PLM Solution Architect Lead

PLM Solution Architect Lead
Duration- June 2026 for 9 months
Location - Hybrid - Bristol/London 1-2 days on-site
Market Rate- Umbrella Only

Are you at your best when driving high-profile topics while using humility to recognise your limitations, engaging others to achieve effective resolution? Are you energised by applying your curiosity to seek out and drive challenging topics? Do you thrive in an environment where you will need to bring clarity and strategic awareness to break through complexity and uncertainty? Above all, are you passionate about helping Britain achieve Net Zero?
If so, join us as the Plant Lifecycle Management (PLM) - Solution Architect Lead and you'll join one of the most exciting and ambitious projects in the UK.

Job Purpose/Overview
At the heart of the data-centric approach being taken on our client will be a robust and easy to use PLM tool based on Dassault System 3Dx platform, supporting configuration management, implementation of business processes and controlling data end-to-end life cycle from Engineering to Commissioning. The digital transformation programme set up to deliver this scope of work, as well as business practices transformation, is referred to as CALM (Configuration Asset Lifecycle Management).
To ensure that the digital tool is developed, populated with the right data, and that project processes can be implemented in the tool, a Solution Architect Manager (SAM) is required. The SAM will therefore be a technical management role, responsible for delivering the PLM solution from the initial prototype to the final deployment quality, for the project, in relation with the CALM Programme Manager.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions
In that context, the PLM Solution Architect Manager will:

• Be responsible for the successful development and deployment of all aspects of the CALM programme related to the Tool, Data and Processes, defining and maintaining the overall PLM architecture (data model, workflows, integrations).
• Set up and lead a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) of about 20 Embedded people from various business branches and external partners (architects, engineers, analysts), overseeing the general architecture and securing main dependencies
• Remain closely connected and work with HPC and Responsible Designer teams to ensure feedback from and further development of SWITCH (CALM equivalent on HPC, EPR2 etc) is properly considered in the SZC development strategy
• Facilitate workshops, collect requirements, and validate functional specifications.
• Coordinate delivery (prototype) with internal teams, IT, and external vendors and integrators.
• Oversee testing and ensure solution quality.
• Support CALM Programme Manager who manages the project scope, roadmap, timelines, risks, and stakeholder alignment.
• Support the Business Transformation Coordinator in charge of change management, training, and user adoption

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply. The role requires someone that will a good compromise between:

• Technical knowledge of PLM/Configuration Management tools (ideally, Dassault 3Dx platform)
• Experience in configuration management within a Nuclear Powerplant Project and solid knowledge of product and engineering processes
• Ability to effectively coordinate the desired integration between SZC and EDF SA in the PLM space (see "Contextual Information"), as well as interfaces with the wider business and Alliances.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering successful PLM programmes on large projects
• Strong track record of building personal trust and operating with integrity and credibility
• Ability to quickly understand a wide range of complex issues and make robust decisions
• Excellent presentation, influencing and facilitation skills

Key Behavioural Competencies
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 level