Senior Project Manager - CI

Reporting to the Main Civils & Ancillary Works Programme Manager, the SPM - Conventional Island post is responsible for the direction & leadership of all activities associated with the full life cycle delivery of the contracts assigned to them. The role holder will have responsibility to lead/manage a group of Project Managers, to ensure delivery of the Civils delivery of the Conventional Island scope made up predominantly of Buildings and Structures up to a capital value of £100m-£500m. In addition to the Project Managers who will directly report to them, the Senior Project Manager will have to manage a matrix team of other disciplines forming the project delivery team e.g. the SZC supply chain team, the Responsible Designer (RD), the SZC quality team and suppliers.

The SPM - Conventional Island, Main Civils Project Managers will focus on a remit within the following package of work:

Civil Works: the Senior Project Manager role is to develop the strategy for delivering scope to cost, schedule and quality. This post also has the responsibility to ensure delivery of all (or part of) the engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction and commissioning activities or work package, in accordance with the overall Project schedule.

You will…

- Define assure the work scope to be delivered within the contracts or packages of work and the interfaces to the other elements of the programme.
- Securing the required resources to meet their project requirements, ensuring the maintenance of SQEP for any assigned resource and promptly identifying any personnel shortfalls or issues within their project team.
- Developing and executing effective execution strategies and plans in line with the overall Programme Execution Plan (PEP), setting out how the programme of work will be managed, organised, and executed. The PEP sets out the "why", "what", "how", "when" and "who" for the delivery of the programme.
- Maintaining effective communications with all stakeholders and execute the project or PEP strategies within their contract or package of work.
- Drive the delivery of the contract or package activities to ensure they are delivered safely on time, to budget, meeting business and technical requirements. Monitor and manage the progress of the programme
- track progress against milestones, deadlines, budget and provide key stakeholders with reports on these matters.
- Act as interface with the Area Managers to ensure 'best for Project' decisions are made for end to end multi-disciplinary of the Sizewell C Project.
- Anticipate, manage, and resolve issues within the contact or package. Identify risks and facilitate the resolution of all issues raised, develop, and update the programme budget, and escalate any issues.
- Ensure schedule is developed and maintained on their scope, consistently with the overall Project schedule. Escalate any discrepancies to the Programme Director
- Ensure the List of Deliverables (LOD) relating to the scope of work is delivered.
- Apply the principles of Earned Value Management (EVM).
- Report EV progress to Senior Management monthly.
- Review Contractor's applications for payment
- Apply the principles of Continuous Improvement.
- Ensure that lessons-learnt and knowledge-capture are practiced as business as usual.
- Interface with other programmes to ensure a high-level view of how the total project is progressing and to identify and adopt the use of best practice.
- Ensure that contract or package contractual requirements are fulfilled.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all project team members.

The ideal candidate will have heavy civils experience, working on large projects, in a heavily regulated industry. Ideally, you will have worked on contract volumes of around 2M + and are used to managing joint ventures/alliances. You will have experience in strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation. Proficient in the use of estimating scheduling, programming, and risk tools.

A degree in Civils, Construction Management, or Business is preferred. Alternatively, if you hold a HNC or chartership within the construction industry, this would be desirable.

You will be able to demonstrate experience of managing project through the project lifecycle from concept to handover, good knowledge of CDM Regulations, hold strong numerical and analytical skills, experience of successfully engaging groups of stakeholders.

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. We're the UK's largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain, the largest supplier to British businesses and we employ more than 13,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We are playing a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK to secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees., 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.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Project Manager - Conventional Island [Main Civils] to join the team.

Our teams are set up to work flexibly, with a hybrid working approach between our offices and your home. We provide a full suite of IT equipment to ensure that our employees can work from home comfortably and effectively., #DestinationNuclear
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Power in Diversity
Sizewell C is a great place to work, where everyone is welcome.
To fulfil our commitment of doing the power of good for Britain, our ambition is to have a workforce which reflects and benefits the society we are part of and serve. Every worker on SZC, wherever they are, should help to create and experience the right environment where everyone on the team understands, respects and embraces diversity with a culture where everyone is treated with equal respect and are all given equal access to opportunities. By valuing the different points of view and experiences that having a diverse team brings, and by fostering an inclusive climate, we will create a great place to work and a more successful project.

We create the right environment where people feel able to bring their whole selves to work. Whilst working together there is mutual trust and appreciation created through the building of meaningful relationships with one another, aligned with our key values

Humility: Be open to other's points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise
Solidarity: One team, working closely together and helping each other
Clarity: Communicate clearly and consistently

Everyone is able to get the most from their work and the workplace, and in return, give their best.

Competitive Salary and Benefits

We're dedicated to offering flexible benefits that support our people across all aspects of their lives and we're delighted to offer a range of benefits to support our employees' physical, emotional and financial wellbeing.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a market-leading company pension scheme, paid holidays (28 days + BH) and a range of flexible benefits, such as: a company incentive bonus plan, health cover, cycle to work scheme, discounts and employee pricing.
Please let us know if you'd like to discuss flexible working arrangements by highlighting this on your application.