Baseline and Change Manager - Site Delivery (Sizewell C)
Job Category: Construction
Contract Partner Company: Mactech Engineering & Inspection
Employing Company: Sizewell C
Job Purpose / Overview
The Baseline & Change Management discipline is accountable for managing the administration of approved baselines on the Project and establishing a Change Management process through an Investment Change Committee (ICC) model.
It ensures that the Project scope, budget, forecasts and schedule remain aligned with acknowledged approved changes processed through both Project level and Programme level ICC meetings.
Changes are captured and managed through the change management process, with their progression through various statuses governed via ICC meetings. The discipline focuses on facilitating and implementing the change process while ensuring delivery teams operate within the governance framework for budget transfers and contingency draw‑downs.
The role of Change Manager is to support and advise on the processes and procedures required to implement change control, working alongside Project Controls Managers and Change Engineers to ensure Programmes identify, assess, and implement changes effectively.
Reporting to the Baseline & Change Lead, this role supports the SZC Change process and preparation for ICC meetings, contributing positively to SZC delivery, safely, on time, to budget and to the agreed quality.
Principal Accountabilities
* Support the Baseline & Change Lead in ensuring the effective utilisation of the change management process and governance.
* Coordinate and facilitate change management processes across the Delivery Programme.
* Act as the central point of contact for change management.
* Assist in developing and managing the strategy, plan and procedures for effective baseline management.
* Coordinate change inputs across the project and PMO (Schedule, Cost, Risk) to facilitate end‑to‑end changes to the baseline, contracts and wider Programme.
* Ensure the change governance process is completed in line with the reporting cycle.
* Promote consistent application of project controls processes across SZC.
* Support production of monthly Baseline & Change reports.
* Organise and manage weekly and monthly routines, ensuring data consistency and quality throughout the process.
* Advise Project Managers, Change Owners and the Supply Chain on policies, procedures and standards required for implementing change control.
* Collaborate with Project Controls Managers and Change Managers to ensure effective identification, assessment and implementation of changes within the SZC Programme.
* Facilitate change requests for the engineering teams.
* Support the Baseline & Change Lead in facilitating the ICC (typically held monthly).
* Monitor and review the quality of change proposals submitted for inclusion against the baseline.
* Interface with various teams (Engineering, PMO, Senior Management) to ensure cohesive management of all change requests.
* Provide training and support to team members and stakeholders on change management processes and tools.
* Develop and deliver training materials and sessions to enhance understanding and compliance with change management practices.
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience
Knowledge & Skills
* Professional work experience in one or more specific disciplines in the Programme, Project, Controls or Commercial Management disciplines.
* Knowledge of project structures such as Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS).
* Knowledge of change control.
* Understanding of governance, strategic planning techniques, strategic risk analysis, construction technology, delivery, site logistics, commercial & legal/contract issues.
* Demonstrated ability to drive performance improvement.
* Ability to work in a team as well as on own initiative.
* Strong facilitation skills.
* Skilled at interfacing and operating in a large corporate environment.
Qualifications & Experience
* Educated to at least degree level, or equivalent training and experience.
* Experience of shaping and developing strategic changes through management of large programmes.
* Experience of managing contractors, consultants, and other advisors throughout large and complex construction programmes, in a regulated environment.
* Achieved Membership, Fellow or Certified Fellow status with one or more professional institutions.
* Practical working knowledge of Project Control processes and tools.
* Experience with a range of Project/Programme management software packages.
* Understanding of standard forms of contracts, amendments, early warning notices and workflows of communications between contractor and client.
* Experience and understanding of change control principles and experience of managing, controlling and governing change against a defined baseline on a major infrastructure Programme/Project.
* Experience in maintaining and updating weekly and monthly reports on Programme/Project document status.
* Ability to chair Programme/Project meetings and workshops with multidisciplined stakeholders to secure collaborative engagement on key objectives.
* Knowledge of PowerBI or similar Programme/Project data reporting applications.
For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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