Configuration Management Lead

About the Role

Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater with travel required to Aztec West, Bristol. This is a 12-month secondment/fixed term opportunity. Are you an experienced leader in configuration management looking to take the next step in your career? Do you thrive in project-driven environments, with a talent for managing teams and engaging stakeholders at all levels? Are you motivated by delivering results and shaping high-performing teams in a fast-paced, complex setting? If so, come and join EDF as a Configuration Management Lead!

The Opportunity

As the Configuration Management Lead, you’ll oversee the control and integrity of plant configuration throughout the Commissioning phase at Hinkley Point C (HPC), ensuring alignment with project strategy, design change processes, and temporary modifications management. You’ll lead a small team, ensuring safe working practices, supporting team development, and driving performance through continuous improvement. As a key member of the Cross Functional Delivery Team, you will support the Commissioning Delivery teams to deliver approximately 500,000 planned commissioning tests; provide clear guidance and oversight on Configuration Management during commissioning; shape and deliver commissioning objectives and engage with wider business stakeholders and external regulators. As the Commissioning Programme evolves, you’ll contribute to defining and improving commissioning processes linked with Configuration Management, and play a key role in the recruitment, training, and development of skilled personnel to meet project needs.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a starting salary of £65,000 and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal. We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans. At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you’re in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated. Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments. We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Configuration Management Team, ensuring that all activities are delivered efficiently and effectively in support of the commissioning programme at Hinkley Point C. You'll manage a team of engineers, providing direction and oversight to maintain strong control over plant configuration during this critical phase. You’ll take ownership of the Configuration Management strategy and associated processes, keeping them up to date and aligned with wider project objectives. You’ll communicate these clearly across teams and engage regularly with senior stakeholders to report on progress, offer insights, and help drive accountability within the wider commissioning function. You’ll also support the Commissioning Manager and Senior Commissioning Manager in meeting project-level targets and milestones. In doing so, you’ll ensure that all commissioning activities adhere to nuclear, environmental, and industrial safety standards, while reflecting international best practice in safety and technical excellence.

Who you are

You’ll bring strong leadership experience within a project-driven environment, with proven ability to manage teams and coordinate multiple activities simultaneously. You’ll demonstrate excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, confidently engaging both internal and external stakeholders to drive delivery and maintain control across complex workstreams. You’ll have a delivery-focused mindset, using clear accountability and influence to achieve results. Your ability to coach and develop others will be key, fostering a safe, empowered, and inclusive team culture. Strong communication skills will help you translate complex technical and regulatory information clearly and effectively to a range of audiences. We’re looking for someone with experience working in a regulated environment, ideally with a background in design, commissioning, maintenance or operations—particularly within the nuclear industry. Commercial awareness and an understanding of change impact are valuable, and experience leading technical teams or membership of an engineering institution would be a bonus. French language skills are also desirable. If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

Additionally, you must meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which generally requires you to have been a UK resident for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

Closing date for applications: 8th July 2025. Interviews to be held week commencing 28th July 2025.