Trainee Cost Specialist

Location: Either Glasgow, Warrington, or Bristol depending which location is closer to you (Hybrid working).

The ideal candidate will have active SC Clearance or be eligible to undergo SC Clearance.

The Experis Academy has an exciting and unique opportunity for delivery-oriented individuals to be trained and up-skilled to become highly skilled Cost Specialists working for a clean energy, defence and civil decommissioning company. This is a great opportunity to join Experis’ ever growing Academy division where you will be trained and developed whilst representing Experis on one of our leading engineering accounts. Our Academy programmes train and develop wider talent pools who work towards becoming permanent members of our industry leading customers.

We are looking for ambitious candidates who possess strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills. If you are looking to re-skill or have a desire to develop your skills in cost specialisation, then this could be the opportunity for you. This is a challenging but rewarding role that will require outstanding customer facing and team working skills.

You will be given the opportunity to work within a delivery environment, supporting on Cost Specialist activities for projects/programmes. It will also enable you to collaborate with like-minded individuals to help solve complex problems within the nuclear and infrastructure space.

As part of the programme, you will be provided with the necessary tools, experience, and training to help develop your skills within project, programme and portfolio management (P3M). You will receive best in class training within project management, planning and controls, Primavera (planning/scheduling tool) and Excel. Courses will also cover soft skills such as negotiation presentation, emotional intelligence and conflict resolution. The training is centred around scenario-based learning, where you will be involved in practical application workshops.

The role:

• As a Cost Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is your opportunity to become part of a leading nuclear services company, and to support the costs portfolio for high priority infrastructure upgrade projects.
• Playing a critical role in ensuring that our projects are completed successfully, on time, and within budget, whilst implementing best practices.
• Day to day, you’ll secure required resources and use formal processes and tools to manage resources, budgets, risks and changes, as well as managing projects to ensure on-time completion according to specifications and within budgeted costs.
• You’ll collaborate with stakeholders granting you great exposure to the wider business and various opportunities across the business, all whilst working in our brand new office in central Glasgow.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the co-ordination and collation of all project cost data for the joint venture.
• Responsible for the production of the joint venture Revenue and Cost Reports.
• Provide forward looking trends and variance analysis information identifying expected project cost performance and comparisons against applicable project performance targets.
• Facilitates re-forecasting exercises with the Project Team to ensure accurate forecasting.
• Ensuring cost reporting alignment with the Project WBS.
• Assist with Monthly Billing.

To fit the minimum criteria to apply, applicants must possess the following attributes:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively and confidently.
• Ability to communicate and engage effectively with a range of stakeholders at all levels of the business.
• Superior analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• A forward thinker who preempts potential problems.
• Professional commitment to high quality, and a passion for learning new skills.
• Previous experience working in a delivery environment within engineering/project/construction management or any other related field that is delivery focused and output driven.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on a 37 hour working week, with bonus opportunities.
• Gain an entry point into a market leading clean energy, defence and civil decommissioning organisation and the opportunity to secure a high-profile role.
• A sophisticated training programme comprised of online and in role training to develop skills in an area that is ever growing in demand.
• Gain highly sought after qualifications.
• Other benefits include:

• Contributory pension scheme.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Medical and Dental cover.
• 22 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Maternity Pay/Shared Parental leave and paternity leave.
• Sick pay.