Senior Engineering Manager - Sizewell C, Suffolk

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
SZC is ultimately owned by two shareholders, EDF and HMG. The shareholders hold their
investment in SZC through NNB Holdings Company (SZC) Limited. Over the course of the
current shareholding arrangements the shareholdings of the two shareholders will change.
The shareholders will fund SZC up until Financial Close through equity in line with
the approved schedule and budget. SZC’s business is to design, finance, construct,
commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power
plant and related infrastructure (including activities relating to hydrogen, direct air
capture and/or desalination) at Sizewell C in Suffolk. The principal objectives of the
current development phase of the SZC project are to agree and implement the
Capital Raise Plan, including completing an equity and debt raise, agree the core
supply chain contracts and obtain the regulatory permits and licences required for
the construction phase of the Project (including the core environmental permits and
nuclear site licence).
Prior to the government investment decision SZC operated as part of EDF in the Nuclear Development
business unit and was staffed by EDF colleagues and independent contractors who are now in the process
of transferring to the direct employment of SZC. It is setting itself up as an organisation capable of
delivering a new nuclear power plant, from investment case and funding, to construction, commissioning,
operations, maintenance and decommissioning.
The SZC construction programme has a technical and commercial business case predicated on technical
replication of Hinkley Point C. EDF will be an important supplier of nuclear capability for the SZC
Programme from its established nuclear business footprint in the UK.
Key stakeholders are: UK Government, relevant Government departments and agencies including Treasury
BEIS, EDF, Financial investors and institutions, Regulators, Alliance partners and local communities.
What you’ll be doing
The Sizewell C (SZC) project requires a Senior Engineering Manager to manage and coordinate
construction engineering for the Enabling Works and Earthworks portions during the delivery phase. The
role is site based to ensure Engineering Delivery Excellence through adoption of engineering processes,
procedures and best practice, and ensuring engineering staff are suitably trained and experienced to deliver

right first-time site engineering.

• Engineering Delivery Excellence - Right First Time - safety, quality, programme
• Engagement with Pre-Construction teams to finalise the methods engineering for

execution on site.

• Construction Engineering, including Trials, Temporary Works, Setting Out, Surveying,

Quality Management.

• Ensure Inspection & Test Plans are in place and implemented including assurance of

materials and workmanship.

• Oversight of supply chain engineering performance including offsite fabrication and

manufacturing

• Role in Digital transformation – embedding technology, tools, systems etc for construction

delivery.

• Oversight of data capture on site for performance and quality records

Who we’re looking for

Essential

• Knowledge of design and pre-construction processes
• Construction experience, including earthworks and structures
• HSQE, surveying, setting out and temporary works
• Good understanding of geotechnical engineering and soil behaviour
• Leadership, mentoring, training
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• Project Management skills (eg planning, scope definition)
• Problem solving skills, creative thinking.

Desirable

• Good Digital skills, including use of BIM
• Marine structures
• Deep foundations

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Civil engineering degree
• Chartered Engineer
• Temporary Works appreciation
• 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

Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more