Senior Project Manager (Earthworks & Sea Defence) TCA

Job description

Sizewell C’s business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Overall, whilst the Company is in the construction phase, the Boards’ principal focus is on the development and construction of Sizewell C on time, on budget and to the highest quality and safety standards. The Company is maturing to meet all these requirements.

Sizewell C is economically regulated by OFGEM under the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model similar to other UK electricity distribution networks and Thames Tideway.

Sizewell C construction strategy is to replicate the design of Hinkley Point C, using the majority of the same supply chain, but innovating in the way it is delivered to achieve savings in time and cost of around 20%. The CCO will need to be guided by and incorporate lessons learned from the Hinkley Point C commercial delivery to achieve Sizewell C’s ambition.

Following Financial Completion and Revenue Commencement, Sizewell C is fully funded and is owned by; The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero representing HM Government, La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.

Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK’s largest and most important energy projects. We are now recruiting the below position.

Senior Project Manager (Earthworks & Sea Defence) TCA

• Location: Sizewell C, Suffolk Ipswich and Leiston ( 3 days a week ) with occasional travel to London. 
• Contract: Permanent, full-time.
• Salary: £93,000 - £98,000 - depending on experience

Benefits

• 10% CIP Bonus
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension up to 15% employer contribution
• Professional development opportunities
• Private medical
• Car Allowance £6900
• £1,500 per annum in flexible benefits - Cash Allowance

Closing date: Sunday 25 October 2026

Help Deliver One of the UK's Largest Infrastructure Projects

Join Sizewell C and lead the delivery of some of the UK's largest and most complex civil engineering packages, including earthworks, sea defences, tunnelling interfaces, marine works and enabling infrastructure.

You'll be responsible for delivering projects valued between £100m and £500m, leading multidisciplinary teams, managing major contractors and driving performance across safety, quality, schedule and cost.

What We're Looking For

You'll be an experienced project leader with a proven track record of delivering major infrastructure or regulated construction programmes.

Essential Experience

• Significant experience delivering major infrastructure, civil engineering or regulated construction projects

• Strong leadership capability across multidisciplinary teams and supply chains

• Strong knowledge of programme, cost, risk and contract management

• Experience working within NEC and/or FIDIC contract environments

• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills

• Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline
• Experience managing complex EPC/EPCM contracts
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Ability to balance collaborative working with robust governance and assurance

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of major civil engineering and construction packages
• Drive performance across safety, quality, cost, schedule and risk
• Manage Project Managers, contractors and supply chain partners
• Develop and implement delivery strategies and execution plans
• Manage stakeholder relationships across Sizewell C, contractors and EDF
• Apply best practice in programme controls, contract management and Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Provide assurance, governance and leadership as an Owner Participant within the Civils Works Alliance

Desirable

• Earthworks, marine, coastal, tunnelling or heavy civils experience
• Alliance delivery model experience
• Nuclear or highly regulated industry experience
• Chartered status (APM, ICE, CIOB or equivalent)
• Commissioning readiness and project handover activities
• Understanding of nuclear quality requirements and assurance arrangements
• Knowledge of EPR projects and design principles

Why Join Us?

• This is a unique opportunity to lead complex, high-value infrastructure projects that will leave a lasting legacy for generations to come.
• Ready to play a key role in delivering one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects?
• Apply today and help shape the future of clean energy at Sizewell C.
• Behavioural Competences

Humility

• Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences
• Be open to other’s points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise

Positivity

• Positively challenge poor quality and performance
• Identify solutions at the lowest possible level
• Encourage tier 1s and others to bring new ideas forward

Respect

• Value the rules and environment in which we operate
• Give and receive feedback with respect
• Embrace and engage with new people and ideas

Solidarity

• One team, working closely together and helping each other
• Empowered teams always looking forward.
• Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes

Clarity

• Communicate clearly and consistently
• Promote collaboration and team alignment
• Clearer and faster decision making
• Drive 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.