Cost Efficiency and Avoidance Lead – Project Controls
Sizewell C – The Power of Good for Britain
Location: London (2-3 days per week) with occasional travel to Suffolk
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Salary: £80,000 – £90,000 per annum (depending on experience) + benefits
Bonus: Up to 5%
Annual Leave: 28 days + bank holidays (rising to 30 days after 5 years)
Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution
Closing Date: Friday 29 May 2026
Shape the Future of Cost Excellence on a Landmark Infrastructure Project
Sizewell C is a nationally significant clean energy project and a key part of the UK’s journey to Net Zero. Within Project Controls, we are building a centre of excellence that drives performance, delivers insight, and enables successful project delivery.
We are seeking a Cost Efficiency & Avoidance (CE&A) Lead to establish a pioneering function focused on reducing cost and maximising value across the project and its supply chain.
The Role
This is a unique opportunity to design, implement, and embed a Cost Efficiency & Avoidance framework that will influence the entire Sizewell C programme.
You will ensure a proactive, structured approach to identifying, quantifying, and realising both cost efficiencies and cost avoidance opportunities, helping to drive best-in‑class performance across a complex infrastructure environment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead the development and implementation of the CE&A framework across SZC
- Establish procedures, processes, tools, reporting, and training to support delivery
- Work closely with Project Controls, Delivery, Finance, HR, and Supply Chain teams to ensure alignment with existing processes
- Facilitate CE&A workshops and reviews with multidisciplinary teams
- Identify and quantify opportunities for cost efficiencies and avoidance across the programme lifecycle
- Track, monitor, and report potential and realised savings
- Promote a consistent understanding of CE&A principles across the organisation
- Support integration with cost management, risk & opportunity, and performance programmes
- Represent SZC as an industry leader in Project Controls through knowledge sharing and best practice
About You
We are open to candidates from a range of backgrounds, including Project Controls, Cost Management, Estimating, Programme Delivery, or Lean environments.
- Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. finance, engineering, project management, construction)
- Proven experience implementing processes and systems on large, complex infrastructure projects
- Strong understanding of Project Controls and cost management principles
- Experience facilitating workshops and working with multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Delivery-focused and solutions-driven mindset
- Lean Six Sigma or similar continuous improvement experience
- Experience within Project Controls assurance activities
- Knowledge of NEC and/or FIDIC contracts
- Professional membership (e.g. AACE, APM, PMI)
- Experience working in nuclear or highly regulated environments
Why Join Sizewell C?
- Be part of a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project
- Create and shape a new, best-practice function within Project Controls
- Work in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment
- Competitive salary and market-leading benefits package
Ready to Make an Impact?
Apply now and help drive cost excellence on a project that will power Britain for generations.
Full job description available on request.
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Sizewell C – The Power of Good for Britain
Location: London (2-3 days per week) with occasional travel to Suffolk
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Salary: £80,000 – £90,000 per annum (depending on experience) + benefits
Bonus: Up to 5%
Annual Leave: 28 days + bank holidays (rising to 30 days after 5 years)
Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution
Closing Date: Friday 29 May 2026
Shape the Future of Cost Excellence on a Landmark Infrastructure Project
Sizewell C is a nationally significant clean energy project and a key part of the UK’s journey to Net Zero. Within Project Controls, we are building a centre of excellence that drives performance, delivers insight, and enables successful project delivery.
We are seeking a Cost Efficiency & Avoidance (CE&A) Lead to establish a pioneering function focused on reducing cost and maximising value across the project and its supply chain.
The Role
This is a unique opportunity to design, implement, and embed a Cost Efficiency & Avoidance framework that will influence the entire Sizewell C programme.
You will ensure a proactive, structured approach to identifying, quantifying, and realising both cost efficiencies and cost avoidance opportunities, helping to drive best-in‑class performance across a complex infrastructure environment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead the development and implementation of the CE&A framework across SZC
- Establish procedures, processes, tools, reporting, and training to support delivery
- Work closely with Project Controls, Delivery, Finance, HR, and Supply Chain teams to ensure alignment with existing processes
- Facilitate CE&A workshops and reviews with multidisciplinary teams
- Identify and quantify opportunities for cost efficiencies and avoidance across the programme lifecycle
- Track, monitor, and report potential and realised savings
- Promote a consistent understanding of CE&A principles across the organisation
- Support integration with cost management, risk & opportunity, and performance programmes
- Represent SZC as an industry leader in Project Controls through knowledge sharing and best practice
About You
We are open to candidates from a range of backgrounds, including Project Controls, Cost Management, Estimating, Programme Delivery, or Lean environments.
- Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. finance, engineering, project management, construction)
- Proven experience implementing processes and systems on large, complex infrastructure projects
- Strong understanding of Project Controls and cost management principles
- Experience facilitating workshops and working with multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Delivery-focused and solutions-driven mindset
- Lean Six Sigma or similar continuous improvement experience
- Experience within Project Controls assurance activities
- Knowledge of NEC and/or FIDIC contracts
- Professional membership (e.g. AACE, APM, PMI)
- Experience working in nuclear or highly regulated environments
Why Join Sizewell C?
- Be part of a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project
- Create and shape a new, best-practice function within Project Controls
- Work in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment
- Competitive salary and market-leading benefits package
Ready to Make an Impact?
Apply now and help drive cost excellence on a project that will power Britain for generations.
Full job description available on request.
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