Workforce Capability Manager

Location: Suffolk, Sizwell C site  (2–3 days per week, based on business need) with occasional travel to London.
Salary: Circa £80,000 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent

Benefits

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave
• Private healthcare
• Competitive pension contribution (up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer)
• Performance-based bonus up to 10%
• Wide range of benefits via internal benefits portal

Closing date: Monday, 28th April 2025. 

About Sizewell C

Sizewell C (SZC) is one of the UK’s largest and most exciting infrastructure projects. With development consent secured, the project is entering its construction phase and will play a vital role in meeting the UK's climate goals and delivering long-term, low-carbon energy.

Why Join as Workforce Capability Manager?

As part of the functional leadership team within the Employment Affairs Unit, this role offers the opportunity to build and lead the workforce capability strategy from the ground up. You'll play a key role in shaping a future-ready workforce, supporting regional development and long-term success of the project. You’ll join a collaborative and fast-moving team where your voice and experience will directly influence one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure projects.

Role Overview

The Workforce Capability Manager will lead the development and delivery of workforce capability and planning strategies. You’ll help ensure that as the project grows, the right people are in place at the right time — equipped with the skills needed to perform. Working closely with internal teams and external partners, you'll oversee workforce planning, capability transition (particularly from Hinkley Point C), and training oversight to support operational readiness.

This role is part of the functional leadership team within the Employment Affairs Unit, reporting to the Head of EAU. You will work cross-functionally alongside leads in workforce mobilisation, skills & education, industrial relations, and operations.

You’ll have the opportunity to build your own small team, including a workforce capability lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead SZC's workforce capability strategy across the construction lifecycle
• Deliver and maintain a robust workforce forecasting framework
• Oversee planning and relationships for the workforce transition from HPC to SZC
• Ensure workforce skills are aligned with construction and operational needs
• Track and assess supply chain workforce capabilities and gaps
• Oversee the development and delivery of relevant training programmes on site
• Drive compliance with workforce commitments made to local authorities and communities
• Engage and collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Provide data-driven insights to inform workforce related decisions with supply chain partners

About You

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven background in workforce capability planning or strategic workforce management
• Experience working on large-scale infrastructure, construction or regulated projects
• Strong understanding of competency frameworks, training delivery and capability building
• Exceptional stakeholder management across complex, matrixed environments
• Experience working with or overseeing supply chain workforce requirements
• Ability to develop strategies based on data, project needs and regulatory commitments

Desirable Experience

• CIPD membership or equivalent experience
• Industrial Relations experience and Trade Union engagement
• Experience working in a matrix organisation
• Previous involvement in education/training facility set-up or oversight
• Background in large-scale construction sectors such as nuclear, water, transport or utilities
• Degree or equivalent in HR, Construction Management or a related discipline
• Professional certifications in workforce planning or project management are advantageous but not essential

Key Attributes

• Clarity: Able to communicate with purpose and alignment
• Solidarity: Collaborative, with a team-first mindset
• Respect: Inclusive and open to feedback
• Positivity: Committed to improvement and delivery
• Humility: Willing to learn, adapt and engage with others' views

Why Join Sizewell C?

• Be part of a transformative project that contributes to the UK’s net-zero ambitions.
• Collaborate with industry leaders and government stakeholders.
• Enjoy career-defining opportunities in a supportive and innovative environment.
• Competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a chance to leave a lasting legacy.

• You’ll work in a dynamic, collaborative environment with a team that shares your commitment to safety, innovation, and excellence.

Apply Now!

If you're ready to make an impact, work with purpose, and join one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the UK, we want to hear from you.

Let’s build a cleaner, greener future together.

Join the team at Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain.

It’s not every day you get the opportunity to shape the working culture of what will be one of Europe’s largest construction projects, while also helping Britain to reach its target of Net Zero emissions by 2050. That’s one of the reasons Sizewell C will be unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before, and you’ll need to be an exceptional professional to reach the high standards this critical infrastructure project demands. 

The UK is experiencing a nuclear renaissance and Sizewell C – along with its sister project at Hinkley Point C in Somerset – is powering the change. We’re ramping up at pace as we look ahead to the Financial Investment Decision in early 2025, and the start of construction soon after. With government fully on board and public opinion shifting significantly in favour of nuclear, there’s never been a better time to join our project.

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