Job Title: Trainee Cost Specialist - Train to Fit
Location: Warrington, Cheshire or Stoke Gifford, Bristol
Compensation: £36,000 + Bonus + Benefits
Role Type: Full time
Overview
Join the Experis Academy as a Trainee Cost Specialist and receive training to become a highly skilled Cost Specialist working for Cavendish Nuclear. This role offers the opportunity to be trained and developed while representing Experis.
Responsibilities
Day to day, you’ll secure required resources and use formal processes and tools to manage resources, budgets, risks and changes, ensuring on‑time completion according to specifications and within budgeted costs. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to gain exposure to the wider business and various opportunities across Cavendish Nuclear and Babcock.
- Coordinate and collate all project cost data.
- Produce revenue and cost reports.
- Provide forward‑looking trend and variance analysis and identify expected project cost performance.
- Facilitate re‑forecasting exercises with the Project Team to ensure accurate forecasting.
- Ensure cost reporting aligns with the Project WBS.
- Assist with monthly billing.
Qualifications
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively and confidently.
- Ability to engage stakeholders at all levels of the business.
- Superior analytical thinking and problem‑solving abilities.
- Forward thinker who pre‑empts potential problems.
- Professional commitment to high quality and a passion for learning new skills.
- Previous experience in a delivery environment within engineering, project or construction management, or a related field.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on a 37‑hour working week, with bonus opportunities.
- Opportunity to gain entry into a leading aerospace, defence and security organisation.
- Sophisticated training programme using online and in‑role modules.
- Training in project management including APM Project Fundamentals and APMG – Project, Planning & Control Foundation and Practitioner (exam costs covered).
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Enhanced Life Insurance Cover.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Enhanced Accident Insurance.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- Sick pay.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must already possess or be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
EEO Statement
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’.
Closing Date
Closing date: 19/06/2026
