Senior Cost Engineer

England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

Job Description

We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: We are looking to add a Senior Cost Engineer to our PMO & Project Controls Consultancy team to act as the first point of contact for all Cost Engineering activities. Utilising your knowledge and expertise in the Cost Engineering discipline you will be responsible for providing Project Control solutions and services to our clients. You will also be a key contributor to improving processes, procedures and tools utilised by the function.

As a Senior Cost Engineer, you are required to be commercially focused, confident in running your own project as well as working effectively within a team. You will be joining a growing consultancy team working on a variety of contracts within multiple sectors. You will be required to undertake short-term or long-term commissions to address a variety of customer needs. Candidates with a track record of cost management at pre and post contract; working on contracts through the development cycle to the delivery through the construction phase would be preferred.

This position will be a home based , hybrid role and will require site attendance once a month to Plymouth which would be travelling on the Monday, then on site for Tuesday and Wednesday and then travelling home on Thursday. Eligibility for Security Clearance is essential ( UK National or a UK resident for 5+ years ), and a UK Driving Licence will be highly beneficial as some projects are in remote locations.

Responsibilities

• Control, monitor, analyse and report cost related aspects for designated projects within a Portfolio.
• Ensure all cost and contract transactions on a project are understood and managed in an appropriate way.
• Continually monitor Project Risk and Change status to maintain current forecast.
• Liaise with Project team members and contractors with regards to progress and cost forecasting.
• Monitor, control and analyse the project cost information, identify variances, and bring these to the attention of the Project Manager with possible alternatives. Prepare specific reports to facilitate challenge and analysis to meet the project’s specific needs.
• Challenge cost variances against the baseline plan with individual task leaders/contractors and/or outside stakeholder management as necessary to enable mitigation.
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

• Understand the inter-relationship between time cost and commercial aspects of the project life cycle.
• Breadth of experience across whole project and programme lifecycle. (e.g., Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation/Commissioning processes).
• Proficient in the interpretation of Earned Value Analysis.
• Excellent MS Office skills and well versed in the preparation of reports and information using packages such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Breadth of experience across whole project and programme lifecycle. (e.g., Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation/Commissioning processes).
  
  

Desirable

• Working knowledge of Primavera
• Experienced in the use of Finance and Project software.
  
  

Working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation.

Essential

• Degree / Suitable Experience
  
  

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.