Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain.

Delivery Project Manager – Civils Infrastructure

Location: Sizewell C , Leiston , Suffolk (5 days a week onsite).

Contract: Permanent, full-time.

Salary: Competitive depending on experience plus benefits.

Benefits:

• 5% CIP bonus
• 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension of up to 7.5% employee/ up to15% employer
• Ongoing professional development
• Other lifestyle benefits

Closing date: Thursday 22 May 2025.

Do you have a passion for project management and project delivery? Do you have Civil Engineering experience delivering infrastructure projects such as earthworks, installation of early and permanent drainage and utilities? Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in one of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects? Join Sizewell C and become a key player in shaping the future of nuclear energy.

This is your chance to play a pivotal role in the Sizewell C (SZC) project – the UK's next-generation nuclear power station that’s shaping the future of sustainable energy.

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About the Project

Sizewell C (SZC) is at the heart of the UK’s clean energy revolution. This ground-breaking nuclear power plant project in Suffolk will play a vital role in delivering a sustainable future. Backed by EDF and the UK Government, Sizewell C is a once-in-a-generation project with significant opportunities to innovate, grow, and deliver excellence.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Delivery Project Manager at Sizewell C.

You will be responsible for the direction and leadership of activities associated with the full life cycle delivery of a contract or work package assigned to you. You’ll ensure delivery of all (or part of) the engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction and commissioning activities for the life cycle of the contract or work package in accordance with the overall Project schedule. You'll ensure planning and delivery is in accordance with all safety, quality, time and cost parameters to meet the needs of the Project.

Scope of accountability may include the design and delivery of the construction works including bulk earthworks, installation of early and permanent drainage and utilities which are required to enable follow on scopes to commence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage on-site project activities, ensuring adherence to safety expectations, timelines, quality and budgets.
• Managing multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure all necessary approvals are in place and works are carried out in compliance with the requirements.
• Liaising with multiple teams and working within a multi-disciplinary area environment to ensure the strategic needs of the project are met and key milestones are achieved.
• Support the Senior Project Manager (SPM), Commercial and Procurement teams in the development and implementation of Sourcing Strategies and the development of tender documents.
• Provide written and oral reports and attend weekly and monthly reports to the SPM and engage with Site Delivery management for progress presentations. Reports will include (but not be limited to) H&S, progress, cost, and environmental monitoring, production rates, stakeholder relationships etc.
• Respond to tender queries, meet with suppliers if required and provide input to tender technical reviews.
• Oversee contractor and subcontractor activities, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
• Interface with other projects and programmes to ensure a high-level view of how the total project is progressing and to identify and adopt the use of best practices.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring smooth project progression.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience as a Project Manager in large-scale infrastructure or energy projects, major complex projects (value size approx. £50- £100 mil plus), ideally such as HS2, HPC, Thames Tideway, CrossRail, Transport for London (TfL).
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to challenges.
• Significant experience in development of programmes and resource management.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, (Sizewell C has many internal and external stakeholders and interested parties with whom we must to effectively engage and coordinate using positive dialogue).
• Intellectual capacity to deal with complex issues and work within our local supply chain vision, creating a one team ethos.

Ideally, you’ll have a civil engineering background with a potential specialism in project management in construction.

Desirable

• Degree standard education or recent relevant senior management experience working at a similar level in a related industrial setting.
• IOSH Construction Safety Qualification/ NEC3 Contract training.
• Good knowledge in CDM regulations.
• Project Management qualification (PRINCE2 or APM). Primavera P6.
• Experience at working in heavily regulated environment

If the above sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you!

A full job description is available on application.

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Why Join Sizewell C?

• Be part of a transformative project that contributes to the UK’s net-zero ambitions.
• Collaborate with industry leaders and government stakeholders.
• Enjoy career-defining opportunities in a supportive and innovative environment.
• Competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a chance to leave a lasting legacy.

• You’ll work in a dynamic, collaborative environment with a team that shares your commitment to safety, innovation, and excellence.

Apply Now!

If you're ready to make an impact, work with purpose, and join one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the UK, we want to hear from you.

Let’s build a cleaner, greener future together.

Join the team at Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain.

It’s not every day you get the opportunity to shape the working culture of what will be one of Europe’s largest construction projects, while also helping Britain to reach its target of Net Zero emissions by 2050. That’s one of the reasons Sizewell C will be unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before, and you’ll need to be an exceptional professional to reach the high standards this critical infrastructure project demands.

The UK is experiencing a nuclear renaissance and Sizewell C – along with its sister project at Hinkley Point C in Somerset – is powering the change. We’re ramping up at pace as we look ahead to the Financial Investment Decision in early 2025, and the start of construction soon after. With government fully on board and public opinion shifting significantly in favour of nuclear, there’s never been a better time to join our project.

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