Health and Safety and Wellbeing Manager -Nights

EDF Energy; Leiston; On-site; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A major energy provider seeks a Health & Safety and Wellbeing Manager for night shifts at Sizewell C. The role focuses on upholding health and safety standards during construction activities. Ideal candidates will have substantial HSE experience, strong leadership skills, and relevant qualifications. This is a permanent, full-time position with a salary around £75,000 plus benefits including annual leave, bonuses, and pension contributions.

Benefits

Annual Leave: 28 days, increasing to 30 after 5 years

Up to 5% annual bonus

Pension contributions up to 15%

Flexible benefits allowance

Qualifications

• Significant HSE experience in large project environments.
• Expertise in infrastructure, civils, and construction activities.
• Proven track record of delivering excellent safety results.

Responsibilities

• Influence leadership to ensure health and safety considerations are embedded.
• Provide expert advice on accident prevention.
• Drive environmental performance across the supply chain.

Skills

Strong ability to build networks

Results-driven with collaborative approach

Excellent communication and leadership skills

In-depth knowledge of HSE standards

Education

IOHS / NEBOSH qualified

Chartered membership of a recognised HSE professional body

Higher education in Engineering or Construction

Job description

Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain.

Health & Safety and Wellbeing Manager – Night Shift

Location: Sizewell C, Leiston, Suffolk

Shift pattern: Friday to Monday, 10‑hour (Night Shift)

Contract: Permanent, full‑time

Salary: Circa £75,000 per annum plus benefits

Benefits include:

• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays
• Bonus: Up to 5% annual bonus
• Pension contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution and 15% employer contribution
• Flexible benefits: Additional allowance for a variety of benefits

Closing date: Wednesday, 31 December 2025. Interviews in w/c 12/01 2026.

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Health & Safety and Wellbeing Manager to support construction delivery activities during out‑of‑hours operations, including late shifts, night work and weekends. This role is critical to ensuring that all health, safety and wellbeing standards are upheld during night‑time construction activities. You will work closely with Project Managers, Engineering Leads, Construction Leads and Tier 1 Contractor teams to ensure compliance with legislation, company and site‑specific safety requirements. The position overlaps with day‑shift schedules to allow effective personnel planning and rest periods.

Key Responsibilities

• Influence SZC leadership to ensure health and safety considerations are embedded throughout construction stages
• Foster collaboration between SZC NNB and Tier 1 Health & Safety teams to achieve EDF’s vision of Zero Harm
• Provide expert advice on accident prevention and health risk mitigation, ensuring compliance with project standards
• Assure compliance with CDM Regulations 2015 by Principal Contractors and Tier 1 partners
• Act as a subject matter expert in constructability, maintainability and operability reviews
• Drive health, safety and environmental performance across the supply chain during planning and delivery phases
• Advise leadership on standards and best practices, demonstrating visible safety leadership
• Ensure a competent team of advisors is in place to support all SHE matters related to SZC delivery

Nuclear Safety Accountabilities

This role may carry nuclear safety responsibilities as outlined in the Nuclear Baseline, impacting nuclear safety through associated activities.

Dimensions of the role

• Reports directly to the Senior HSW Manager
• Responsible for team performance and development of health and safety professionals
• Influences supply chain safety performance across multiple Tier 1 contractors
• Supports multidisciplinary teams during pre‑construction, delivery and commissioning phases

What you’ll bring

Essential

• Strong ability to build networks and relationships within EDF and the wider construction industry
• Results‑driven with a collaborative approach
• Skilled at operating within large corporate environments
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• In‑depth knowledge of national / international HSE standards and CDM Regulations
• Familiarity with ONR / HSE interfaces
• Expertise in infrastructure, civils and construction activities

Desirable

• Knowledge of ONR Licence Conditions

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Significant HSE experience in large project environments
• IOHS / NEBOSH qualified
• Chartered membership of a recognised HSE professional body (or working towards)
• Proven track record of delivering excellent safety results
• Experience in large organisational, process plant and site operations
• Skilled in behavioural safety and leadership implementation

Desirable

• NEBOSH HSE Diploma or European equivalent
• Higher education in Engineering, Construction or Nuclear Safety / Culture

Join us at Sizewell C

Sizewell C Limited (Sizewell C) is a nuclear site licensed company whose business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Sizewell C was formerly under the majority ownership of the EDF Group but is currently majority owned by HM Government and operates as an independent company. EDF remains a key shareholder in Sizewell C and the business therefore maintains close links to EDF as part of its ‘nuclear family’. As a Sizewell C employee, 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.

Join the team at Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain. It’s not every day you get the opportunity to shape the working culture of what will be one of Europe’s largest construction projects, while also helping Britain to reach its target of Net Zero emissions by 2050. That’s one of the reasons Sizewell C will be unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before, and you’ll need to be an exceptional professional to reach the high standards this critical infrastructure project demands. The UK is experiencing a nuclear renaissance and Sizewell C – along with its sister project at Hinkley Point C in Somerset – is powering the change. We’re ramping up at pace as we look ahead to the Financial Investment Decision in early 2025, and the start of construction soon after. With government fully on board and public opinion shifting significantly in favour of nuclear, there has never been a better time to join our project.

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