Regulatory and Licensing Officer

Sizewell C; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major nuclear energy project seeks a Regulatory Interface Officer to manage relationships with regulators and ensure compliance across operations. This role will involve coordinating engagements, providing guidance to internal teams, and maintaining documentation related to regulatory interactions. The ideal candidate will have experience in compliance within a regulated industry and possess strong communication skills. The project supports the UK's climate agenda and offers a collaborative work environment along with competitive benefits.

Benefits

28 days annual leave, increasing to 30 after 5 years

5% annual bonus

Pension contributions up to 15%

Professional development opportunities

Flexible and hybrid working options

Qualifications

• Experience working with regulators and delivering compliance commitments in a highly regulated industry.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build effective relationships.
• Excellent organisational skills for coordinating meetings and maintaining compliance records.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary contact for regulators, ensuring effective engagement.
• Coordinate regulatory engagements and support documentation.
• Track and manage regulatory commitments, ensuring timely delivery.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Analytical ability

Attention to detail

Education

Higher education in engineering, legal, compliance, safety or environmental

Tools

SharePoint Lists

Power BI

Power Automate

Job description

We are seeking a Regulatory Interface Officer to join our team and play a key role in managing relationships with regulators and local authorities, ensuring compliance across our operations. This position is critical in supporting regulatory engagements while embedding robust compliance and regulatory arrangements within the business.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for regulators, ensuring professional and effective engagement.
• Coordinate and support regulatory engagements, including preparation of documentation and follow‑up actions.
• Track and manage regulatory commitments, ensuring timely delivery and accurate reporting.
• Provide advice and guidance to internal teams on regulatory requirements and compliance processes.
• Maintain clear records of regulatory interactions and ensure documentation is up to date.
• Support the embedding of management arrangements and assurance processes across the business.
• Give and receive feedback with respect.
• Embrace and engage with new people and ideas.
• Solidarity.
• One team, working closely together and helping each other.
• Empowered teams always looking forward.
• Shared responsibility for delivery of project outcomes.
• Clarity.
• Communicate clearly and consistently.
• Promote collaboration and team alignment.
• Clearer and faster decision making.
• Drive simplification at all levels.
• Encourage tier 1s and others to bring new ideas forward.

Qualifications & Experience

• Higher education level (or equivalent experience) in engineering, legal, compliance, safety or environmental related discipline.
• Experience working with regulators and delivering compliance commitments in a highly regulated industry (e.g., energy, nuclear, infrastructure, or environmental sectors).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills, with experience coordinating meetings, tracking actions, and maintaining compliance records.
• Analytical ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and advise accordingly.
• Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in documentation and reporting.

Desirable Skills

• Degree (or equivalent) in engineering, legal, financial, safety or environmental related discipline.
• Familiarity with UK regulatory bodies such as the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) or Environment Agency.
• Knowledge of risk management and assurance frameworks.
• Experience embedding compliance arrangements within large projects or organisations.
• Practical expertise in collaborative tools such as SharePoint Lists, Power BI, and Power Automate to support workflow design, reporting, and team task tracking.
• 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.

Core Values

• Positivity: Positively challenge poor quality and performance.
• Identify solutions at the lowest possible level.

About the Project

Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference? Come and join our expanding Sizewell C (SZC) team and work on one of the most exciting and largest megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy. Following on from the success of Hinkley Point C (HPC), the SZC Project is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk, which has obtained planning approval and Government financing support. The project has started construction and is now seeking private investment. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years, which along with renewables, will support Britain to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Benefits

• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays.
• Bonus: 5% annual bonus.
• Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution and 15% employer contribution. Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Work in a mission-driven environment that values innovation, integrity, and long‑term sustainability.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• A collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Flexible and hybrid working options.