Project Manager - Nuclear Island (Sizewell C)

Location: London/Bristol, with some travel expected

Contract: Permanent, full-time.

Closing Date: Thursday 16th July 2026

What’s in It for You

• Salary: Starting at £66,866 per annum (depending on experience)
• Bonus: 5% annual incentive
• Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution
• Leave: 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Hybrid Working: Typically, 2–3 days in the office per week, with flexibility based on business needs

Your Impact

As Project Manager you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning activities across key Systems, Structures, and Components (SSCs), ensuring outcomes are achieved safely, on time, to quality, and within budget. Reporting to a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for the successful direction & leadership of all activities associated with the full life cycle delivery of the assigned scope. The post requires proven experience of leading teams and deploying project and general management skills to deliver effective project outcomes. You will lead multidisciplinary delivery team, ensuring capability, clarity, and alignment to project objectives. As part of your role you will be expected to collaborate cross functionally across project boundaries to ensure the successful delivery of the project.

The Nuclear Island Instrumentation & Control (NI-I&C) Project Manager will work closely with especially the SZC supply chain team, the Responsible Designer (RD), the SZC quality team and the suppliers to prepare for and execute the delivery phase of the project. You will be dedicated to a group of I&C system(s) & contracts within the NI programme with a value of up to £150m. The scope includes for example the Standard I&C, Safety and Backup I&C, Main Control Room, Industrial Information and Monitoring Systems, etc.

Principal Accountabilities

• Leading and Managing a multidisciplinary team to deliver scope to tight deadlines, in quality, through the procurement process for specific I&C contracts.
• Drive manufacturing delivery, prepare storage, commissioning and transition into operation.
• Drive safe, on-time, and on-budget delivery of contract or package activities, meeting all requirements.
• Monitor project progress against key milestones, deadlines, and budgets, and report status updates to key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to prepare construction contracts, manage internal interfaces (between contracts and systems within the Programme) and external interfaces (with other Programmes, commissioning, civil works, MEH etc…) to ensure a coordinated approach to design, delivery, and commissioning.
• Take a global overview of I&C systems on SZC with a view to maximise replication from HPC.
• Drive the implementation of SZC site‑specific design changes including contract specifications to enable robust pricing.
• Identify risks, facilitate resolution of issues, update the programme budget accordingly, and elevate as required, for I&C related scope (e.g. Risks: Obsolescence & Cybersecurity; Opportunities: creation of “UK‑EPR Fleet Effect” to optimise Long‑Term Services Agreements or size/use of platforms, etc).
• Ensure that lessons‑learnt and knowledge‑capture are practiced as business as usual, from SZC project but also from other EPRs in Europe and in the UK.
• Ensure that contractual requirements are fulfilled.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Background in I&C, electrical, process/systems for large industrial plants
• Good understanding of the complexity of major projects, including interface management between scope areas
• Proven success in coordinating multi‑disciplinary design and procurement work, driving teams to deliver on time
• Demonstrable success in managing & developing:
• Engineering design, contract and field execution strategies for project delivery.
• Multi‑discipline EPCM projects.
• Procurement and management of contracts.
• Controlling costs; risk; schedule and change and proficient in the use of Earned Value tools.
• Resolution and close‑out of commercial claims, including negotiation expertise.
• Close out of commercial claims and the associated negotiations.
• Experience of managing projects through the project lifecycle from concept to handover
• Excellent communication skills in client‑facing and contractor‑facing situations, and managing multi‑disciplinary profiles
• Previous engineering or project management experience in the nuclear industry.
• Formal project management qualification.
• Direct experience of procuring equipment or installation contracts for nuclear power stations.
• Working knowledge of French language is an advantage.

Behavioural Competences

• Humility
  Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences. Be open to other’s points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise.
• Positivity
  Positively challenge poor quality and performance. Identify solutions at the lowest possible level. Encourage others to bring new ideas forward.
• Respect
  Value the rules and environment in which we operate. Give and receive feedback with respect. Embrace and engage with new people and ideas. One team, working closely together and helping each other. Empowered teams always looking forward. Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes.
• Clarity
  Communicate clearly and consistently. Promote collaboration and team alignment. Clearer and faster decision making. Drive simplification at all levels.

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.