Lead Surveyor (Sizewell C)

EDF Energy Limited; England; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier, Sizewell C, is seeking a Lead Surveyor reporting to the Chief Engineer within the Technical Delivery Team to manage all aspects of engineering surveying on the project.

You will oversee setting out for civil works, maintain survey control, and coordinate with engineers, site managers and subcontractors, using AutoCAD and Trimble Business Center.

This role requires a Civil Engineering or related degree, proven surveying experience, and a proactive approach to safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Surveying, or related discipline required.
• Proven experience in civil engineering projects.
• Proficient in surveying and CAD software.

Responsibilities

• Undertake setting out for civil engineering works including earthworks, drainage, highways, and structures.
• Establish and maintain survey control points, grids, and benchmarks.
• Operate and monitor procedures to ensure all works on site are set out in accordance with approved drawings and tolerances by the site engineering team.
• Maintain Survey management plans and processes.
• Line management to survey team as appointed including junior surveyors.
• Carry out topographical, as-built, and monitoring surveys.
• Process survey data using industry software (e.g., AutoCAD, Trimble Business Center).
• Produce accurate drawings, models, and survey reports.
• Check line, level, and dimensions of works on site.
• Identify and report discrepancies between design and site conditions.
• Support quality assurance processes and ensure compliance with specifications.
• Operate and maintain surveying instruments (GNSS, total stations, digital levels, laser scanners).
• Ensure all equipment is calibrated and functioning correctly.
• Liaise with engineers, site managers, and subcontractors to support project delivery.
• Provide technical guidance on setting out and survey-related issues.
• Comply with all health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Carry out surveys in a safe manner and contribute to risk assessments and method statements.
• Maintain accurate field records, survey logs, and site documentation.
• Prepare and issue as-built records and handover data as required.
• Promote wellbeing and inclusive workplace culture.

Skills

Degree in Civil Engineering

CAD software proficiency

GPS/GNSS & modern survey equipment

Collaborative with stakeholders

Education

Degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Surveying, or related discipline

Tools

AutoCAD

Trimble Business Center

Job description

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Lead Surveyor

Kier

Sizewell C

Overview of the Role

The Lead Surveyor will report to the Chief Engineer within the Technical Delivery Team to manage all aspects of engineering surveying (survey networks and setting out procedure/compliance) on the project.

Introduction to the Project/Department

Kier are supporting the delivery of Sizewell C, a major 3.2-gigawatt nuclear power station under construction on the Suffolk coast in England, via a framework for Civils Infrastructure. The Technical Delivery Team, led by the Chief Engineer, manage all technical aspects including Engineering Management, Temporary Works, Quality Control and Assurance, BIM and Information Management, Technical Configuration, and Design Management.

Kier is committed to creating a workplace where everyone is empowered to achieve their career goals. Our people are at the heart of our business, using their skills and creativity to provide solutions and services to our clients and customers. We are only able to deliver our business goals because of the commitment and talent of our people working together to a common purpose.
The Kier wellbeing strategy has been designed based on employee feedback that mental, physical and financial wellbeing are important to them.

Key Tasks and Accountabilities

Surveying & Setting Out

• Undertake setting out for a range of civil engineering works including earthworks, drainage, highways, and structures.
• Establish and maintain survey control points, grids, and benchmarks.
• Operate and monitor procedures to ensure all works on site are set out in accordance with approved drawings and tolerances by the site engineering team.

Systems Management

• Maintain Survey management plans and processes

Team Management

• Line management to survey team as appointed including junior surveyors

Data Collection & Processing

• Carry out topographical, as-built, and monitoring surveys.
• Process survey data using industry software (e.g., AutoCAD, Trimble Business Center).
• Produce accurate drawings, models, and survey reports.

Quality Control

• Check line, level, and dimensions of works on site.
• Identify and report discrepancies between design and site conditions.
• Support quality assurance processes and ensure compliance with specifications.

Equipment Management

• Operate and maintain surveying instruments (GNSS, total stations, digital levels, laser scanners).
• Ensure all equipment is calibrated and functioning correctly.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Liaise with engineers, site managers, and subcontractors to support project delivery.
• Provide technical guidance on setting out and survey-related issues.

Health & Safety

• Comply with all health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Carry out surveys in a safe manner and contribute to risk assessments and method statements.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain accurate field records, survey logs, and site documentation.
• Prepare and issue as-built records and handover data as required.

Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing

• Promote the wellbeing of your team and ensure that an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought, backgrounds and experience is actively encouraged and achieved.
• This profile is not exhaustive. From time to time, you may be required by the company to perform other tasks, which are not included in the above description, but are within your capabilities and, where necessary, training and full support will be given.

Essential Requirements

• Degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Surveying, or related discipline
• Proven experience in a similar role within civil engineering projects
• Proficient in surveying and CAD software
• Experience with modern survey equipment (e.g., GPS/GNSS, automatic total stations)

Collaborative - We enjoy what we do and work closely with clients and stakeholders to reach innovative solutions. Working together is vital in the role to help build effective relationships across teams, clients and stakeholders.

Trusted - We deliver what we promise. We act safely and ethically and care about the environment and communities we work in at all times.

Focused - We are clear in our approach. We are disciplined and thorough in how we work and deliver for our clients and customers.

Desirable

• Digital information and modelling knowledge
• ISO-19650 awareness
• Machine Control/Guidance System Knowledge
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and in a Nuclear Environment

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.

Why Join Us?

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.