Job Description
Independent Nuclear Assurance (INA) Site Inspector – Civil Engineering
Job Description
Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain.
INA Site Inspector (Sizewell C)
Location: Sizewell C, Leiston, Suffolk (On-site with occasional remote working, and the opportunity to discuss a more flexible or part‑time approach where possible).
Contract: Permanent, full-time.
Salary: Starting at £77,000 or higher, depending on experience and qualifications (Grade C–D), plus benefits.
Benefits include:
* Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays.
* Bonus: Up to 5% annual bonus.
* Flexible Working: Options for flexible working arrangements to suit your needs and the business.
* 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: Sunday 22nd February 2026.
Why Join Sizewell C?
Sizewell C isn't just a nuclear power station – it's a vital part of Britain's clean energy future. By joining our team, you'll contribute to one of the UK's most ambitious and exciting infrastructure projects, helping power millions of homes and supporting the transition to net zero.
What is INA?
INA is the internal regulator for the Sizewell C (SZC) project, providing independent oversight across a broad scope of project activities. Our work is risk‑informed, enabling us to support, regulate, inspect and assure activities, arrangements, decision‑making and behaviours across the project.
Our mission is to deliver efficient, effective and trusted independent regulation that upholds standards and enables continual improvement throughout the SZC Project, upholding standards and enabling continual improvement.
Your Role: INA Site Inspector – Civil Engineering
As a Site Inspector within INA's Independent Site Inspection Team you will take the lead in the independent oversight of site civil engineering activities. You will provide assurance that construction works are being planned and executed in line with approved designs and appropriate standards, while meeting key safety and quality requirements.
Your role will empower you to challenge gaps, promote best practice, and support high‑quality, safe and compliant delivery. You will engage with the client team, contractors, designers, external regulators and a wide range of stakeholders through site walkdowns, independent assessments (technical and non‑technical), and observation of key site activities.
There will also be opportunities to broaden your skills through involvement in other areas within INA's remit, such as Environment, Emergency Preparedness and Security.
What We're Looking For
Essential Skills & Experience:
We are seeking an experienced Civil Engineer who has ideally worked on major, multi‑disciplinary construction projects, as well as within a design environment. We are looking for the following knowledge and experience:
Technical:
* Degree qualification in Civil Engineering (or closely related discipline).
* Progressing towards or holding Chartered status with the ICE or IStructE.
* Strong knowledge of civil engineering design and construction processes and standards, with an ability to identify risks and propose alternative solutions.
* Ability to interpret construction information (drawings, models, bar bending schedules, specifications) and undertake site inspections to assess site conformance with the above.
* Ability to review construction RAMS and undertake site inspections to assess site conformance with these.
* Ability to review design output and confirm alignment with construction information.
* Have a keen eye for detail, experienced in report writing and ability to articulate complex issues.
* Experience in construction management is desirable but not essential.
* An understanding of key CDM responsibilities is beneficial.
Non-Technical:
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with others within the INA team and across Sizewell C.
* A willingness and ability to appropriately challenge unsafe behaviours or practices.
* Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
* Commitment to the highest standards of safety and quality.
Ready to Make an Impact?
Join us and be part of a transformative project that will power millions of homes and help the UK reach net-zero. You'll work in a dynamic, collaborative environment with a team that shares your commitment to safety, innovation, and excellence.
Apply now and help build a cleaner, greener future.
Additional Information
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.
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.
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.
1. Shift Work?: No
2. Career area: Sizewell C
3. Primary Contractual Location: Sizewell C
4. Term of Employment: Permanent