Project Management Graduate - Suffolk

Sizewell C Company; Leiston; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EV leasing

Gym discount

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

Job summary

Sizewell C is launching a Project Management Graduate Programme in Leiston, Suffolk. This two-year training scheme rotates through live multi-discipline placements designed to develop your skills and industry knowledge.

You will learn from experts, receive mentoring and ongoing support from a career line manager, placement manager, mentor and buddy throughout the programme as you build confidence for a future as a project engineer or project manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher required (2:2 or higher) in relevant subjects.
• Open minded, flexible and agile mindset to succeed in a dynamic project environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential for managing stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• You will rotate through live multi-discipline placements to build skills and knowledge.
• Learn from experts and receive support from a career line manager, placement manager, mentor and buddy.
• Engage in the programme to progress toward roles such as Project Engineer or Project Manager.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Adaptable / Agile thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

If you are looking to kick start a career that is rewarding, where you can really make a difference, then come join our Project Management Graduate Programme. You will work on one of the most exciting and significant sustainable energy projects that our country has ever seen, being at the forefront of the UK’s climate change agenda and energy policy. Sizewell C is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for at least 60 years.

The Opportunity

Get ready to launch your career with our customised 2-year training programme! You will rotate through exciting placements that are designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to succeed.

You will learn from our experts, gain valuable experience, build your confidence and have the support of a career line manager and placement manager, mentor and buddy throughout your time on the programme.

What You Will Be Doing

• We are passionate about your development and offer a programme that will help develop your skills, knowledge and behaviours, both during the scheme and in your future career.
• You will be involved in live multi discipline projects, learning and upskilling in many areas of our business.
• Previous Graduates have gone on to become Project Engineers and Project Managers; the future is yours for the taking!

Your Work Location

Whilst you will be based at our Sizewell C office in Leiston, Suffolk with placements of up to 6 months, you may also be required to travel to another location for your placements, to support other business units and to expand your knowledge and experience of the Nuclear Industry.

Who You Are

• To be eligible for this Sizewell C graduate programme, you will need to have achieved or be expecting to achieve a bachelor's degree or higher (2:2 or higher) in Project Management, Project Controls, Business, Engineering or Nuclear science related subjects.
• We will need you to be open minded, flexible and have an agile way of thinking to succeed in a dynamic fast paced project environment. You will have a strategic mindset that brings innovative ideas.
• Effective interpersonal skills are key, as well as being able to demonstrate high ethical behaviour, integrity, humility, and character.
• Effective communication skills will be required to manage your stakeholders whilst prioritising competing demands.

Power in Diversity

Sizewell C is a great place to work. Our ambition is to have a workforce which reflects and benefits the society we are part of and serve. Everyone working at Sizewell C, wherever they are, should help to create and experience the right environment where everyone on the team understands, respects and embraces diversity with a culture where everyone is treated with equal respect and are all given equal access to opportunities. By valuing the different points of view and experiences that having a diverse team brings, and by fostering an inclusive climate, we will create a great place to work. This aligns to our key values:

Be Your Best - Mastery, learning and standards

• We grow expertise and share knowledge across the programme
• We uphold standards as a collective commitment, not a compliance exercise
• We learn from near misses and mistakes and apply those lessons
• We take quality seriously, even when pace and pressure increase

Be True - Truth, courage and stewardship

• We surface risks early, including those that are difficult to raise
• We name trade offs openly rather than smoothing them over
• We treat bad news as valuable information
• We make decisions based on long term stewardship, not short term convenience

Be Together - Partnership, fairness and share ownership

• We listen in ways that lead to visible change
• We hold accountability fairly and consistently
• We include others early, before decisions are made
• We solve problems collectively across boundaries

Pay, Benefits and Culture

• Alongside a starting salary of £35,000 per annum, potential for an annual bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days and more.

Closing date: Sunday 1st November 2026

At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.

About the Company

When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.