Project Manager - Civils

Role:
Project Manager (Civils)

Position:
Contract

Location:

Leiston / hybrid

Days on Site: 3 days

Duration:
Approx until 31st Dec 2026

Pay: up to 484£ PAYE - 700£ Umbrella

The Civil Works Programme comprises a series of projects that will be delivered over a 10-year period. Each element of the scope has been assigned to a combination of participants that will be responsible and accountable for the delivery.

The Civils Programme will deliver the Sizewell C Civil Engineering scope to support the MEH erection in the Nuclear, Conventional and Heat Sink islands.

The Civil Works Programme is responsible for delivering:

Enabling and Earthworks: sea defences, access facilities, civil engineering work to support site establishment, diaphragm walling around the nuclear plant footprint, dewatering, excavation and earthworks.
Tunnelling and Marine: beach landing facility, jetty, shafts and intake and outfall tunnels for the nuclear plant cooling systems.
Main civil engineering: technical galleries, cooling system pipework, foundation base slab and over 70 large buildings for the nuclear plant.

To successfully deliver the Programme requires excellent coordination and integration with the Site Establishment, Site Operations, and Mechanical / Electrical / Heating (MEH) Alliance.

The execution strategy involves:

Maximising replication of HPC design to limit the extent of First of a Kind design to site-specific elements.
Introduction and establishment of a programme management structure.
Using learning from the HPC project to optimise and simplify working practices and processes to maximise site productivity.
Intelligent replication of the HPC supply chain.
Joint commitment to truly collaborative working, and an Alliance delivery and commercial model that enables this.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

The role holder will:

Take a global overview of the nuclear power plant Systems, Structures and Components (SSCs) within their programme, with a view to maximise replication from HPC and prepare for key contracts to be awarded
Be responsible for the timely delivery of engineering studies by the RD or by key contractors and for ensuring they meet the needs of the SZC project
Prepare with the multidisciplinary team specific post-FID contracts (terms & conditions, contractual appendices and technical specification)
Drive the implementation of SZC site-specific design changes into the design deliverables in their programme, including contract specifications to enable robust pricing
Manage internal interfaces (between contracts and systems) and external interfaces (between programme scopes) to ensure a coordinated approach to design and delivery
Manage early engagement with stakeholders (including equipment suppliers) to identify obsolescence issues and other risks to replication
Manage the technical elements of the procurement process for specific contracts
Ensure that lessons-learnt and knowledge-capture are practiced as business as usual
Develop and implement strategies and plans in line with the overall programme execution plan (PEP)
Define the work scope to be delivered within the contract or package of work and the interfaces to the other elements of the programme
Drive the delivery of the contract or package activities to ensure they are delivered safely, on time, to budget, meeting business & technical requirements
Ensure that contract or package contractual requirements are fulfilled
Working with multidisciplinary teams to prepare manufacturing and construction contracts
Driving the implementation of SZC site-specific design changes

Nuclear Safety Accountabilities

This Post may have nuclear safety and environmental responsibilities ("roles") which could have an impact on nuclear safety or environmental protection through the activities that they perform. These are detailed in the Nuclear and Environmental Baseline.

Dimensions

Depending on the area of work:

In the region of up to 3 direct reports - plus a matrix team of other disciplines forming the project delivery team
Interaction with EDF in France and/or with SZC Site Construction Team. The principles of a matrix organisation will still apply
deliver contracts with a…