Project Lead

EDF Energy; Haverhill; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy provider in the UK is seeking an Outage Project Lead for their Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station. The ideal candidate will manage project scopes effectively, ensuring safety and timely delivery across multi-million-pound projects. Experience in project management and leading teams is essential. The role offers a competitive salary range of £45,461 – £95,993 along with various benefits, fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. Applications are open until December 16th.

Benefits

Enhanced parental leave

Health insurance

Electric vehicle leasing

Gym membership

Technology vouchers

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management and leading teams in delivery environments.
• Experience in energy or high hazard industry is advantageous.
• Discretion in handling sensitive information with a questioning attitude.

Responsibilities

• Manage the preparation and delivery of the outage project.
• Lead a team to prepare and execute work scope effectively.
• Monitor work scope and communicate delivery threats.
• Provide resolutions to problems within the project.
• Critically review project preparation and drive improvements.

Skills

Project Management experience

Leadership of multi-discipline teams

Great communication skills

Attention to detail

Ability to manage change

Education

Relevant HNC or equivalent

Relevant degree

Job description

About the Role

Outage Project Lead

The Opportunity

An exciting and rewarding role has arisen for the role of Outage Project Lead at our Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station in Suffolk.

Sizewell B is currently the UK's only Pressurised Water Reactor. We are designed to run at full period for a period of 18 months and then shutdown to refuel and complete essential maintenance, this is known as an Outage. The Outage Department prepares, plans and delivers these multi‑million pound projects to ensure that Sizewell B delivers maximum power output and continues to provide low‑carbon electricity to millions of homes and businesses across the UK.

As Project Lead in the Outage Department, you will lead a team and be accountable for delivering your teams’ outage goals, safely, to time and cost to satisfy the station’s business targets. Working on the current outage will mean leading part of the preparation and execution, mitigating risks and successfully delivering the scope safely and to plan. In this role you will be required to interact with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external to the Station, to ensure that your outage goals are met. You may be required to work appropriate shift patterns during the outage, which may include nights.

Pay, benefits and culture

We offer a competitive salary from £45,461 – £95,993 and you’ll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Nuclear Generation Company Agreement as well as your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications.

We provide everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

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What you will be doing

Managing preparation and delivery of the current outage, your work will include:

• Over an 18‑month cycle, taking ownership of the project preparation from the multi‑year team and leading a team to prepare and execute the given scope within your project area
• Close monitoring of your work scope throughout the outage, effectively communicating any threats to delivery and driving necessary resolutions
• Managing the discovery milestones and associated contingency plans within your project and ensuring that high quality standards are maintained
• Maintaining strong relationships and effective communication with delivery crews to ensure that common services are effectively utilised across all projects, minimising the impact of emergent work on the plan
• Providing problem resolution within the project
• Critically reviewing the preparation and delivery of the project and driving improvements to the project in each outage cycle

Who you are

We would love to hear from you if you have Project Management experience or experience leading a multi‑discipline team in a delivery environment. If you have experience in energy or high hazard industry, that may be an advantage but not essential. Great communication skills, attention to detail with a calm, measured approach and the ability to effectively prioritise are all essential. Discretion when handling sensitive information is important, alongside the ability to challenge and adopt a questioning attitude to ensure that safety remains our overriding priority.

As a minimum, you will have a relevant HNC (or equivalent) and holding a relevant degree may be an advantage. You should have the enthusiasm, drive, ownership and ability to facilitate change, for which excellent interpersonal skills are paramount. This will also mean you should have the ability to manage cross‑functional working groups, encouraging a team ethos to help develop and deliver effective work programmes.

Closing date for applications is 16th December. Interviews will take place early January.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Counter‑Terrorist Check (CTC) which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last 3 years.

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