Permit Controller Sizewell C

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Permit Controller (Sizewell C) Wilson James Sizewell C

Job Responsibilities

• Administer the permit-to-work process, permit register and supporting records for WJ-controlled areas.
• Review permit applications for completeness, scope, location, timing, interfaces and required controls.
• Confirm RAMS, isolations, competencies, access approvals and specialist authorisations before permit issue.
• Authorise or sign off permits only within written delegated authority and demonstrated competence.
• Coordinate simultaneous operations, conflicting work, area access and operational constraints with responsible managers.
• Brief permit recipients on conditions, boundaries, duration, suspension, emergency and handback requirements.
• Monitor active permits, changes and expiries and ensure extensions or reissues follow the agreed process.
• Confirm work areas are inspected, handed back and permits formally closed with required evidence.
• Stop or suspend permitted work when conditions change, controls fail or work departs from the agreed scope.
• Support audits, investigations, trend analysis and improvement of the permit-to-work system.
• Provide clear reporting on active permits, constraints, breaches, overdue closure and decisions required.

Other duties and responsibilities

• Work in accordance with:
• Wilson James policies, site procedures and training provided.
• Wilson James core values:

- We are fair and honest in all our activities; - We treat each other with dignity and respect; - We are responsible for all our actions and accountable for their consequences; - We have an environment that enables and supports effective communication; - We will continuously develop safe systems of work to ensure no one is placed at risk in our workplaces.

• Customer policies
• Carry out any other reasonable request as required by your Line Manager or the Customer

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant permit-to-work training and competence appropriate to the permits within the role's authority.
• CITB HS&E Operatives certificate, or project-accepted equivalent.
• Ability to satisfy all Sizewell C security, vetting and site access requirements.
• Experience in safety, operations, facilities, engineering or contractor control, or equivalent capability.

Desirable

• NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate, IOSH Managing Safely, or equivalent Excellent written and verbal communication and record-keeping skills.
• A relevant technical, engineering, facilities or health-and-safety qualification.
• A working knowledge of:
• A lot work, electrical, mechanical and intrusive-work permit controls
• Isolation, lock-out and tag-out principles
• CDM, contractor management and simultaneous operations
• Warehouse, industrial, logistics or nuclear-regulated environments

Experience

• Practical experience operating or coordinating a permit-to-work system in an operational environment.
• Strong understanding of permit boundaries, isolations, simultaneous operations and control verification.
• Ability to review RAMS and recognise when specialist technical approval is required.
• Confidence to challenge, refuse, suspend or stop work when controls are inadequate.
• Excellent attention to detail and disciplined permit and evidence management.
• Strong communication skills with contractors, supervisors, specialists and operational managers.
• Ability to prioritise competing requests without compromising safety or operational control.
• Experience coordinating work in live warehouse, logistics, industrial or construction environments.
• Good IT skills for registers, workflows, reporting and controlled documentation.
• Sound judgement and understanding that seniority does not replace designated technical authority.

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.