IT Business Continuity Lead - Resilience & Recovery in London

Sizewell C’s business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Overall, whilst the Company is in the construction phase, the Boards’ principal focus is on the development and construction of Sizewell C on time, on budget and to the highest quality and safety standards. The Company is maturing to meet all these requirements.

Sizewell C is economically regulated by OFGEM under the RAB model similar to other UK electricity distribution networks and Thames Tideway. Sizewell C construction strategy is to replicate the design of Hinkley Point C, using the majority of the same supply chain, but innovating in the way it is delivered to achieve savings in time and cost of around 20%. The CCO will need to be guided by and incorporate lessons learned from the Hinkley Point C commercial delivery to achieve Sizewell C’s ambition.

Following Financial Completion and Revenue Commencement, Sizewell C is fully funded and is owned by; The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero representing HM Government, La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.

Location: Based in London on a hybrid basis with travel to Suffolk as required.

Contract: Permanent, full-time.

Benefits include:

• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays.
• Bonus: 5% annual bonus.
• Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution.

Closing Date: Monday 20th July 2026.

Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK’s largest and most important energy projects, supported by resilient, secure, and recoverable technology services.

About the Role:

Sizewell C is seeking an experienced IT Business Continuity Lead to develop, implement, and maintain robust IT business continuity, disaster recovery, and technology resilience arrangements across one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure and clean energy programmes. This is a critical leadership role supporting IT operational resilience, cyber resilience, incident response, service continuity, and recovery planning within a highly regulated environment. The successful candidate will work across digital, security, infrastructure, applications, operational technology interfaces, contractors, and external stakeholders to ensure critical systems can be sustained or recovered through all phases of the project lifecycle.

Sizewell C places strong emphasis on safety, quality, resilience, cyber preparedness, and regulatory compliance as part of its integrated approach to delivering a nationally important nuclear programme supported by dependable technology and information services.

About You:

• Proven experience in IT Business Continuity, IT Disaster Recovery, Operational Resilience, Cyber Resilience, or Technology Service Continuity roles.
• Strong understanding of Business Continuity Management Systems, ISO 22301 principles, and the alignment between business continuity, disaster recovery, and information security practices.
• Experience operating within regulated sectors such as nuclear, energy, infrastructure, transportation, defence, or other environments where resilience of critical technology services is essential.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating IT recovery exercises, scenario testing, incident response activities, and post-incident lessons learned reviews.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence technical and non–technical teams.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organisational capability, including experience with business impact analysis, dependency mapping, recovery objectives, and continuity governance.

Why Join Us?

• Play a leading role in strengthening the resilience of critical technology services supporting one of the UK’s most important low‑carbon energy projects.
• Work in a mission‑driven environment that values resilience, innovation, integrity, cyber preparedness, and long‑term sustainability.
• Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to shape and mature IT continuity and recovery capability.
• Flexible and hybrid working options, with the opportunity to collaborate across business and technology teams.

Behavioural Competences:

• Humility: Recognise the value brought by different technical disciplines, operational teams, partners, and delivery perspectives when building resilient services. Be open to challenge and expert input when assessing risks, dependencies, recovery priorities, and continuity strategies.
• Positivity: Positively challenge weak controls, single points of failure, and gaps in recovery readiness. Identify practical continuity and recovery solutions at the appropriate operational level while supporting enterprise‑wide resilience objectives. Encourage teams and suppliers to bring forward new ideas that improve service resilience, recovery capability, and cyber preparedness.
• Respect: Value the regulatory, security, and operational environment in which critical technology and information services operate. Give and receive feedback with respect during exercises, incidents, reviews, and recovery planning activities. Embrace and engage with new people, technologies, and approaches that strengthen continuity and recovery outcomes.
• Clarity: Communicate clearly and consistently on continuity priorities, recovery status, risks, and decision points. Promote collaboration and alignment across business continuity, cyber security, infrastructure, and service owners. Enable clear and timely decision-making during incidents, exercises, and service recovery activities. Drive simplification in continuity documentation, recovery processes, and governance at all levels.

If you are ready to lead IT business continuity and strengthen recovery resilience across a nationally significant programme, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today.

When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.

At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.