Employment Compliance Manager (Sizewell C)

HPC Jobs Service; Leiston; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy organization is seeking an Employment Compliance Manager to ensure UK legislation compliance in workforce processes. The successful candidate will have significant experience in employment compliance, particularly with IR35. This permanent, full-time position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including opportunities for professional development. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK and will work in a hybrid model.

Benefits

28 days holiday + bank holidays

5% annual performance bonus

Market-leading pension

Comprehensive benefits package

Supportive learning environment

Qualifications

• Significant experience in IR35 employment compliance and workforce governance.
• In-depth knowledge of UK employment law.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead compliance across employment legislation and workforce regulations.
• Manage Visa Sponsorship Licence and ensure UKVI compliance.
• Oversee governance for contingent and embedded workers.
• Drive continuous improvement in HR policies.

Skills

IR35 employment compliance

Workforce governance

HR operations

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

SAP

SuccessFactors

Fieldglass

Job description

Employment Compliance Manager (Sizewell C)

Join Sizewell C: Powering Britain's Future!

Location: Suffolk or London

Employment type: Permanent, full-time.

Salary: c£64,000 depending on experience.

Benefits Include:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays
• 5% annual performance bonus
• Market‑leading pension (up to 7.5% employee contribution, 15% company contribution)
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Supportive learning environment with opportunities for professional development

We operate on an office‑based contract model, but support hybrid working where possible. This means you'll need to be based within reasonable travel distance of the office and be able to attend in person when business needs require – typically 3 days per week, though this may vary by team or project.

About Sizewell C

The Sizewell C team is one of the most exciting and largest new megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy. We have begun constructing a 3.2-gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast in the East of England replicating, wherever possible, the design used for Hinkley Point C, another nuclear power station being built in Somerset.

When built, Sizewell C will be one of the largest power stations to operate in the UK. The power station will generate low carbon electricity for at least 60 years, supplying over 6 million homes and supporting around 7% of the UK’s current electricity needs.

Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear. We want Sizewell C to define what good leadership for the nuclear industry and British infrastructure looks like and deliver on it. We understand the feats of organisation, logistics, collaboration and imagination that building nuclear requires. We are building for the next generation for their home‑grown energy, energy price stability and ultra‑low carbon power in abundance. We also want to set the benchmark for maximising long‑lasting social value as we build and demonstrate how smart collaboration can work for the benefit of communities – locally, regionally and nationally.

We are the first nuclear power station in the UK to be funded under the Regulated Asset Base funding model (RAB). Our largest shareholder is the UK Government, alongside equity partners La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.

The Role

As Employment Compliance Manager, you'll ensure that all employment and contingent workforce processes at Sizewell C operate in full compliance with UK legislation, company policy, and project standards.

You’ll be the subject‑matter expert on employment law, workforce governance, and immigration compliance, supporting our transition to an independent, fully compliant organisation. This role covers employees, embedded contractors, and non‑embedded contingent workers – promoting consistent, fair, and lawful practice across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead compliance across employment legislation and workforce regulations (IR35, Agency Workers Regulations, TUPE, Working Time Directive, GDPR, Health & Safety, Visa Sponsorship).
• Manage SZC’s Visa Sponsorship Licence and ensure full UKVI compliance.
• Oversee governance for contingent and embedded workers, including audits and risk assessments.
• Partner with HR, Legal, Finance and Procurement to ensure consistent application of governance standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in HR policies, processes and systems.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and regulatory bodies.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Significant experience in IR35 employment compliance, workforce governance and HR operations in a complex, regulated organisation.
• In‑depth knowledge of UK employment law.
• Understanding/ awareness of UK sponsorship process and immigration legislation.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Ability to operate in a fast‑paced environment managing tight deadlines.

Desirable

• Knowledge of UK immigration legislation.
• Proven experience managing visa sponsorship compliance.
• Experience in large infrastructure or energy projects.
• Familiarity with HR systems (SAP, SuccessFactors, Fieldglass).
• Audit or compliance certifications.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a nationally critical project shaping the UK's energy future.
• Work in a collaborative, forward‑thinking environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for career development and progression.

Sizewell C operates within a complex and fast‑moving stakeholder environment, engaging with a wide range of partners including government bodies, regulators, local communities, supply chain partners and international collaborators. This makes Sizewell C a uniquely stimulating place to work – where navigating evolving priorities, balancing interests and building trusted relationships is just as critical as technical excellence. For those who thrive in dynamic, multi‑dimensional settings, it offers unmatched professional challenge and growth.

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.

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.

We also want you to know that for more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home‑grown energy. Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Nuclear power is the most reliable, low‑carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low‑carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We're not just building new nuclear power stations. We're developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there's always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind‑boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it's also an industry which is changing.

We're a responsible business and proud to be Britain's biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.