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Special Projects Manager (Sizewell C)
Wilson James
Sizewell C

Job Responsibilities 

• Manage assigned projects from initial brief through planning, delivery, testing, handover and close-out.
• Define scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, interfaces and project plans with relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain programmes, milestones, risk and issue registers, actions, dependencies and recovery plans.
• Coordinate surveys, design development, technical queries and required reviews or approvals.
• Prepare clear scopes and support procurement, quotation and tendering activity with Commercial and Procurement.
• Coordinate contractor mobilisation, access, permits, RAMS, logistics and work sequencing.
• Monitor contractor safety, quality, progress and performance and escalate shortfalls promptly.
• Control budgets, commitments and change and provide accurate forecast and commercial information.
• Coordinate interfaces with Planning, Operations, Digital, Assurance, People and Tier 2 partners.
• Plan testing, commissioning, readiness and operational handover, closing documentation and outstanding actions.
• Provide concise progress reporting, identifying decisions, risks, cost or schedule impacts and lessons learned.

Other duties and responsibilities
• Work in accordance with:
o Wilson James policies, site procedures and training provided
o Wilson James core values:
 We are fair and honest in all our activities;
 We treat each other with dignity and respect;
 We are responsible for all our actions and accountable for their consequences;
 We have an environment that enables and supports effective communication;
 We will continuously develop safe systems of work to ensure no one is placed at risk in our workplaces.
o Customer policies
• Carry out any other reasonable request as required by your Line Manager or the Customer

Qualifications 

Essential
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills at working and management levels.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and project-planning or reporting tools.
• CITB HS&E Managers and Professionals certificate (MAPS), or project-accepted equivalent.
• Ability to satisfy all Sizewell C security, vetting and site access requirements.
• Relevant project-management, construction, engineering or logistics qualification, or equivalent experience.

Desirable
• A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline.
• APM, PRINCE2, PMI or another recognised project-management qualification.
o A working knowledge of:
o Major infrastructure, construction or nuclear programme environments
o CDM, contractor management and permit-to-work interfaces
o NEC contract environments, commercial governance and change control
o Logistics, warehouse, commissioning and operational-readiness environments

Experience 

• Strong project-management experience delivering enabling works, infrastructure or operational-improvement projects.
• Demonstrable experience managing projects from definition through delivery, handover and close-out.
• Ability to maintain project programmes, risks, issues, dependencies and clear progress reporting.
• Experience coordinating designers, contractors, suppliers and operational stakeholders.
• Strong contractor-management capability covering mobilisation, performance, safety and quality.
• Commercial awareness with experience controlling scope, budget, change and supplier commitments.
• Ability to deliver safely within live operational environments without disrupting business-as-usual activity.
• Strong stakeholder-management, communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Working knowledge of NEC contracts, CDM requirements or major-project governance is desirable.
• Confident use of Microsoft Office and project-planning and reporting tools.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.