Senior Project Managers - Major Building Packages

Bouygues Travaux Publics, the civil engineering arm of Bouygues Construction, is actively seeking senior project leaders to help deliver one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes. They are a global specialist in land use planning and sustainable infrastructure, and they welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.

Sizewell C is advancing a new nuclear power station in Suffolk, a project designed to deliver reliable low‑carbon electricity and strengthen the UK’s energy security. The company is recruiting experienced Senior Project Managers to lead the delivery of major building packages within the Main Civil Works programme at Sizewell C, with opportunities across several scopes from office and operational buildings to technically complex reinforced‑concrete infrastructure housing critical electrical systems. Each package carries its own delivery challenge, and the right candidate will own the package from pre‑construction and design development through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.

Working onsite in Ipswich as part of a highly collaborative project environment, you will steer multidisciplinary teams and coordinate engineering, construction, commercial and supply chain activities while keeping safety, quality, programme, cost and risk at the forefront of decision making.

Delivery Leadership for Sizewell C Major Building Packages

You will assume end‑to‑end responsibility for a major building package within the Sizewell C Main Civil Works programme, with alignment to one of several packages that could include office and operational facilities, technically complex electrical infrastructure buildings, or other substantial civil and structural works. This is a senior delivery leadership role that requires directing design development, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, and providing leadership across engineering, construction, commercial and supply chain teams to ensure the package is delivered safely, efficiently and in line with the programme’s technical, quality and delivery requirements.

In close collaboration with the Client, consultants, alliance partners, contractors and the wider project organisation, you will shape and execute the delivery strategy and manage intricate interfaces with adjacent works such as galleries, backfill, temporary works, earthworks, utilities and neighbouring buildings. The role emphasises strong governance of safety and quality while driving progress across multi‑discipline interfaces and complex technical systems.

The Right Candidate For Sizewell C Senior Project Manager

• Significant project management experience within major building construction, complex civil engineering or large infrastructure projects.
• Proven responsibility delivering substantial building, civil or structural packages through multiple project lifecycle stages.
• Experience taking projects from design and pre‑construction through to construction and delivery.
• Strong understanding of construction methodology and the management of complex site activities and interfaces.
• Demonstrable experience managing programme, cost, risk, change and overall project performance.
• Strong commercial awareness, including experience managing contractors, subcontractors and major supply chains.
• Experience in procurement, tendering and contract administration.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and construction teams.
• Solid knowledge of health and safety, quality assurance and environmental management in major construction contexts.
• Excellent stakeholder management, leadership, communication and decision‑making skills.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant industry experience.

• Experience in nuclear, energy or other highly regulated infrastructure environments.
• Previous experience on a major nuclear or EPR programme.
• Delivery of major reinforced‑concrete structures or technically complex buildings.
• Delivery of major office, operational or multidisciplinary building packages.
• Experience coordinating structural works with electrical, mechanical or other complex technical systems.
• Experience working under NEC3 or NEC4 contracts.
• RIBA design development and management of projects through design into construction.
• Experience operating within formal project controls environments and using Earned Value Management.
• Chartered status with an appropriate professional institution.
• APM, PMI or PRINCE2 project management qualification.
• Experience with AutoCAD, BIM and/or Tekla.
• CSCS Manager Card, SMSTS and/or IOSH Managing Safely.

Advice for Applicants on Your Sizewell C Candidacy

Lead your CV with end‑to‑end delivery experience on a major building package within a large infrastructure programme, and tie it to the Sizewell C scale where possible, design development through handover, plus interface management with adjacent works.

When you describe your must‑have skills, back them up with concrete examples: how you controlled programme, cost, risk and change, and how you coordinated diverse teams across engineering, construction and procurement while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Be ready to walk through a real project that shows your ability to manage complex interfaces with galleries, backfill, temporary works and earthworks, and to apply lessons from regulated environments or nuclear projects if you have them. Mention any Earned Value Management experience or formal project controls experience that aligns with Sizewell C expectations.

Come with a thoughtful interview question that shows you’ve thought about the delivery challenges on Sizewell C, such as how the delivery strategy handles interfaces across adjacent works or how EPR lessons are embedded into current risk and change plans.