Site Fire & Rescue Service Manager

EDF UK; Leiston; On-site; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A major infrastructure project in Leiston is seeking a Site Fire & Rescue Service Manager. The role involves managing fire safety and rescue operations, ensuring compliance with UK regulations, and leading emergency preparedness initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess in-depth knowledge of firefighting and technical rescue operations, alongside strong leadership and communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits including annual leave and a bonus.

Benefits

Annual Leave: 28 days, increasing to 30

Bonus: Up to 5% annual bonus

Pension Contributions: Up to 15% employer contribution

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of firefighting and technical rescue.
• Experience in complex, high-risk environments.
• Contract management experience including budget and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead service delivery and optimize resources.
• Develop risk and resilience strategies.
• Promote fire safety culture through audits.

Skills

Firefighting and technical rescue operations

Understanding of UK fire safety legislation

Incident Command and operational management

Communication skills

IT proficiency

Job description

Company Description

Job Description

Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain.

Location: Sizewell C, Leiston, Suffolk (site-based)

Contract: Permanent, full-time.

Salary: circa £70,000 per annum, plus benefits

Benefits include:

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

Closing Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025

About the Role:

As the Site Fire & Rescue Service Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and resilience of one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects. Working within the Site Delivery Team, you'll lead the implementation, coordination, and management of the onsite Fire & Rescue Service, ensuring compliance with Nuclear Site License Conditions and other regulatory obligations.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and deliver a world-class Fire & Rescue Service that evolves with the site's risk profile. You'll collaborate closely with the Site Principal Contractor team to guarantee safe operations and provide robust emergency response capabilities.

We're looking for an experienced, collaborative leader who combines technical expertise with strategic vision-someone who can motivate and inspire a diverse workforce while engaging confidently with stakeholders at all levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Shape Service Delivery: Direct future service provision, optimise resources, and ensure nationally recognised competence as site risk increases.
• Develop Risk and Resilience Strategies: Implement programmes that inform operational response and risk familiarisation.
• Promote Fire Safety Culture: Drive positive behaviours through audits and assurance activities aligned with risk-based inspection programmes.
• Emergency Preparedness: Collaborate with multi-agency partners, promoting JESIP principles and conducting practical exercises to validate emergency plans.
• Operational Readiness: Maintain team skills, equipment, and readiness for all rescue scenarios.
• Health & Safety Leadership: Support robust arrangements throughout the construction phase.
• Integrated Incident Management: Ensure Security Control Room protocols are fully aligned with fire and emergency actions.

What You'll Bring

Essential:

• In-depth knowledge and experience of firefighting and technical rescue operations.
• Comprehensive understanding of UK fire safety legislation and compliance frameworks, with the ability to apply these effectively in complex, high-risk environments.
• Strong understanding of Incident Command and operational management.
• Experience with JESIP and multi-agency response principles.
• Contract management experience with (not exhaustive); budget, finance, cost control, procurement, enterprise risk management, commercialli>
• Excellent communication skills, adaptable across all organisational levels including for example writing and briefing for Senior Leadership, stakeholder and community engagement.
• Strong IT proficiency and ability to simplify complex processes.

Desirable:

• Formal Incident Command qualification.
• Technical rescue experience (e.g., confined space, water rescue, rope rescue, trauma care).
• Knowledge of COMAH sites and civil engineering environments.
• Fire Safety qualifications and instructor-level training in specialist areas.
• Fire safety construction experience and/or consultancy in high-hazard industries.

Why Join Us?

This is a pivotal role in the success of Sizewell C. You'll be joining the project at a critical stage, with the opportunity to grow alongside it. Be part of a team that values innovation, safety, and excellence and help deliver a project that will power millions of homes for generations.

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 a 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.

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.

By submitting an application to this role, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Sizewell C's employee privacy policy and EDF's employee privacy policy. Just to let you know, EDF will be processing and sharing information about your application on behalf of Sizewell C.