SENIOR COMMISSIONING MANAGER

Bridgwater, HPC site & Aztec West with flexibility of working from home, minimum 4 days a week in the office.
Are you confident in your ability to lead complex commissioning projects while ensuring both safety and efficiency across diverse teams? Are you experienced in navigating regulatory compliance and ensuring nuclear safety throughout the entire commissioning process? Are you skilled in making key decisions that balance project delivery with strategic goals and stakeholder expectations?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as our next Senior Commissioning Manager here at Hinkley Point C!

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

As Senior Commissioning Manager, you will ensure that all deliverables supporting HPC commissioning are delivered on time and meet the project’s requirements. You’ll lead and support your team and contract partners while overseeing contractual reviews and acceptance activities. With delegated authority, you’ll make key decisions, instruct contractors, resolve queries, and address non-conformances, all while assessing the impact of any changes. Additional responsibilities include:

• Implement and execute strategies to conduct HPC commissioning safely and effectively, drawing on best practices from France, China, and other international sources.
• Ensure all end-to-end processes and procedures are in place and mature enough to support seamless system handovers and the start of commissioning.
• Establish and maintain the Commissioning Management System, which includes company procedures, guidance, and work instructions for effective commissioning.
• Deliver cutting-edge Information Management systems, including a custom mobile platform to oversee approximately 500,000 site tests.
• Work closely with the Head of Commissioning Delivery and other Senior Commissioning Managers to align programme objectives with project goals, ensuring nuclear safety, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Recruit, manage, and mentor the Delivery discipline, fostering a culture of nuclear safety and operational excellence.
• Support the NNB Genco leadership team in achieving all work programmes, including forward resource planning and providing comprehensive short-, medium-, and long-term resource management plans.
• Ensure operational experience (OPEX) is well recorded, shared, and implemented across the project.

APPLICATIONS FOR THIS ROLE CLOSE: SUNDAY 3RD NOVEMBER

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Additional requirements for this role include:

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist, or holds equivalent professional standing.
• Proven experience leading teams in a programme-driven project environment.
• Strong track record of safely delivering projects in a commercial setting while balancing practical programme execution.
• Commercially aware, with a keen understanding of the impact of change on project outcomes.
• Exceptional presentation, influencing, and facilitation skills to drive engagement and decision-making.
• Excellent communicator and organiser, skilled in building relationships and maintaining effective professional networks