Head of Civils Works - PMO - Leiston, IP16, UK Job Description Head of Civils Works PMO – Major UK Infrastructure Programme
Location: Suffolk with regular travel to London
Be at the forefront of one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects
Salary: Senior Managers contract, salary dependent on experience
Bonus: 15%
Car allowance: £Pension: Contributory pension up to 7.Holiday: 28 days + bank holidays
Power up your career on a project of national importance.
Sizewell C (SZC) is set to become the UK’s most advanced nuclear power station, delivering 3.Backed by a robust regulatory framework, extensive government support, and lessons learned from Hinkley Point C, SZC represents an extraordinary opportunity to shape the future of clean energy in the UK.
We’re now recruiting a Head of Civils Works Project Management Office (PMO) – a senior leadership role at the heart of the Civils Works Programme (CWP), delivering a diverse range of packages including enabling works, marine and tunnelling infrastructure, main civils, and permanent roads and networks.
As Head of the Civils Works PMO, you will take charge of a critical programme function – owning, shaping, and continuously enhancing all PMO activity across one of the UK’s most complex infrastructure delivery portfolios.
Reporting into the Head of Programme Controls and the Civils Works Programme Director, you’ll operate within a high-performing matrix structure, bringing strategic oversight and hands-on leadership to a multi-disciplinary team covering schedule, cost, risk, change, reporting, and digital integration.
This is your opportunity to set the benchmark for how Project Controls should be delivered on a national megaproject.
Leadership of the Civils PMO function, embedding an integrated, performance-driven culture
Implementation of robust programme controls, aligned with SZC’s “Digital by Default” strategy
Direct management of PMO functional leads and sub-programme Controls Managers
Accountability for timely, accurate, and insightful performance reporting across cost, risk, schedule and change
Active contribution to the wider SZC project and external stakeholder engagement – from government bodies to industry regulators
A strong track record of Project Controls leadership on major infrastructure or engineering projects (ideally
~£Depth of experience across all core PMO functions: cost, schedule, risk, change and performance insight
~ A strategic mindset combined with an action-oriented approach to problem solving and performance
~ Ideally, exposure to the nuclear, energy or regulated infrastructure sectors
Degree or equivalent in engineering, construction, business or project management
Expertise in Project Controls systems and tools (e.g. Primavera P6, Power BI, ecosystem-level integration)
Play a pivotal role in a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project
~ Shape and lead best-in-class PMO strategy in a high-impact delivery environment
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Sizewell C Limited (Sizewell C) is nuclear site licensed company whose business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk. EDF remains a key shareholder in Sizewell C and the business therefore maintains close links to EDF as a part of its ‘nuclear family’.
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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