Service Manager - Freight and Logistics

EDF Energy; Nacton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company based in the UK is seeking a Service Manager for Freight & Logistics to oversee logistics services crucial for the Sizewell C construction program. The selected candidate will manage logistics from storage to delivery, ensuring compliance and efficiency while engaging with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have substantial project logistics experience and leadership capabilities in large-scale infrastructure projects. The role includes competitive compensation, benefits, and a commitment to achieving net-zero emissions goals.

Benefits

Annual Leave: 28 days per annum

Up to 10% annual bonus

Car allowance £6,900 per annum

Private Healthcare

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing large-scale project logistics.
• Ability to handle budgets up to £250 million.
• Leadership experience in high-hazard projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead logistics support services for a construction workforce.
• Manage contracts with significant project values.
• Ensure compliance with safety and regulatory frameworks.

Skills

Project logistics experience

Strong stakeholder engagement

Leadership in large projects

Technical input in logistics

Education

Degree in Construction Management

SMSTS or IOSH qualification

Job description

Service Manager - Freight & Logistics

Location: Sizewell C, Felixstowe / Ipswich, Suffolk (on-site 5 days a week)

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Salary: Competitive depending on experience, plus benefits

Benefits

• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays.
• Bonus: Up to 10% annual bonus.
• Car allowance £6,900 per annum.
• Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution.
• Private Healthcare.
• Flexible Benefits: Additional allowance for a variety of benefits, including.

Closing Date: Monday, 1 December 2025.

About the Role

The Freight & Logistics Service Manager reports directly to the Site Operations Lead and plays a pivotal role in ensuring the safe, timely, and efficient provision of freight delivery services to support a delay‑free Sizewell C construction programme. This position involves managing logistics services from storage to land and sea delivery, in line with DCO constraints, while meeting programme needs. You will liaise extensively with Tier 1 contractors, EDF B station, Suffolk County Council representatives, landowners, and local police to deliver an effective and efficient service.

You will define scope, lead procurement, and manage contracts for essential services, including the Lead Logistics Provider (LLP), Marine Shared Services, and Rail Operations. The LLP will oversee over 1.3 m ft² of warehouse facilities in the UK and potentially mainland Europe, ensuring streamlined supply‑chain processes and innovative logistics solutions. As the subject matter expert for logistics on‑site, you will provide technical input during planning, preparation, and operations, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, time, and cost parameters.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead logistics support services for a construction workforce of ~7,900.
• Maintain an effective logistics corridor by road, rail, and sea, ensuring compliance with planning requirements.
• Develop and implement a bespoke Delivery Management System (DMS) and manage stakeholder relationships.
• Oversee traffic throughput from the Freight Management Facility to the site plaza.
• Manage contracts with values up to £200 m across the project lifecycle.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and site controls.
• Coordinate marine operations, including off‑site port facilities and the on‑site Beach Landing Facility.
• Develop freight forecasts and delivery slot allocations aligned with the construction programme.
• Provide technical input and resolve issues related to logistics operations.
• Deliver line management for Delivery Leads, including career development and performance reporting.
• Prepare monthly reports on safety, KPIs, SLAs, financials, and forecasting.

Nuclear Safety Accountabilities

This role carries nuclear safety responsibilities as detailed in the Nuclear Baseline.

What You’ll Bring

Essential

• Proven experience in project logistics and abnormal indivisible loads across all transport modes.
• Leadership experience in logistics on large infrastructure projects.
• Track record of delivering within large‑scale project environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to manage budgets up to £250 m and develop long‑term strategies.

Desirable

• Chartered Membership of the Institute of Logistics and Transport.
• Experience in high‑hazard industries or nuclear construction sites.
• IOSH Construction Safety Qualification.
• NEC3 Contract training and project management certification (PRINCE2/APM).

Qualifications

• Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or related discipline.
• SMSTS or IOSH qualification holder.
• Understanding of Principal Contractor role in civil engineering/infrastructure projects.

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to play a critical role in one of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects, ensuring the successful delivery of logistics services that enable the Sizewell C construction programme. Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and be part of something extraordinary.

Sizewell C Limited (Sizewell C) is a nuclear site licensed company whose business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Sizewell C was formerly under the majority ownership of the EDF Group but is currently majority owned by HM Government and operates as an independent company. EDF remains a key shareholder in Sizewell C and the business therefore maintains close links to EDF as part of its ‘nuclear family’. As a Sizewell C employee, 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.

Join the team at Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain. It's not every day you get the opportunity to shape the working culture of what will be one of Europe’s largest construction projects, while also helping Britain to reach its target of Net Zero emissions by 2050. That’s one of the reasons Sizewell C will be unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before, and you’ll need to be an exceptional professional to reach the high standards this critical infrastructure project demands. The UK is experiencing a nuclear renaissance and Sizewell C – along with its sister project at Hinkley Point C in Somerset – is powering the change. We’re ramping up at pace as we look ahead to the Financial Investment Decision in early 2025, and the start of construction soon after. With government fully on board and public opinion shifting significantly in favour of nuclear, there’s never been a better time to join our project.