W e’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes , plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

About the Opportunity

Nuclear Power Programmes are delivering client critical works to some of our major UK and European Projects. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland's first Nuclear Power station.

Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

The Construction Support Services (CSS) Project Lead supports activities across the Project relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of designated temporary infrastructure to support the delivery of the main works. It includes on site supervision and forward planning of works with our team of Tier 1 contractors. It also includes capturing all aspects of CDM, the safe and efficient delivery of the works to support the successful delivery of the project.

The Construction Support Services Project Lead will assist tactical logistics planning for individual works sections in support of the work completed on strategic logistics. Thereafter, they will be responsible for the detailed planning and implementation, in collaboration with the rest of the HPC Delivery Team and Area Management Team and stakeholders.

Role Responsibilities:

• Manage day to day the provision of a critical live infrastructure support service to a construction workforce of circa 8,000.
• Manage and be directly responsible for the infrastructure operations and project deliverables.
• Support the contract partners in their delivery of the works packages to enable efficient delivery of their sections works.
• Recommend temporary measures to mitigate against safety and / or quality concerns. Follow up by taking appropriate and proportionate action (e.g. issue communications, call meetings) to avoid the halt of works.
• Monitor works on site and input into the construction daily report to ensure information is reported up through the organisation
• Proactively communicate with other site teams (H&S, contract, project controls, logistics) and other Delivery Leads to maintain good communication links, and ensure activity is well and timely reported.
• Ensure clear, two-way communication with the Area managers so that all activity and issues are directed appropriately
• Ensure the contract partners team are fully competent to perform their assigned roles - and that any shortfalls are reported to the Service Manager without delay
• Develop and implement plans to ensure service delivery meets or exceeds the expectations and project work schedule
• Ensure early intervention to avoid any escalation of issues affecting service delivery by working in the spirit of a ‘one team approach’

• Proven track record managing temporary infrastructure schemes.
• Experience of working with and developing budgets, schedules and scope of works.
• Management [or leadership] experience in a service led environment.
• Experience of working in a high security environment.
• Must be confident in own abilities and be able to deliver in a dynamic environment.
• Willingness to learn from both successes and failures.
• Proven experience within a large project environment.
• Excellent communication skills and able to strike up effective working relationships.
• Must be willing to work with our local supply chain partners in a cooperative way.
• Project Management qualifications and proven experience.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

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