Operations Readiness Lead for Major Project

Sizewell C Company; Leiston; On-site; GBP 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 28–30 days

5% annual bonus

Pension up to 15% employer

Life Assurance 8x salary

Job summary

Sizewell C Company is seeking an Operations Preparation Manager to lead the development of operational readiness for a major UK energy project in Suffolk. The role spans governance, workforce development, commissioning support and cross-functional leadership.

You will shape processes, standards and documentation while managing budgets and ensuring safe, reliable transition into operations as the project nears completion.

Qualifications

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent planning, organisational and problem-solving capability.
• Proven track record of developing and enhancing processes, procedures and ways of working.
• Strong analytical thinking and decision-making capability.
• Excellent communication skills, able to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and contribute to organisational capability growth.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, operational excellence and safety culture.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with other senior members of the pre-operations team to deliver operational readiness objectives, supporting activities across multiple disciplines where required.
• Develop and implement operational readiness arrangements to support future station operations.
• Establish operational processes, procedures, standards and supporting documentation.
• Develop workforce plans, recruitment strategies, competence frameworks and training programmes.
• Define operational readiness criteria and support commissioning and handover activities.
• Provide operational input into design, construction and commissioning decisions.
• Support leadership development, succession planning and long-term organisational capability.
• Drive continuous improvement, operational excellence and organisational learning.
• Ensure operational requirements are embedded throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Planning and organisation

Process improvement

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Influence stakeholders

Continuous improvement

Education

Degree or equivalent in engineering/technical/scientific discipline

Job description

Sizewell C Company is seeking an Operations Preparation Manager to lead the development of operational readiness for a major UK energy project in Suffolk. The role spans governance, workforce development, commissioning support and cross-functional leadership.

You will shape processes, standards and documentation while managing budgets and ensuring safe, reliable transition into operations as the project nears completion.