Programme Engineering Manager (Sizewell C)

EDF Energy Limited; West of England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 28–30 days

Up to 10% bonus

Pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Sizewell C is seeking a Programme Engineering Manager to connect the Technical Directorate with delivery programmes, embedding technical expertise to meet objectives. The role requires leading a growing team of engineers and providing proactive leadership across a high-safety, fast-paced environment.

You will work with the Executive Team and HR to shape cultural transformation and embed the employee value proposition for decades of delivery.

Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical and/or electrical engineering required.
• Proven engineering management experience on large infrastructure projects.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead diverse engineering teams in high-pressure settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead and co-ordinate a high-performing, multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Provide visible leadership and guidance to enable delivery of objectives.
• Set project behaviours and standards, fostering accountability and collaboration.

Skills

Engineering management

Negotiation

Team leadership

Design processes

Technical design systems

High-safety environments

Nuclear specifications (BTR BTS)

French language (advantage)

Education

Degree in Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineering

Job description

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Programme Engineering Manager (Sizewell C)

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Programme Engineering Manager

Sizewell C

Location: Based in Bristol, 3-2 days minimum per week - can be flexible - travel to other sites may be required

Contract: Permanent, full-time.

Salary: £70,000 - £90,000 dependant on experience, 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 10% annual bonus.
• Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution.
• Flexible Benefits: Additional allowance for a variety of benefits including.

Closing Date: Wednesday 26th August 2026

Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK’s largest and most important energy projects. We’re looking for a senior culture specialist who can help shape the organisation we want to become.

This role sits at the heart of our HR function and focuses on creating a company-wide culture that is inclusive, high performing and firmly rooted in nuclear safety. You’ll work closely with the Executive Team, Corporate Strategy, Maturity colleagues and the wider HR community to lead cultural transformation, develop our new employee value proposition, and embed the behaviours that will carry us through decades of delivery.

About the Role

As the Programme Engineering Manager for one of the associated programs, you’ll be the crucial connection between the Sizewell C Technical Directorate and our delivery programmes. You’ll be embedded within your programme, ensuring the seamless integration of technical expertise to meet objectives and priorities.

In this role you will:

Lead and co‑coordinate a high‑performing, multi‑disciplinary engineering team drawn from the Technical Directorate, Delivery Programmes and Nuclear Services. As a PEM you'll have responsibility for managing direct reports, with a growing team engineers within the Technical Directorate.

Provide visible, proactive leadership to the multi‑disciplinary team, offering clear direction, expert guidance and timely support to enable individuals and teams to deliver against demanding project objectives.

Lead by example setting and reinforcing the expected project behaviours, culture, and standards and creating an environment where accountability, collaboration and excellence are the norm.

Qualifications & Skills:

• A degree in Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineering
• Proven experience in engineering management within large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Highly effective negotiator, skilled in reaching counsel and consensus with senior stakeholders across the business.
• A passion for delivering high-quality solutions in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Proven ability to build and lead diverse teams.
• Expertise in design processes and technical design systems.
• Experience in complex, high-safety regulatory environments.
• Skilled in engineering systems, documentation, and nuclear specifications (e.g., BTR, BTS).
• French language speaking would be advantageous.

Why Join Us

• A major infrastructure project with national impact
• Hybrid working with flexibility built in
• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits
• Clear progression and development opportunities
• Supportive, collaborative team environment

Behavioural Competences

Humility

• Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences.
• Be open to other’s points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise.

Positivity

• Positively challenge poor quality and performance.
• Identify solutions at the lowest possible level.
• Encourage others to bring new ideas forward.

One team, working closely together and helping each other.

Empowered teams always looking forward.

Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes.

Respect

• Value the rules and environment in which we operate.
• Give and receive feedback with respect.
• Embrace and engage with new people and ideas.

Clarity

• Communicate clearly and consistently.
• Promote collaboration and team alignment.
• Clearer and faster decision making.
• Drive simplification at all levels.

If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.

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.