, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and be part of something extraordinary.

Behavioural Competences

Humility

• Recognises the value brought from different cultures and experiences.
• Open to other’s points of view and ideas, willing to debate and to compromise.

Positivity

• Positively challenges poor quality and performance.
• Identifies solutions at the lowest possible level.
• Encourages tier 1s and others to bring new ideas forward.

Respect

• Values the rules and environment in which we operate.
• Gives and receives feedback with respect.
• Embraces and engages with new people and ideas.

Solidarity

• Operates as ‘One team’, working closely together and helping each other.
• Empowers team – empowered teams always looking forward.
• Shares responsibility for delivering the project outcomes.

Clarity

• Communicates clearly and consistently.
• Promotes collaboration and team alignment.
• Clear and fast decision making.
• Drives simplification at all levels.

When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.

At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.