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Technical Engineering Manager - Transverse (Sizewell C)
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Technical Engineering Manager – Transverse Sizewell C
Location: London (minimum 2 days per week in the office), with occasional travel to Bristol as required
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 depending on experience, plus benefits
Benefits include:
- Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays
- Bonus: 5% annual bonus
- Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution
- Life Assurance: Up to 8 x salary
- Closing Date: 22nd September 2026
Role Overview:
As a Transverse Technical Engineering Manager you will provide technical leadership across key Civil Works Programme scopes, overseeing design integration, technical assurance and engineering governance from requirements definition through to design acceptance. Working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, you will play a critical role in ensuring complex, multi-disciplinary designs are coordinated, buildable and ready for delivery.
Role Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical management of transverse civil engineering scope across the Civil Works Programme.
- Define, develop and validate technical requirements and specifications.
- Manage technical change, open points and configuration control processes.
- Drive design assurance activities and support acceptance of design deliverables.
- Coordinate technical interfaces across Civil Works, Site Establishment and wider SZC programmes.
- Ensure design deliverables are fully integrated, coordinated and aligned to programme requirements.
- Identify and manage technical risks, ensuring effective mitigation strategies are in place.
- Support technical governance forums and stakeholder reviews.
- Work closely with Design Authority, Responsible Designer, subject matter experts and delivery teams.
- Ensure buildability, constructability and lifecycle considerations are embedded within design solutions.
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About You
Essential
- Proven experience leading complex civil and/or structural engineering designs through concept, detailed design and construction.
- Experience managing and coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams, technical suppliers and key stakeholders.
- Strong technical knowledge of heavy civil engineering structures, including reinforced concrete and structural steel, and/or external works such as drainage, utilities and earthworks.
- Experience delivering technical leadership within major infrastructure, construction or engineering projects.
- Strong understanding of design integration, technical assurance, engineering governance and change control processes.
- Proven ability to manage technical risks, resolve engineering challenges and drive design delivery.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
Desirable
- Experience within the nuclear sector or other highly regulated industries.
- Knowledge of nuclear design assurance, configuration management and governance processes.
- Experience working on large-scale infrastructure programmes such as Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C or equivalent.
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Qualifications & Skills
Essential
- Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related discipline.
- Chartered Engineer status (MICE, MIStructE or equivalent) or actively working towards chartership.
- Strong understanding of design management, technical assurance and engineering governance.
- Knowledge of reinforced concrete, structural steel, civil infrastructure or external works design.
- Experience managing technical risk, change control and design integration activities.
Desirable
- Experience leading the technical delivery of large, complex design packages.
- Understanding of nuclear safety-related structures, systems and components.
- Familiarity with UK design standards, CDM regulations and construction methodologies.
- Experience operating within highly regulated environments with demanding quality and assurance requirements.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of one of the most important low-carbon energy projects in the UK.
- Work in a mission-driven environment that values innovation, integrity, and long-term sustainability.
- Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career development.
- Flexible and hybrid working options.
For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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