Cost Engineer

This role is Inside IR35.

Contract Length: 10-15 months

Clearance: SC/DV 

Location: Aldermaston/Winnersh - Hybrid working

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct full and detailed SPI, CPI variance analysis and subsequent root cause analysis, followed by provision of narrative, recommendations & recovery planning in accordance with monthly reporting timescales.

• Establish the Project Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and lead on the preparation of cost studies utilising historical data.

• Developing benchmarking information to meet specific needs.

• Provide trended data to the Project Manager based on performance to date and emerging trends including making recommendations.

• Tracking manpower productivity and analysing time booked to projects including resource usage vs. planned, resource constraints, etc. and make any relevant recommendations to the Project Manager

Essential

• Professionally qualified with chartered or equivalent status

• Success in a Project Controls environment or similar Cost role on a major construction project

• Adept with tech such as Cost tools, Excel, and IT

• Building rapport and creating great relationships

• Motivating and building teams

• Good standard of general education, including business / project management qualification or equivalent or proven level of experience.

• Experience of NEC Contracts

• Diverse experience of forecasting

• Diverse experience in receipting

• Extensive MS Excel experience

• Fine with Public or private sector experience

Desirable

• Professionally qualified with chartered or equivalent status

• Oracle Fusion would be ideal

• Construction area experience would be beneficial, but not essential. They work in the ‘bricks and sticks’ construction side.