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Project Manager (Construction)
Location: Sizewell C, Leiston , Suffolk (5 days a week onsite)
Employment basis: Full- time.
Salary: Competitive dependent on experience, plus bonus and other benefits.
The Opportunity
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're looking for a number of Project Managers from the construction or energy sector to join our expanding site team, working on site.
These are pivotal roles key to the success of the project, and you'll be joining the project at a vital time in its construction, with an opportunity to grow with the project.
The Role
You'll be based on site in Leiston, responsible for delivering a section of the site depending on your specific scope, within budget and on schedule to support the successful build of the project.
What You'll Do:
Lead and manage on-site project activities, ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive project objectives and milestones.
Implement best practices in project management to optimize efficiency and quality.
Oversee contractor and subcontractor activities, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring smooth project progression.
What You'll Bring:
Proven experience as a Project Manager in large-scale infrastructure or energy projects, major complex projects (value size approx 18 mil plus), such as HS2, HPC, Thames Tideway, CrossRail, Transport for London (TfL).
Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire teams.
Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to challenges.
Knowledge of safety and regulatory standards in the energy or construction sector.
Experience with NEC contracts with multiprogram construction background.
NEC 3 /4 or Constuction qualifications or other relevant memberships.
Ability to deliver contacts scope within fast pace and changing environment.
It'd be great if you've got a qualification in civil engineering, construction management, or a related field.
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security and environmental responsibility, ideally within the Nuclear Energy sector or similar regulated environment.
- Demonstrate success in managing / developing:
- Engineering design, contract and field execution strategies for project delivery,
- Multi-discipline EPCM projects,
- Procurement and management of complex contracts,
- Control of costs; risk; schedule and change and proficient in the use of Earned Value tools,
- Close out of commercial claims and the associated negotiations.
- Experience of successfully engaging groups of stakeholders.
- Able to demonstrate strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation. Proficient in the use of estimating scheduling, programming and risk tools.
- Experience of managing contractors, consultants and other advisors throughout large and complex construction projects, in a regulated environment. Including NEC or FIDIC contracts.
- Good presentation, influencing and facilitation skills. Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to develop relationships and maintain effective networks.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills.
- Detailed understanding of PWR design and experience in PWR operations.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Degree and chartered status in an engineering, construction, physics or other related field.
- Good knowledge of CDM Regulations.
- Knowledge and / or practitioner of Project Management with experience of applying either; APM body of knowledge and OGC's Prince 2.
- Degree and chartered status in an engineering, construction, physics or other related field.
Desirable
- Understanding the needs of nuclear quality and how nuclear quality is assured and controlled.
- Understand how to apply a graded approach to quality
Why Join Us:
Be part of a groundbreaking project that will shape the future of sustainable energy.
Competitive salary and benefits package.
Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
If the above sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you!
Power in Diversity
Our Project 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 , 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:
Respect: Value the rules and environment in which we operate
Positivity: Positively challenge poor quality and performance
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.
Interested in this position? please click "apply now"
We try to respond to all applicants, but sometimes this is not possible due to high volumes of applications; if you have not heard from us within 14 days, regrettably it means you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Company information: (must be included)
This contract/ temporary (delete as appropriate) vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd
Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands, to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates.
Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base; from small start-ups to large household names.
We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.
Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.
