Nuclear Compliance Senior Lead

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Company Description

Job Description

Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain.

Nuclear Compliance Senior Lead

Location: Based in London on a hybrid basis, with travel to Suffolk as required.

Contract: Permanent, full-time.

Salary: Competitive dependant on experience, plus benefits

Benefits include:

• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays.
• Bonus: 5% annual bonus.
• Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution.

Closing Date: Tuesday 3rd February 2026.

Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK's largest and most important energy projects.

About the Role

As the Nuclear Compliance Senior Lead, you will play a central role within the Regulatory and Licensing team, providing functional assurance that the project continues to meet its obligations under the Nuclear Site Licence. You will support SZC Ltd's engagement with both the internal regulator and external regulatory authorities, helping to maintain a strong, credible, and transparent regulatory interface throughout the project lifecycle.

This position requires deep knowledge of nuclear regulatory requirements, strong leadership capability, and the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. You will act as a trusted source of expertise, guiding the organisation in demonstrating robust compliance and maintaining high standards of regulatory performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the oversight programme that assures compliance with the nuclear site licence, maintaining a robust and effective framework that supports Licence Condition Owners across the business.
• Act as the organisation's authority on nuclear site licence compliance, providing clear, expert advice and guidance to teams and senior leaders.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with Licence Condition Managers to ensure consistent understanding, implementation, and demonstration of compliance.
• Work closely with the internal regulator and with external regulatory authorities to maintain open, constructive, and transparent engagement.
• Plan and deliver proportionate, risk informed surveillance, assessments, and interventions to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of arrangements.
• Monitor and report on nuclear site licence compliance performance, ensuring clear communication of trends, issues, and improvements to regulatory bodies.
• Work closely with other compliance functions including security, environmental protection, and quality to maintain a fully integrated and comprehensive assurance position for the company.
• Identify areas for improvement and support the development of enhanced arrangements, behaviours, and processes that strengthen compliance culture.
• Stay informed of regulatory expectations, industry developments, and emerging best practice to ensure the organisation remains aligned with current standards.
• Contribute to the promotion of a strong safety, compliance, and continuous improvement culture across the business.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of one of the most important low-carbon energy projects in the UK.
• Work in a mission-driven environment that values innovation, integrity, and long-term sustainability.
• Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career development.
• Flexible and hybrid working options.

Key Competencies

Behavioural Competences

Humility

• Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences
• Be open to other's points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise

Positivity

• Positively challenge poor quality and performance
• Identify solutions at the lowest possible level
• Encourage tier 1s and others to bring new ideas forward

Respect

• Value the rules and environment in which we operate
• Give and receive feedback with respect
• Embrace and engage with new people and ideas

Solidarity

• One team, working closely together and helping each other
• Empowered teams always looking forward.
• Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes

Clarity

• Communicate clearly and consistently
• Promote collaboration and team alignment
• Clearer and faster decision making
• Drive simplification at all levels

If this sounds like the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today.

Qualifications

Additional Information

Join the team at Sizewell C. Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear.

The Sizewell C team is one of the most exciting and largest new megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy. We have begun constructing a 3.2-gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast in the East of England replicating, wherever possible, the design used for Hinkley Point C, another nuclear power station being built in Somerset.

When built, Sizewell C will be one of the largest power stations to operate in the UK. The power station will generate low carbon electricity for at least 60 years, supplying over 6 million homes and supporting around 7% of the UK's current electricity needs.

Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear. We want Sizewell C to define what good leadership for the nuclear industry and British infrastructure looks like and deliver on it. We understand the feats of organisation, logistics, collaboration and imagination that building nuclear requires. We are building for the next generation for their home-grown energy, energy price stability and ultra-low carbon power in abundance. We also want to set the benchmark for maximising long-lasting social value as we build and demonstrate how smart collaboration can work for the benefit of communities - locally, regionally and nationally.

We are the first nuclear power station in the UK to be funded under the Regulated Asset Base funding model (RAB). Our largest shareholder is the UK Government, alongside equity partners La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.

Sizewell C operates within a complex and fast-moving stakeholder environment, engaging with a wide range of partners including government bodies, regulators, local communities, supply chain partners, and international collaborators. This makes Sizewell C a uniquely stimulating place to work - where navigating evolving priorities, balancing interests, and building trusted relationships is just as critical as technical excellence. For those who thrive in dynamic, multi-dimensional settings, it offers unmatched professional challenge and growth.

When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.

At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.

By submitting an application to this role, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Sizewell C's employee privacy policy and EDF's employee privacy policy. Just to let you know, EDF will be processing and sharing information about your application on behalf of Sizewell C.