Project Manager - Delivery / Enabling and Earthworks - Sizewell - Suffolk Site based

Sizewell C Company; Leiston; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leading salaries

Generous annual leave entitlements

Pension scheme

Other flexible benefits

Job summary

Sizewell C is seeking a Project Manager for Delivery / Enabling and Earthworks on the Suffolk site. You will lead the Earthworks scope within the Civils Programme, partnering with the Civil Works Alliance to deliver cost, schedule and quality targets.

The role requires strong leadership, experience in complex construction, NEC contracts, and cross-discipline coordination across engineering, logistics and procurement. Chartered engineer status preferred.

Qualifications

• Track record delivering projects in technically complex environments with safety and environmental accountability.
• Experience in engineering design, contracts and field execution strategies for project delivery.
• Experience managing contractors, consultants and advisors on large, complex construction projects.
• Strong management skills including project, financial, change and risk management; EV tools.
• Experience with NEC contracts and close-out of commercial claims and negotiations.
• Experience engaging stakeholders and developing relationships across teams.
• Proven ability to lead projects through lifecycle from concept to handover; Prince2/PM knowledge.
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations and APm body of knowledge familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to ensure delivery of Earthworks within cost, schedule and quality.
• Develop strategy for delivering Earthworks within constraints of the Civils Programme.
• Coordinate and interpret 4D model-linked sequencing for visual work briefings.
• Coordinate site logistics, haul routes, access constraints and temporary works.
• Cross-discipline coordination across engineering, logistics, procurement and batching plant ops.

Skills

Excavation methodologies

Production rates & plant utilisation

Imported aggregate logistics

Mass haul planning & volumetrics

Backfill specification & materials

4D model sequencing coordination

Site logistics & temporary works

Stockpile/storage strategy

Technical data interpretation

Cross-discipline coordination

Education

Degree & chartered status in engineering/construction/physics

Job description

Project Manager - Delivery / Enabling and Earthworks - Sizewell - Suffolk Site based

Project Manager - Delivery / Enabling and Earthworks - Sizewell - 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 theEnabling and Earthwork Section.

What will you do?

Sizewell ‘C’ (SZC) is a vital part of the UK’s future energy strategy. As the second of the UK’s next generation of nuclear power stations, SZC is both of high profile and high complexity.
Its delivery will be reliant not only on innovative engineering and construction but also on the strongest of Leadership qualities amongst its Senior Project Managers. The role is to provide leadership to ensure the effective delivery of the Earthworks scope as part of the overarching Civils Programme of SZC, whilst recognising and managing the impacts of the programme on the wider Project. The Senior Project Manager role is to develop the strategy for delivering the Earthworks scope to cost, schedule and quality within the agreed constraints.

• Strong understanding of excavation methodologies and material classifications
• 2. Ability to interpret and update production rates and plant utilisation assumptions
• 3. Competence in managing imported aggregate and logistics planning
• 4. Capability in mass haul planning and volumetric analysis
• 5. Knowledge of backfill specification, mixing strategies, and material performance
• 6. Ability to co-ordinate and interpret 4D model-linked sequencing to create visual work briefings
• 7. Familiarity with site logistics, haul routes, access constraints, and temporary works
• 8. Understanding of material storage strategy and stockpile configuration
• 9. Ability to read and work with technical data tables, schematics, and grids
• 10. Cross-discipline coordination and communication skills, working across engineering, logistics, marine operations, procurement, design leads, and batching plant ops to maintain accurate assumptions and planning dependencies.

What are we looking for?

Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security, and environmental responsibility, preferably within the Nuclear Energy sector or similar regulated environment.

• Demonstrate success in managing / developing:
• Engineering design, contract, and field execution strategies for project delivery
• Multi-discipline projects
• Procurement and management of complex contracts
• Control of costs; risk; schedule and change and proficient in the use of Earned Value tools
• Close out of commercial claims and the associated negotiations
• Experience of successfully engaging groups of stakeholders
• Able to demonstrate strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation. Proficient in the use of estimating scheduling, programming, and risk tools
• Experience of managing contractors, consultants, and other advisors throughout large and complex construction projects, in a regulated environment. Including NEC contracts
• Good presentation, influencing and facilitation skills. Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to develop relationships and maintain effective networks
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Degree and chartered status in an engineering, construction, physics, or other related field
• Good knowledge of CDM Regulations
• Knowledge and / or practitioner of Project Management with experience of applying either
• APM body of knowledge and OGC's Prince 2
• Degree and chartered status in an engineering, construction, physics, or other related field preferred
• Can demonstrate experience of managing project through the project lifecycle from concept to handover

What we will offer you?

The CWA is a single delivery organisation made of up of the client (Sizewell C) and three parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Bouygues and Laing O'Rourke - which offer industry leading packages including market leading salaries, generous annual leave entitlements, pension scheme and other flexible benefits.

• market leading salaries
• generous annual leave entitlements
• pension scheme
• other flexible benefits

About Us

The CWA celebrates the creativity and innovation that comes from a diverse workforce, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds — especially those from under‑represented communities. Our project is built on five core values: Humility, Positivity, Respect, Solidarity, and Clarity.

By joining us, you’ll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work, speak up, and share your ideas. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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