Head of Heatsink Delivery; Sizewell C

Head of Heatsink Delivery

Sizewell C

We’re building the future. Sizewell C is a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project that will power Britain’s energy security and net‑zero ambitions for decades to come. Following our recent Final Investment Decision, construction is fully greenlit. This is your chance to be part of the largest investment in homegrown clean energy in decades, delivering low‑carbon electricity to 6 million homes for at least 60 years.

• 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

Lead the end‑to‑end delivery of the Heat 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.

The Sizewell C (SZC) construction programme is built around a technical and commercial business case that relies on intelligent replication of Hinkley Point C (HPC). This approach leverages mature design data, established engineering solutions, supply chain capability, and lessons learned from HPC to reduce FOAK complexity, accelerate delivery, and improve productivity.

EDF’s established UK nuclear capability is a critical contributor to this strategy, providing design, engineering, assurance, and construction expertise that underpins SZC’s ability to replicate, adapt and execute safely.

The SZC Civil Works Programme (CWP) comprises three major sub‑programmes delivered over a 10‑year period:
Early Works & Enabling;
Main Civil & Ancillary Works;
Marine & Tunnelling. The Main Civil Works (MCW) includes the Conventional Island (CI), Nuclear Island and Heat Sink Island scopes, with each scope delivered through integrated alliance teams combining SZC (Owner Participants) and Alliance Partners.

• UK Government, including HM Treasury, DESNZ/BEIS, IPA
• EDF (UK & France organisations) – engineering, assurance & delivery
• Financial investors and institutions
• UK Regulators (ONR, Environment Agency, local planning authorities)
• Alliance partners within the Civil Works Alliance (CWA)
• Local communities, authorities and representative groups
• Responsible Designer (RD) and replicated HPC design teams
• MEH and other programme leads (NI, CI, Heat Sink, Enabling, Marine & Tunnelling)

Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security, and environmental…