At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead nuclear safety activities for the Sizewell C Project and ensure regulatory compliance.
- Company: Join EDF, a leader in low-carbon energy and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, annual bonus potential, and customisable benefits like gym discounts and tech vouchers.
- Other info: Inclusive culture with a commitment to diversity and career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the transition to an electric Britain while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Degree in a relevant field and strong knowledge of Nuclear Safety required.
The predicted salary is between 75000 - 85000 £ per year.
About The Role
Location: Aztec West, Bristol
Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 (potential for annual bonus).
Opportunity
As a Safety Manager, you’ll play a key role in coordinating and overseeing nuclear safety activities for the Sizewell C Project, helping to support the transition towards an electric Britain. Working within the Technical Directorate, you’ll provide leadership across a broad range of safety disciplines, ensuring technical activities are delivered effectively while maintaining high standards of nuclear safety and regulatory compliance. Working as part of an integrated team, EPR Engineering supports construction and commissioning while preparing design‑replication feasibility and related engineering activities. Working within the Nuclear Safety Team, you’ll oversee the delivery of complex safety activities, influence technical strategy, and support the replication of proven nuclear designs from Hinkley Point C to Sizewell C. You’ll broaden your leadership capability while collaborating with senior technical experts, managing key risks and opportunities, and contributing to the delivery of a major low‑carbon infrastructure programme.
Who You Are
- A degree qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline
- Strong knowledge of Nuclear Safety, particularly in relation to EPR or PWR reactor designs
- Experience in a relevant leadership or management position within a highly regulated industry
- Experience reviewing complex technical documentation and safety-related deliverables
- Experience managing multiple workstreams, stakeholders, and competing priorities
- Fluent English language skills
- Demonstrable experience coordinating technical activities across multidisciplinary teams and organisations
What You’ll Be Doing
- Managing interfaces between Responsible Designer organisations, the Sizewell C client organisation, and EPR Engineering’s Nuclear Safety & Environment Discipline
- Coordinating activities that support the replication of nuclear safety studies from Hinkley Point C to Sizewell C
- Securing the delivery of safety-related activities, milestones, and technical outputs against project requirements
- Overseeing the review and approval of technical safety deliverables and ensuring key technical issues are appropriately resolved
- Managing project risks, opportunities, reporting activities, and stakeholder engagement across multiple project forums
Pay, Benefits and Culture
Alongside a competitive salary and potential for an annual bonus, and a market‑leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more. Everyone is welcome at EDF; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.
Closing Date for Applications: Friday 17th July.
