Head of Regulatory Affairs (Sizewell C)

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Head of Regulatory Affairs

Sizewell C

Location: Manchester or London office, hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days per week on-site. Travel to other office and site locations required.
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Salary: Competitive salary, plus benefits

Benefits include:

• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays
• Bonus: 15% annual bonus
• Car allowance: Provided
• Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution
• Life Assurance: Up to 8 x salary

Closing Date: 29th September 2026

About the Role:

Reporting directly to the Safety, Security & Assurance Director (executive board member) the Head of Regulatory Affairs is responsible for leading Sizewell C's regulatory affairs, licensing, compliance, integrated assurance and integrated management systems.

This is a senior leadership role with accountability for establishing and maintaining effective relationships with key regulators, ensuring compliance with Nuclear Site Licence requirements, permits and regulatory commitments, and providing assurance to the Executive Team that the organisation is operating safely, effectively and compliantly overall.

The role will lead specialist teams across Regulatory Affairs, Licensing & Nuclear Compliance and Integrated Management System Governance & Assurance, helping shape how Sizewell C engages with regulators, manages risk and delivers organisational excellence as it progresses through construction towards future operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and deliver Sizewell C's strategy for engagement with non-economic regulators.
• Maintain effective and constructive relationships with regulators including ONR and the Environment Agency.
• Lead regulatory affairs, licensing, compliance and assurance activities across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with Nuclear Site Licence Conditions, permits, consents and regulatory commitments.
• Provide strategic oversight of the Integrated Management System (IMS).
• Lead the Integrated Audit and Assurance Programme, ensuring assurance activity is proportionate and focused on areas of highest risk.
• Deliver meaningful compliance, assurance and performance insight to Executive leadership.
• Promote a strong regulatory, compliance and continuous improvement culture across the organisation.
• Lead, develop and mentor multi-disciplinary regulatory, compliance and assurance teams.
• Drive implementation of regulatory review recommendations and industry best practice.
• Maintain certification against ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001 and PAS 2080.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong knowledge and experience of Nuclear Site Licence requirements and compliance frameworks.
• Experience managing ISO-certified Management Systems.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to influence senior leaders, regulators and key decision-makers.
• Strong communication and engagement skills.
• Experience operating effectively within large, complex organisations.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety regulations and requirements.
• Strong understanding of major infrastructure, operational or process plant environments.
• Ability to establish long-term vision and develop strategies to achieve business objectives.
• Strong leadership capability with experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Results-focused with a collaborative leadership style.
• Knowledge of national and international HSE standards.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001 and PAS 2080 certification requirements.
• Business planning and financial management experience.
• Experience supporting organisational performance improvement initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree qualified or equivalent qualification supported by relevant experience.
• Experience leading a Quality, Compliance, Assurance, Regulatory Affairs or Performance Improvement function.
• Experience managing compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001 and PAS 2080 standards.
• Experience engaging with and influencing Executive Teams and senior stakeholders.
• Experience working within a highly regulated industry.
• Proven experience developing and implementing regulatory, compliance or assurance strategies.
• Experience leading regulatory engagement and compliance activities.
• Experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience working for a regulator.
• Experience working for a licensed nuclear operator.
• Experience within nuclear new build, major infrastructure or large-scale capital projects.
• Experience delivering integrated audit and assurance programmes.
• Business planning and budget management experience.

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.

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.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.

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