Change Management Director in Leiston, Suffolk

Venesky Brown is currently looking for a Baseline & Change Manager to join the Site Delivery team at the Sizewell C nuclear new build in Suffolk. This is a long-term contract role based in Suffolk with hybrid working available.

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 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 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.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Change Management Process and Governance: Support the Baseline & Change Lead in ensuring the effective utilisation of the change management process and governance. Coordinate and facilitate change management processes across the Delivery Programme. Act as the central point of contact for change management.
• Baseline Management: Assist the Baseline & Change Lead in developing and managing the strategy, plan, and procedures for effective baseline management. Coordinate change inputs across the project and PMO (e.g., Schedule, Cost, and Risk) to facilitate end-to-end changes to the baseline, contracts, and wider Programme in line with the change process.
• Governance and Reporting: Ensure the change governance process is completed in line with the reporting cycle. Promote consistent application of project controls processes across SZC. Support the production of monthly Baseline & Change reports. Organise and manage weekly and monthly routines, ensuring data consistency and quality throughout the process.
• Support and Advisory: Advise Project Managers, Change Owners, and the Supply Chain on policies, procedures, and standards required for implementing change control. Collaborate with Project Controls Managers and Change Managers to ensure effective identification, assessment, and implementation of changes within the SZC Programme. Facilitate change requests for the engineering teams.
• Committee Facilitation: Support the Baseline & Change Lead in facilitating the ICC (typically held monthly).
• Quality Monitoring: Monitor and review the quality of change proposals submitted for inclusion against the baseline. Interface with various teams, including Engineering, PMO, and Senior Management, to ensure cohesive management of all change requests.
• Training and Development: Provide training and support to team members and stakeholders on change management processes and tools. Develop and deliver training materials and sessions to enhance understanding and compliance with change management practices.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Professional work experience in one or more specific disciplines in the Programme, Project, Controls, or Commercial Management disciplines.
• Knowledge of project structures e.g., Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) & Cost breakdown Structures (CBS).
• Knowledge of change control.
• Understanding of governance, strategic planning techniques, strategic risk analysis, construction technology, delivery, site logistics, commercial & legal / contract issues.
• Demonstrates an understanding of how to drive performance improvement.
• Ability to work in a team as well as on their own initiative.
• Strong facilitation skills.
• Skilled at interfacing and operating in a large corporate environment.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Educated to at least degree level, or equivalent training and experience.
• 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.

Vacancy Overview:

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.