Project Manager (Technical Risk Resolution)

Project Manager (Technical Risk Resolution) 1241ADS

Location: Flexiable office based in Bristol - Aztec West / London or St Martins court

Pay will be dependant on experience

We are looking to recruit a Technical Risks, Opportunities and Resolutions (ROR) Lead, reporting to the Technical ROR Manager within the Technical Transverse branch of the Sizewell C (SZC) Technical Directorate. This role therefore sits as part of the SZC licensee organisation.

The Technical Directorate (TD) at SZC represents a strategic consolidation of technical and engineering capability for design delivery, oversight and governance. This directorate is instrumental in orchestrating comprehensive technical management across various engineering disciplines, ensuring that all engineering activities align with the highest standards of safety, quality, performance, and efficiency. At a high level, the TD supports and enforces SZC's key business case pillar of replication. It serves as the nucleus for technical decision-making, integrating engineering methodologies and tools, overseeing rigorous compliance protocols and ensuring principles of configuration management are defined and maintained. It owns and produces the safety cases on behalf of SZC through the Design Authority function.

The Transverse Technical team is responsible for the management of SZC's key technical risks, identifying and managing the implementation of opportunities and overseeing issue resolution. It also manages cross-cutting topics such as Intellectual Property (IP), Export Controls (EC) and Requirements Management (RM). Drawing upon expertise from across the SZC project, the EPR fleet and SZC's strategic technical partners the TT team serves as a catch-all resource for coordinating and supporting the resolution of large-scale and cross-programme issues. Acting as a _Strategic Response Team_, it supports the strategic-level delivery of engineering management activities with a focus on managing strategic risks and opportunities to ensure proactive and consistent resolution in support of the SZC programme.

As the Technical ROR Lead, A key aspect of your role will be leading on the resolution of priority technical topics, whilst taking into consideration the balance of risk and opportunity as part of the SZC replication strategy.

You will be responsible for leading on the resolution of potentially large and complex transverse technical and project problems. The role will include horizon scanning for technical project risks, issues and opportunities and proactively leading the resolution of priority topics across the projects' technical scope. The complexity of the solutions, stakeholders involved and potential impact on the safety substantiation, design or construction of the SZC project is significant. As such the processes and relationships across interfaces will be critical to support a UK EPR fleet approach and underpin replication of the Hinkley Point C (HPC) design into SZC (e.g. with the delivery programmes, the SZC alliances, the EPR responsible designers and with the technical expertise from Nuclear Services and HPC.

This is an excellent opportunity within the SZC project, a follow-on power station from HPC.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

- Be a custodian for SZC's replication strategy.
- Lead the resolution of priority technical topics for SZC.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders involved in the management of risks and opportunities (e.g. with the appropriate delivery program, Engineering and Technical, Nuclear Services Organisation, Programme Management, Site, the Responsible Designer and HPC as appropriate).
- Play a leading role in the approach for the consideration and adoption of construction opportunities and the mitigation of key and strategic technical risks.
- For significant risks/issues - Lead, agree and deliver a resolution strategy with associated schedule.
- Seek agreement on the closure of issues with the relevant decision authority and applying appropriate governance.
- Complete the closure of issues with a lesson learned review.
- Successfully deliver against the SZC licensee work schedule.
- Use the agreed reporting approaches to communicate progress, risks and opportunities
- Adopt and maintain associated technical governance processes (e.g. Construction Opportunities Form (COF) and links to the Technical Direction Forum (TDF) and No Change Committees)

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Knowledge & Skills

Essential
- Experience within the nuclear industry (or equivalent high hazard industry) / safety critical environment / UK regulatory environment
- Knowledge of technical and engineering challenges that may impact EPRs
- The ability to challenge and create innovative solutions within a Safety Case envelope therefore, experience in working with Safety Cases is essential
- Proven track record as a leader (to include budgetary responsibilities)
- Demonstrable experience of delivering successful projects and leading via influence
- Ability to quickly understand a wide range of technical issues and make robust decisions
- Knowledge of budget monitoring and commercial awareness, commensurate with this position
- Political, commercial and strategic awareness and evidence of proactively building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrable level of business acumen, with a forward-thinking approach and a focus on value and risk
- Strong track record of building personal trust and operating with integrity and credibility
- Excellent presentation, influencing and facilitation skills
- Exceptional communication skills with an ability to communicate and convey complex information simply at all levels

Desirable
- Experience in contract management arrangements

Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Degree qualified in an engineering or science related discipline