Location: Leiston, Suffolk
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Heath Sink scope for SZC Units 1 & 2 within the Main Civil Works (MCW), acting as the Owner Participant in the Civil Works Alliance. Accountable for enabling safe, quality, on-time, on-cost delivery across Engineering Interfaces, Procurement, Construction, and Handover. Operates in a peer relationship with the CWA HSK Platform Delivery Lead and provides line leadership to SZC project managers and functional support.
* Delivery Leadership: Own delivery outcomes (SQEP: Safety, Quality, Environment, Performance) for the Heat Sink scope across Units 1 & 2; proactively unblock issues, optimise phasing, and drive schedule adherence.
* Alliance Partnering: Operate as Owner Participant within CWA; collaborate as a peer with the CWA CI Platform Delivery Lead to drive integrated planning and decision-making.
* Scope Integration: Manage interfaces with Engineering, CI Programme, PMO, Commercial, Quality, and Supply Chain to assure design maturity, constructability, and progressive assurance.
* Risk & Change: Own risk register and change control for CI scope; ensure transparent escalation and evidence-based decision-making.
* People Leadership: Lead a team of SZC Senior PMs/PMs and matrix functional support; set performance expectations and build delivery capability.
* Commercial & Contracts: Support procurement strategies, alliance commercial mechanisms, adjustment events within the alliancing framework.
* Stakeholder Management: Engage with CWP leadership and wider SZC stakeholders; prepare and present clear delivery reporting and readiness reviews.
* Handover & Readiness: Ensure progressive assurance, completions, and documentary readiness to handover CI structures and components.
Qualifications & Experience
* 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.
* Demonstrate success in managing / developing Engineering design and field execution strategies for project delivery, Procurement and management of complex commercial arrangements, Multi‑discipline EPCM projects, and experience of managing / influencing contractors, consultants and other advisors throughout large and complex construction projects.
* Control of costs, risk, schedule and change and proficiency in these areas.
* Experience of successfully engaging groups of stakeholders.
* Strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation. Proficient in the use of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools.
* Experience of managing contractors, consultants and other advisors throughout large and complex construction projects, in a regulated environment.
* Experience of working within Alliances and Joint Ventures.
* Good presentation, influencing and facilitation skills. Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to develop relationships and maintain effective networks.
* Strong numerical and analytical skills.
* Degree and/or chartered status in an engineering, construction, project management or other related field.
* Good knowledge and experience of CDM Regulations.
* Knowledge and/or practitioner of Project Management with experience of applying either the APM body of knowledge and OGC's Prince 2.
* Can demonstrate experience of managing a project through the entire lifecycle from concept to handover.
* Understanding the needs of nuclear quality and how nuclear quality is assured and controlled.
* Security Vetting: Will be required to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years. Export control compliance requirements apply.
Benefits
* Salary: £105,000 per annum, depending on experience.
* Car Allowance: £6,900 per annum.
* Bonus: 10% annual incentive.
* Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution.
* Leave: 28 days holiday plus bank holidays.
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