SD Baseline & Change Manager

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Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference? Come and join our expanding Sizewell C (SZC) team and work on one of the most exciting and largest megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy. Following on from the success of Hinkley Point C (HPC), the SZC Project is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk, which has obtained planning approval and Government financing support. The project has started construction and is now seeking private investment. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years, which along with renewables, will support Britain to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Job Purpose / Overview

The Baseline & Change Management discipline is accountable for managing the administration of approved baselines on the Project and the establishment of a Change Management process through an Investment Change Committee (ICC) model. The Baseline & Change Management discipline is responsible for ensuring that the Project scope, budget, forecasts and schedule are maintained in alignment with acknowledged approved changes processed through both Project level and Programme level ICC meetings.

Changes are captured and managed through the change management process, with their progression through various statuses governed via ICC meetings. The Baseline & Change Management discipline focuses on facilitating and implementing the change process while ensuring that delivery teams operate within the defined governance framework for budget transfers and contingency draw-downs. The role of Change Manager is to support and advise on the processes and procedures required to implement change control. This position works alongside Project Controls Managers and Change Engineers to ensure Programmes are identifying, assessing, and implementing changes effectively. Reporting to the Baseline & Change Lead, this role helps to support, facilitate, and develop the SZC Change process as well as preparation for the ICC meetings. Working within the larger Programme Management Office (PMO) team to ensure an effective change process that contributes positively to SZC delivery, safely, on time, to budget and to the agreed quality.

Qualifications & Experience

• Essential: Educated to at least degree level, or equivalent training and experience.
• Desirable:
• Experience of shaping and developing strategic changes through management of large programmes.
• Experience of managing contractors, consultants, and other advisors throughout large and complex construction programmes, in a regulated environment.
• Achieved Membership / Fellow / Certified Fellow status with one or more professional institutions.
• Practical working knowledge of Project Control processes and tools.
• Experience with a range of Project/ Programme management software packages.
• An understanding of standard forms of contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communications between contractor and client.
• Experience and understanding of change control principles and experience of managing, controlling and governing change against a defined baseline on a major infrastructure Programme/ Project.
• Experience in maintaining and updating weekly and monthly reports on Programme / Project document status.
• Ability to chair Programme / Project meetings and workshops with multidisciplined stakeholders to secure collaborative engagement on key objectives.
• Knowledge of PowerBI or similar Programme / Project data reporting applications.

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.