Senior Project Manager - Nuclear Island

Job Description

Location: London or Bristol (minimum 3 days per week) with travel to Europe.

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience. 

Benefits Include:

• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays. 
• Bonus: Up to 10% annual bonus. 
• Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution. 
• Flexible Benefits: Additional allowance for a variety of benefits.

Closing Date: Monday 22nd December 2025

The Opportunity...

Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference? Come and join our expanding Sizewell C (SZC) team and work on one of the most exciting and largest megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK’s climate change agenda and energy policy. 

Following on from the success of Hinkley Point C (HPC), the Sizewell C Project is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk, which has obtained planning approval and Government financing support. The project has started construction and is now seeking private investment. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years, which along with renewables, will support Britain to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Nuclear Island (NI) delivery programme.

As the Senior Project Manager you will work closely with the Sizewell C supply chain team, the Responsible Designer (RD), the Sizewell C quality team and the suppliers to prepare for and execute the delivery phase of the project. This Senior Project Manager will focused on a group of system(s), building(s) and contracts within the Nuclear Island (NI) delivery programme.

The Role

As Senior Project Manager within the NI programme, you’ll be in the driving seat, leading a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the end-to-end delivery of critical systems, structures, and components across several buildings and contracts within the NI area.

From engineering through to commissioning, you’ll ensure excellence at every stage by:

• Leading Project Managers and multi-disciplinary teams to achieve seamless delivery.
• Taking ownership of budgets, schedules, risk management, and quality assurance.
• Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to manage complex interfaces smoothly.
• Applying your technical expertise and leadership to uphold the highest standards of execution and compliance.

About You

You’re an experienced Senior Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering large-scale, complex projects from concept to completion.

Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security and environmental responsibility, ideally within the Nuclear Energy sector or similar regulated environment.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Background in mechanical, electrical, process, systems, or civil engineering within large-scale industrial plant environments.
• Proven success in coordinating multi-disciplinary design and procurement activities, with a track record of driving teams to meet key deadlines.
• Strong grasp of the complexities involved in major projects, particularly in managing interfaces between different scope areas.
• Data mindset and digital competency – comfortable using data and digital tools to drive decisions and improve processes.
• Proficiency in collaboration platforms such as MS Teams.
• Experience in project management or project engineering, covering the full lifecycle from concept through to handover.
• Confident communicator, with the ability to engage effectively in both client-facing and contractor-facing scenarios.
• Exceptional communication, organisational, and leadership abilities.

Desirable

• Existing relationship with RD or EDF supply chain would be an advantage

This isn’t just a job; it’s your chance to be part of history. As a Senior Project Manager or Project Manager at Sizewell C, you’ll shape the UK’s clean energy future while advancing your career in one of the most exciting and dynamic sectors in the world.

If you thrive in a high-stakes environment and are ready to help deliver some of the most complex projects in the energy sector, we’d love to hear from you!

A full job description is available on application. 
 
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Additional Information

Join the team at Sizewell C. Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear.

The Sizewell C team is one of the most exciting and largest new megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK’s climate change agenda and energy policy.  We have begun constructing a 3.2-gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast in the East of England replicating, wherever possible, the design used for Hinkley Point C, another nuclear power station being built in Somerset.

When built, Sizewell C will be one of the largest power stations to operate in the UK. The power station will generate low carbon electricity for at least 60 years, supplying over 6 million homes and supporting around 7% of the UK’s current electricity needs.

Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear. We want Sizewell C to define what good leadership for the nuclear industry and British infrastructure looks like and deliver on it.  We understand the feats of organisation, logistics, collaboration and imagination that building nuclear requires. We are building for the next generation for their home-grown energy, energy price stability and ultra-low carbon power in abundance. We also want to set the benchmark for maximising long-lasting social value as we build and demonstrate how smart collaboration can work for the benefit of communities – locally, regionally and nationally.

We are the first nuclear power station in the UK to be funded under the Regulated Asset Base funding model (RAB). Our largest shareholder is the UK Government, alongside equity partners La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.     

Sizewell C operates within a complex and fast-moving stakeholder environment, engaging with a wide range of partners including government bodies, regulators, local communities, supply chain partners, and international collaborators. This makes Sizewell C a uniquely stimulating place to work — where navigating evolving priorities, balancing interests, and building trusted relationships is just as critical as technical excellence. For those who thrive in dynamic, multi-dimensional settings, it offers unmatched professional challenge and growth.

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.

By submitting an application to this role, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Sizewell C’s employee privacy policy and EDF's employee privacy policy. Just to let you know, EDF will be processing and sharing information about your application on behalf of Sizewell C.