Value for Money Manager

Civil Works Alliance; Nacton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading salaries

Generous annual leave entitlements

Pension scheme

Other flexible benefits

Job summary

Civil Works Alliance (CWA) is recruiting a Value for Money Manager to support the Sizewell C programme. The role focuses on TOC development, gate-by-gate risk ownership, PAA compliance and VfM evidence.

You will establish auditable processes, drive improvement in evidence traceability between cost, schedule and ownership, and challenge material assumptions with evidence.

Join a client-led alliance offering market-leading salaries, generous leave entitlements and flexible benefits.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Commercial Management, Construction Management, Risk Management, Economics or Programme Management.
• Significant experience in nuclear, major infrastructure, regulated utilities, transport or other highly regulated sectors.
• Experience in major commercial programme, risk, assurance, delivery or TOC leadership roles across alliance networks, regulated infrastructure operators, major capital programmes or specialist commercial/risk consultancies.
• Experience in risk and opportunity quantification and in establishing traceability between risks, assumptions and programme outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Embed TOC development and gate-by-gate risk ownership.
• Own the system, process, method, evidence standard and continuous improvement framework for PAA, RAB, VfM, risk and opportunity integration.
• Establish auditable and evidence-led governance processes across complex programmes.
• Drive continuous improvement in the maturity, traceability and defensibility of TOC development and approval processes.
• Escalate weak VfM positions and evidence gaps that threaten NTS/NTP acceptance or RAB defensibility.
• Ensure residual risk is formally accepted by Delivery Directors at each relevant gate.

Skills

TOC development

PAA compliance

RAB principles

Risk management

Evidence governance

Education

Engineering or Commercial Management degree

Job description

Help Shape the UK’s Energy Future

Value for Money Manager Opportunity with the Civil Works Alliance (CWA), Supporting Sizewell C

As part of the CWA (Civil Works Alliance), you will support the building of Sizewell C. Sizewell C will be a 3.2-gigawatt power station generating low-carbon electricity for around 6 million homes and will play a key role in our energy future, supplying reliable, clean electricity for at least 60 years. This role will be within the CWA Wide Section.

What will you do?

• Embed and institutionalise the CWA core proposition, ensuring TOC development and gate-by-gate progress of risk ownership, PAA obligation delivery and RAB-compliant VfM evidence are readily available and demonstrable.
• Own the system, process, method, evidence standard and continuous improvement framework within the CWA for PAA, RAB, VfM, risk and opportunity integration.
• Establish a disciplined and auditable process that enables consistent challenge, evidence sufficiency and delivery accountability.
• Drive continual improvement in the maturity, traceability and defensibility of TOC development and approval processes.
• Challenge TOC assumptions and require evidence, maturity, named ownership and traceability for material assumptions.
• Ensure that no material risk enters the TOC unless it is traceable to cost, schedule, owner, treatment and supporting evidence.
• Escalate weak VfM positions and evidence gaps that threaten NTS/NTP acceptance or RAB defensibility.
• Recommend that gate progression is held where evidence is insufficient, double-counted, weakly owned or not delivery-ready.
• Ensure that residual risk is formally accepted by Delivery Directors at each relevant gate.
• Work closely with the CWA Alliance Director, TOC Director, Bid Director, TOC Team and Delivery Directors to ensure clear accountability.
• Support Delivery Directors in taking ownership of delivery assumptions, risk acceptance, logistics readiness and workface readiness.
• Promote the integrated ownership of planning, logistics and industrialisation across CWP, SD and CWA.
• Ensure that value is protected after NTP through leakage identification, reporting and action tracking.
• Implement post-NTP controls to monitor VfM leakage, risk crystallisation, opportunity realisation and TOC drift.
• Establish learning loops, root cause analysis and improvement actions to enhance subsequent TOC development and delivery performance.
• Define and maintain evidence standards required to pass LOD-0, LOD-1, LOD-2 and LOD-3 scrutiny.
• Support delivery teams in evidencing workface readiness, methodology, constraints, logistics demand, risk treatment and PAA/RAB/VfM compliance.
• Support the progressive assurance model by strengthening the quality of CWA self-evidence at LOD-0

What are we looking for?

• Degree qualification in a relevant discipline such as Engineering, Commercial Management, Construction Management, Risk Management, Economics or Programme Management
• Significant experience in nuclear, major infrastructure, regulated utilities, transport or other highly regulated sectors
• Experience in major commercial programme, risk, assurance, delivery or TOC leadership roles gained across alliance networks, regulated infrastructure operators, major capital programmes or specialist commercial/risk consultancies
• Senior delivery leadership experience in high-value, high-complexity infrastructure programmes with proven influencing skills, including the ability to challenge senior leaders and Delivery Directors constructively with evidence
• Proven track record of implementing or strengthening governance, evidence and assurance disciplines across live delivery packages
• Experience in risk and opportunity quantification and in establishing traceability between risks, assumptions and programme outcomes
• Strong understanding of TOC development, target cost processes, PAA compliance, RAB principles and Value for Money requirements
• Ability to integrate cost, schedule, risk, opportunity and commercial evidence into a single decision‑making framework
• Ability to establish and operate auditable, evidence‑led governance and assurance processes in complex programme environments
• Strong analytical capability in relation to delivery readiness, evidence sufficiency, post-NTP value protection and performance assurance
• Demonstrated capability in risk and opportunity integration, including traceability to cost, schedule, ownership and treatment
• Strong ability to challenge assumptions, detect weak evidence, identify double counting and elevate material concerns appropriately
• Excellent communication, facilitation and reporting skills with strong commercial judgement
• Committed to Best-for-Project outcomes and ability to translate compliance and governance requirements into practical embedded delivery controls
• Experience in alliance contracting, target outturn cost (TOC) environments or comparable collaborative delivery models (desirable)
• Working experience in regulated infrastructure environments with RAB, economic regulation or consumer‑defensibility considerations (desirable)
• Familiarity with LOD‑based assurance and progressive evidence models (desirable)
• Experience supporting NTS/NTP or equivalent gate approval processes (desirable)
• Experience of post-approval delivery control, leakage tracking and value protection frameworks (desirable)

What we will offer you?

The CWA is a single delivery organisation made of up of the client (Sizewell C) and three parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Bouygues and Laing O'Rourke - which offer industry leading packages including market leading salaries, generous annual leave entitlements, pension scheme and other flexible benefits.

• market leading salaries
• generous annual leave entitlements
• pension scheme
• other flexible benefits

About Us

The CWA celebrates the creativity and innovation that comes from a diverse workforce, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds — especially those from under‑represented communities. Our project is built on five core values: Humility, Positivity, Respect, Solidarity, and Clarity.

By joining us, you’ll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work, speak up, and share your ideas. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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