Project Manager

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 are now recruiting the below position.

Project Manager

Location: Bristol, London (3 days per week) with travel to other sites.

Contract : Permanent, full-time.

Closing Date : Friday 13th November 2026

Salary: Circa £60,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Benefits include:

- Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, plus bank holidays.

- Bonus: 5% annual bonus.

- Defined Contribution Pension Scheme: with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution.

Impact

The SZC Digital & IT directorate, sits within the PMO Unit which in turn sits within the overall delivery department. As Project Manager you will be responsible for delivering new business capabilities through the successful planning, execution, and oversight of Digital & IT projects within Sizewell C (SZC).

Reporting to the HR Systems Programme Manager in the SZC Digital & IT Delivery function, this role will oversee multiple IT and business change projects, ensuring delivery to agreed time, cost, and quality baselines. The post holder will work closely with stakeholders across SZC, EDF, Tier 1 suppliers, and delivery partners to HR applications and change initiatives that enable SZC’s strategic objectives.

Framework & Boundaries

The Project Manager is given delegated authority by HR Systems Programme Manager to manage projects within agreed budget, time, and scope tolerances. They will ensure delivery follows SZC’s project governance, EDF Group IT standards, and any relevant nuclear industry regulations. The role requires balancing adherence to these frameworks with pragmatic decision-making to ensure delivery success in a fast-paced and complex environment.

Principal Accountabilities

- Lead the definition, planning, execution, and closure of SZC Digital & IT projects to baselined time, cost, and quality targets.

- Develop and maintain robust cost, schedule, and resource estimation.

- Oversee delivery partners and suppliers, ensuring quality and contractual commitments are met.

- Produce and maintain detailed project schedules, managing critical paths, dependencies, and resourcing.

- Manage all project lifecycle phases: design, build, test, deployment, business readiness, and post go-live support.

- Track and manage project risks, issues, and change requests, escalating to the HR Systems Programme Manager as required.

- Ensure effective stakeholder engagement and communications to secure buy-in and support.

- Ensure projects comply with SZC governance, information security, and regulatory requirements.

- Provide accurate, timely reporting to the HR Systems Programme Manager, PMO, and governance boards.

- Support lessons learned and continuous improvement across the Delivery function.

Dimensions

The Project Manager will typically manage 2 - 4 concurrent projects, ranging from £50k to £1.5m in value, lasting from several months to multiple years. They will oversee multi-disciplinary teams, including internal SZC staff, embedded contractors, Tier 1 supplier teams, and third-party delivery partners.

Qualifications & Experience

- Understanding of project management methodologies (Prince2 Practitioner, APM or equivalent).

- Skilled in Microsoft applications and scheduling tools e.g. MS Project

- Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.

- Demonstrable experience delivering IT or business change projects.

- Experience managing budgets.

- Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams.

- Ability to balance compliance requirements with pragmatic delivery decisions.

- Strong leadership and team motivation skills.

- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.

- Resilient and adaptable in a dynamic project environment.

Desirable

- Understanding of service transition processes.

- Knowledge of IT infrastructure, applications, and digital service delivery.

- Understanding of HR roles and operations.

- Ability to promote continuous improvement across project teams.

Why Join Us?

- Be part of one of the most important low-carbon energy projects in the UK.

- Work in a mission-driven environment that values innovation, integrity, and long-term sustainability.

- Comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career development.

- Flexible and hybrid working options.

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 tier 1s and 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.