Employment Type: Full/Part Time
Employment Period:
Salary: 56506
Location:
Felixstowe, GB, IP10 0DD
Career Area: Project Management & Business Change
Assistant Project Manager
Sizewell C’s business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Overall, whilst the Company is in the construction phase, the Boards’ principal focus is on the development and construction of Sizewell C on time, on budget and to the highest quality and safety standards. The Company is maturing to meet all these requirements.
Sizewell C is economically regulated by OFGEM under the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model similar to other UK electricity distribution networks and Thames Tideway.
Sizewell C construction strategy is to replicate the design of Hinkley Point C, using the majority of the same supply chain, but innovating in the way it is delivered to achieve savings in time and cost of around 20%. The CCO will need to be guided by and incorporate lessons learned from the Hinkley Point C commercial delivery to achieve Sizewell C’s ambition.
Following Financial Completion and Revenue Commencement, Sizewell C is fully funded and is owned by; The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero representing HM Government, La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.
Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK’s largest and most important energy projects. We’re looking for the following motivated person to join the team:
Assistant Project Manager
Location: Suffolk, London – hybrid, full time, minimum 3 days per week in the office
Salary: Circa £56,506 depending on experience
Bonus: 5% annual incentive
Pension: Up to 7.5% employee contribution / 15% employer contribution
Holiday: 28 days plus bank holidays
Closing Date: Monday 3rd August 2026
Impact:
As an Assistant Project Manager (APM), you will support the Project Manager and Senior Project Manager in delivering key aspects of the Nuclear Island Civil Works scope at Sizewell C, while also taking responsibility for managing smaller work packages under their guidance. The role involves coordinating project activities, monitoring progress, supporting risk and issue management, and contributing to successful delivery against programme, quality, and safety objectives. You will also lead or support cross-functional initiatives that improve project processes and ways of working across the team. Working closely with the SZC Supply Chain team, Responsible Designer (RD), Quality team, Site Delivery Team, and Civil Works Programme, you will help ensure effective collaboration and the successful execution of project objectives.
Principal Accountabilities
The role of a APM consists of but is not limited to :
Support a programme of work aligned with the 60 / 78 months SZC programme and develop opportunities accordingly.
Manage the multidisciplinary teams supporting the project for the engineering activities, procurement and manufacturing of key contracts.
Manage internal interfaces (between contracts and systems) and external interfaces (between programme scopes) to ensure a coordinated approach to design and delivery.
Maintain strong links with the project managers and engineers responsible for delivering equivalent scope at Hinkley Point C and implement all lessons learned.
Engineering :
Take a global overview of the nuclear power plant Systems, Structures and Components (SSCs) within their programme, with a view to maximise replication from HPC and prepare for key contracts to be awarded.
Manage engineering interfaces with all SZC stakeholders on its area, scope gaps, etc..
Manage the HPC to SZC replication of its scope,
Procurement
Manage early engagement with stakeholders (including equipment suppliers) to identify obsolescence issues and other risks to replication.
Manage the technical elements of the procurement process for specific contracts.
Construction
Deliver the buildings and support the construction with adequate follow-up and close monitoring
Develop a construction programme
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Appetence for coordinating multi-disciplinary design/procurement work and driving design/procurement teams to deliver on time.
Ideally Project management or project engineering experience or related university degree.
Background in civil engineering for large industrial plants.
Good understanding or high interest in understanding the complexity of major projects, including interface management between scope areas.
Excellent communication skills in client-facing and contractor-facing situations.
Desirable:
Previous engineering or project management experience in the nuclear industry or in any industry.
Formal project management qualification.
Why Join Us
A major infrastructure project with national impact
Hybrid working with flexibility built in
Competitive salary, bonus and benefits
Clear progression and development opportunities
Supportive, collaborative team environment
Behavioural Competences
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.
Positivity
Positively challenge poor quality and performance.
Identify solutions at the lowest possible level.
Encourage others to bring new ideas forward.
Respect
Value the rules and environment in which we operate.
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 the project outcomes.
Clarity
Communicate clearly and consistently.
Promote collaboration and team alignment.
Clearer and faster decision making.
Drive simplification at all levels.
If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today.
When joining Sizewell C, 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.
At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.
To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.
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