Preconstruction Manager (Sizewell C)

EDF; Sizewell; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF, Sizewell C project, is seeking a Pre-construction Manager (Enabling & Earthworks Readiness) to lead planning, readiness activities and cross-functional coordination for major enabling work at Sizewell C in Suffolk. You will interface across programme, engineering, construction, procurement and regulatory teams, ensuring readiness aligns with project objectives.

The role requires a Civil Engineering/Construction discipline degree, professional membership desirable, and substantial experience

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional membership of a recognised institution (ICE, APM, CIOB, or equivalent) desirable.
• Significant experience in major infrastructure, nuclear, rail, highways, energy, or large-scale construction projects.
• Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security and environmental responsibility.
• Proven experience in pre-construction, construction readiness, project management, or mobilisation leadership roles.
• Experience of managing sub-contractors, consultants and other advisors throughout large and complex construction projects, preferably in the preconstruction phase, including NEC contracts.
• Experience managing enabling works and earthworks programmes on complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience of coordinating multidisciplinary teams and interfaces.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of construction delivery, engineering processes, and project lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of earthworks, temporary works, construction logistics, and enabling infrastructure.
• Programme management and schedule integration expertise.
• Risk management and mitigation planning skills.
• Commercial and procurement awareness.
• Good presentation, influencing and facilitation skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and readiness activities for major enabling and earthworks operations.
• Interface between programme, engineering, construction, commercial, procurement, permitting, environmental, stakeholder and supply chain teams.
• Develop, drive and manage readiness plans and coordinate cross-functional activities.
• Monitor risks and constraints and provide assurance that packages are fully prepared to proceed.
• Manage the preconstruction team and wider interfaces and ensure smooth transition into delivery.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Coordination

Communication

Influencing & facilitation

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline

Professional membership (ICE/APM/CIOB desirable)

Job description

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Preconstruction Manager (Sizewell C)
CWA
Sizewell C

The Pre-Construction Manager (Enabling & Earthworks Readiness) is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and readiness activities required to safely and efficiently commence major enabling and earthworks operations. They will support the development of strategy for delivering scopes safely and to cost, schedule and quality, within agreed constraints within the Civil Works Alliance (CWA) at Sizewell C.

The role acts as the critical interface between programme, engineering, construction, commercial, procurement, permitting, environmental, stakeholder, and supply chain teams to ensure all prerequisites for delivery are identified, managed, and achieved before the mobilisation and execution of works. The role includes management and coordination of the preconstruction team and wider interfaces.

The postholder will develop, drive and manage readiness plans, coordinate cross-functional activities, monitor risks and constraints, and provide assurance that enabling and earthworks packages are fully prepared to proceed in accordance with project objectives, regulatory requirements, and safety expectations, enabling a managed transition of the preconstruction team into delivery, whilst recognising the impacts of the programme on the wider Project and interfacing packages.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional membership of a recognised institution (ICE, APM, CIOB, or equivalent) desirable.

Experience

• Significant experience in major infrastructure, nuclear, rail, highways, energy, or large-scale construction projects.
• Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security and environmental responsibility.
• Proven experience in pre-construction, construction readiness, project management, or mobilisation leadership roles.
• Experience of managing sub-contractors, consultants and other advisors throughout large and complex construction projects, preferably in the preconstruction phase, including experience of NEC contracts.
• Experience managing enabling works and earthworks programmes on complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience of coordinating multidisciplinary teams and interfaces.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of construction delivery, engineering processes, and project lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of earthworks, temporary works, construction logistics, and enabling infrastructure.
• Programme management and schedule integration expertise.
• Risk management and mitigation planning skills.
• Commercial and procurement awareness.
• Good presentation, influencing and facilitation skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.

Preconstruction Manager - Enabling and Earthworks / Readiness - Sizewell C - Suffolk Site based Opportunity with the Civil Works Alliance (CWA), Supporting Sizewell C

As part of the CWA (Civil Works Alliance), you will support the building of Sizewell C. Sizewell C will be a 3.2-gigawatt power station generating low-carbon electricity for around 6 million homes and will play a key role in our energy future, supplying reliable, clean electricity for at least 60 years. This role will be within the Enabling and Earthwork Section.

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.