Project Manager Enabling & Earthworks (Sizewell C)

EDF; Sizewell; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% CIP bonus

28 days holiday

Contributory pension

Professional development

Job summary

EDF is seeking a Project Manager for enabling and earthworks at Sizewell C. The role involves leading major civil engineering projects for one of the UK's most significant low-carbon infrastructure projects.

You will ensure the safe, scheduled delivery of all work packages while managing stakeholders and enhancing productivity. Candidates should have a degree in Civil Engineering and substantial experience in project management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering major civil engineering projects in complex, safety-critical environments.
• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation and CDM regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle delivery of civils work packages for Sizewell C.
• Manage interfaces across design, engineering, construction, and quality teams.
• Monitor and report on project productivity and performance.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project management tools

Civil engineering

Safety-critical environments

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Geotechnical experience

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline

APM PMQ, PRINCE2, or equivalent qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

CEMAR

Job description

Project Manager Enabling & Earthworks (Sizewell C)

Job Category: Project Management / Controls

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Project Manager - Enabling and Earthworks inc. Civils
Sizewell C

Location: Sizewell C, Leiston, Suffolk (minimum 3 days a week onsite).
Contract: Permanent, full-time.
Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 depending on experience, plus benefits.

Benefits:

• 5% CIP bonus
• 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension of up to 7.5% employee / up to 15% employer
• Ongoing professional development
• Other lifestyle benefits

About the Role

Join Sizewell C as a Project Manager - enabling and earthworks, delivering major civils work packages within one of the UK’s most significant low‑carbon infrastructure projects. Reporting to a Senior Project Manager, you will lead full lifecycle delivery: engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning ensuring work is completed safely, on schedule, to budget, and to the highest quality standards.

The role holder will be employed by the Client embedded and working within the Civil Works Alliance (CWA). The CWA is formed by Sizewell C, Bouygues, Laing O’rouke and Balfour Beatty and is operating utilising the Australian Project Alliance Agreement (PAA) form of contract.

The Civil Works Programme is being delivered by the CWA and comprises a series of projects that will be delivered over a 10-year period. The Civils Programme will deliver the Sizewell C Civil Engineering scope to support the MEH erection in the Nuclear, Conventional and Heat Sink islands.

The Civil Works Alliance is responsible for delivering: Enabling and Earthworks: sea defences, access facilities, civil engineering work to support site establishment, diaphragm walling around the nuclear plant footprint, dewatering, excavation and earthworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate and co-ordinate civils works packages valued between £50m -£200m within the Enabling and Earthworks programme.
• Supporting the enabling works delivery team for earthworks, sea defences, diaphragm walling, dewatering, HDD, jetty construction and excavation.
• Support the successful delivery of major milestones including Commencement of Dewatering, Bridge Construction, Big Dig and Beach Landing Facility construction.
• Lead engagement with critical stakeholders both internally and externally e.g. Sizewell B and the Environment Agency.
• Manage interfaces across design, engineering, construction, consenting, quality and programme teams.
• Lead safety culture, incident investigations, risk reviews, and compliance with permits and consents.
• Lead and undertake LOD 0 assurance; self‑assurance within the CWA.
• Ensure quality assurance, audits, NCR/FCR processes, and lessons learned.
• Monitor productivity, programme performance, and progress reporting.
• Monitor and report commercial performance including budgets, forecasting, earned value management, change management, subcontractor management, TOCs, and risk schedules.
• Support replication of HPC design and adoption of best practice to maximise productivity.
• Line management and mentoring of early careers and / or assistant project managers.

• Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• APM PMQ, PRINCE2, or equivalent qualification.
• Valid CSCS card.
• Proven experience delivering major civil engineering projects in complex, safety‑critical environments
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead teams, manage interfaces, and drive multidisciplinary delivery.
• Confident decision‑maker with a collaborative, solution‑focused approach.
• Strong understanding of H&S legislation and CDM Regulations.
• Excellent organisational, coordination, and communication skills.
• Competent user of project management tools and Microsoft Office.
• Experience in civil engineering, infrastructure, construction, geotechnical or earthworks, and major project delivery.
• Experience of working within a Joint Venture / Alliance contract delivery models.
• Working knowledge and understanding of NEC contracts.

• Experience in the nuclear industry or other highly regulated sector.
• Chartered Engineer or Chartered Project Manager.
• Experience in geotechnical or major civils programme management.
• Strong background in design management, change/cost/schedule/risk control and management.

Additional Information

• Security clearance required.
• Role involves working across site, office, and field environments in the Leiston area.
• Typical tools/systems include Microsoft Office, CEMAR, and APM‑aligned project management tools.

If you're ready to make an impact, work with purpose, and contribute to one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, we want 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.