Sizewell C, Hinkley Point, SMRs and the supply chain around them, and what each step means for the people who will deliver them.
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The Public Accounts Committee says Sizewell C's financing deal could cost taxpayers up to £47.7bn and called it a terrible deal.
What it means For anyone working in or targeting Sizewell C, or the wider nuclear new-build pipeline that follows it into Wylfa and the SMR programme, this tightens the value of commercial discipline.
SGE UK and Origin Nuclear have signed a letter of intent to form an operator for a planned fleet of 14 small modular reactors at three UK sites.
What it means For anyone in nuclear new build, this is a third major SMR employer now building out a UK pipeline, which is good news for anyone worried that nuclear hiring was becoming a two-horse race between Rolls-Royce SMR and the existing Hinkley…
Around 250 staff have moved from EDF to Nuclear Restoration Services as Hinkley Point B begins decommissioning.
What it means If your experience sits in nuclear, this is worth tracking even if your instinct is to chase new build.
Munnelly Group's turnover rose 9% to £181m and profit climbed 15% to £1.8m, as it plans acquisitions in energy, water and nuclear work.
What it means If you work in site services, logistics or labour supply and your employer touches energy, water, nuclear, defence or custodial work, this is a period to watch for inbound interest rather than outbound risk.
Amentum won a £22.3m, ten-year contract to design Sizewell C's marine and tunnelling works, backed by Jacobs and Adda.
What it means For tunnelling engineers, marine civils specialists and anyone with offshore shaft or segmental lining experience, this is a direct signal: Amentum and Jacobs will be building design teams around this contract now, and the Civil Works…
Durham-based Hargreaves Services has won a two-year engineering contract to build three water treatment facilities for Sizewell C.
What it means If you are an engineer, project manager or commercial professional with a mechanical and electrical or earthworks background, Sizewell C's enabling works are a growing route into the nuclear sector that does not require years of prior…
Sellafield has handed its £3.6bn PACE framework to OneAxIoM (Amentum Clean Energy and Mitie) and Hochtief for up to 15 years of work.
What it means For quantity surveyors, project managers and engineers with nuclear or highly regulated sector experience, OneAxIoM and Hochtief will both be building delivery teams in Cumbria over the coming months, and a nine-year framework with a…
Tunnelling finished on Hinkley Point C's £150m fish return system after a five month, 620 metre bore under the Bristol Channel.
What it means If you're a tunnelling engineer, shift manager or marine civils specialist who has been on the Hinkley fish return job, this is the point to be having the conversation about what comes next, whether that's redeployment within the KierBAM…
Sizewell C won planning permission for a Bristol factory that will employ 400 people making 38,000 tunnel segments from 2028.
What it means The headline number is 400 jobs at the Avonmouth site once production ramps up, covering precast manufacturing, batching plant operation, logistics and site management, alongside the marine engineering and tunnelling specialists who…
A facilities management contract worth up to 400 jobs shows Sizewell C planning for operations well before the build is finished. It's a marker worth watching if you work in M&E.
What it means Most of the roles in this particular contract sit on the facilities and maintenance side rather than construction delivery, so it won't move the needle much for site-based QSs or project managers directly.
Angus Murray takes charge of Balfour Beatty's UK Major Projects business this month, picking up Hinkley Point C, Net Zero Teesside and the group's push into small modular reactors and reservoirs. It's a leadership change worth watching if you're building a career in nuclear or major infrastructure.
What it means If you're a project director, commercial lead or planner with nuclear, water or long-duration infrastructure experience, this is worth watching closely.
Siemens Energy will build turbine components for Rolls-Royce's first small modular reactors at its historic Newcastle works, backing more than 550 jobs and opening a new UK manufacturing route into nuclear.
What it means For QSs, project managers and engineers in the North East, this deal is worth tracking even if you have never worked in nuclear before.
Sizewell C has appointed recruitment firm Rullion to run its early careers programme as the nuclear project builds toward roughly 1,500 apprenticeships during construction. It is one of the clearest hiring signals in the sector right now, for entrants and for the experienced staff who will supervise them.
What it means If you are early in your career, or advising someone who is, a structured, well funded apprenticeship and graduate scheme attached to a project with a multi decade build programme is about as close to a guaranteed runway as construction…
A South Wales manufacturer has landed a major HVAC contract on Sizewell C on the back of its Hinkley Point C work. It's a live example of nuclear experience carrying straight from one new-build project to the next.
What it means If you're an M&E design engineer, HVAC specialist or quality and compliance professional with nuclear safety case experience, South Wales and the wider Bristol Channel corridor is where that experience is currently in demand, not just…
Ministers have committed £1.3bn to the transport and infrastructure works needed to unlock Universal's £5bn theme park resort in Bedfordshire, with enabling works already under way. It is one of the largest non-nuclear, non-rail construction programmes in the UK pipeline, and most of the workforce is expected to be hired locally.
What it means The build is expected to support around 20,000 construction jobs at its peak, with more than 5,000 workers on site at once, and the project has said it expects roughly 80% of that workforce to come from Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton…
Great British Energy - Nuclear has published early details of a £730m-£1.1bn early works package at Wylfa, seven months before the tender goes live. For civils, earthworks and environmental specialists, this is the moment to start positioning.
What it means Seven months is a long runway in procurement terms, and it is there to be used.
Amey Consulting is recruiting around 600 professionals over the next 18 months across highways, energy and nuclear, with 200 hires targeted this year and a further 100 graduates and apprentices joining in September. For anyone weighing a move in those markets, this is demand you can act on now.
What it means If you are a highways, energy or nuclear engineer, or a project delivery professional with experience in any of those sectors, this is a genuine, current vacancy pipeline rather than a hint to watch for later.
A four-year Sizewell C contract for Boccard UK's Deeside factory shows the nuclear new-build jobs boom is now as much about fabrication shops in Wales as it is about the site in Suffolk.
What it means For QSs, project managers and engineers with nuclear or high-integrity fabrication experience, Deeside is now a genuine alternative to chasing site-based roles in Suffolk or Somerset.
Great British Energy-Nuclear has published a £4.6bn commercial pipeline for Britain's small modular reactor programme, giving quantity surveyors, commercial managers and project engineers a rare multi-year run-up to plan a nuclear career move.
What it means If you're a quantity surveyor or commercial manager, nuclear delivery partners will be building out teams who understand NEC contracts inside a heavily regulated, security-cleared environment, a different discipline to conventional…
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