Maintain Design Integrity Branch Manager

EDF Energy; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the UK is seeking a Maintain Design Integrity Branch Manager to oversee safety and environmental domains. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Engineering or Physics, and possess strong leadership skills to manage multidisciplinary teams. This role is essential for ensuring design integrity for the Sizewell C project. Flexible working is available with competitive salary and benefits including bonuses and pension contributions.

Benefits

Bonus up to 10%

Market leading pension up to 15%

Flexible benefits including gym membership and health care screening

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to understand technical issues quickly.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the integrity of design across safety and environmental domains.
• Serve as a key interface with regulators and government bodies.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams for the Maintain Design Integrity function.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Technical versatility

Negotiation

Education

Degree in Engineering, Physics or related discipline

Job description

Overview

Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain. Maintain Design Integrity Branch Manager

Location

Gloucester or Bristol (3 days per week).

Employment basis

Permanent full-time or part-time. Working pattern: hybrid working where possible. Based within reasonable travel distance of the office and able to attend in person when business needs require, typically 3 days per week; flexibility to be on site when needed is essential.

Salary and benefits

Salary: From £75,000 dependent on experience. Bonus up to 10% and a market leading pension (up to 15% employee contributions). Other flexible benefits include enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle leasing, health care screening, product discounts, critical illness insurance, gym membership, season ticket loans and more.

Closing date

Closing date: Thursday 23 October 2025.

The Opportunity

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 the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C (HPC), the Sizewell C Project (SZC) in Suffolk is the UK's next nuclear power new build project. The project has obtained planning approval and has started construction works. It has recently achieved Financial Investment Decision (FID) meaning that all the funding for the full lifespan of the project is now secured and in place guaranteeing the full delivery of this new nuclear power station. 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.

Design Authority

• Responsible for ensuring Sizewell C maintains the design integrity and the overall basis of safety, for all stages of the lifecycle.
• The Sizewell C project function that understands, owns and controls the safety case during the design and construction phase, and acts as intelligent customer for safety case activities.
• Responsible for providing detailed technical capabilities in the hazards discipline generally, with a dedicated team responsible for the flooding hazards.

Maintain Design Integrity (MDI)

The MDI area focuses on the supporting analytical and configuration control requirements of the Sizewell C safety case. This requires a thorough understanding of the analyses and assessments required for the safety case and appropriate licence conditions; as well as the design change and implementation processes linked to the discharge of the responsibility for the related design Licence Conditions. It will also require understanding of and close-working with the Safety Case Branch that forms the other half of the Sizewell C DA.

The Person

We are seeking a strong and technically agile leader to take on the role of Maintain Design Integrity (MDI) Branch Manager. This position is central to ensuring the integrity of design across key safety and environmental domains, and leading multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with proven leadership experience, capable of navigating complex and fast-moving issues. The MDI Branch Manager will oversee three core groups: the MDI team, the Hazards team and the Flooding DA team. While not expected to be a hazards specialist, the successful candidate must have the technical breadth and agility to understand and guide the work across all groups, overseeing a Branch of staff and embedded contractors. This role serves as a key interface with regulators and government bodies, representing Sizewell C in high-level meetings and discussions. So, you\'ll need to be confident in managing stakeholder relationships, technically versatile, and able to maintain oversight of emerging risks while driving effective solutions.

Skills and qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Physics or a related scientific discipline.
• Knowledge of Safety Cases, including UK-specific requirements.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstratable ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to quickly understand a wide range of technical issues and make robust decisions.
• Ability to deliver and make project or strategy recommendations to executives.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
• An awareness of international standards, OPEX and best practice.
• The ability to ensure ALARP principles are followed.

Desirable

• Knowledge of UK-specific legislative requirements including Nuclear Site Licence Conditions.