200 new jobs for the North East on back of Sizewell C nuclear plant

Assystem is a key partner with EDF and has been working with the company at Hinkley Point C. Now the company is set to create North East jobs on the back of Sizewell C getting the go-ahead

- COREENA FORD Business Writer [e-mail]

AROUND 200 jobs are set to be created at a North East base of a nuclear engineering group on the back of work at major power plant project Sizewell C.

Assystem, which has its global headquarters in Paris, is already a major player in the UK's nuclear new build programme as well as the switch to low-carbon energy, transport, and infrastructure, as a key contributor to the development of small modular reactors (SMRs).

The business which has 10 sites in the UK including large bases in Sunderland, Blackburn, Derby, Bristol and London - is also a member of the Sizewell C consortium, a network of over 200 companies dedicated to the £38bn Suffolk-based power station project's success.

Now Assystem has pledged to double its UK workforce over the next five years, creating 1,000 new engineering, digital and management jobs, after the Government gave the green light for Sizewell C.