We are currently supporting a client within the Nuclear sector who is looking for a Security Cleared Cost Engineer to join them on a 14-month contract.
This is an excellent opportunity to work on a highly regulated programme, providing cost engineering support across a complex engineering environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for cost analysis, forecasting, reporting and supporting project delivery teams to ensure robust financial control throughout the project lifecycle.
Location: Reading, UK.
Contract: 14 months (Inside IR35)
Key Accountabilities
- Complying with appropriate procedures, processes and systems to ensure the quality and consistency of data.
- Supporting the preparation, monitoring and control of forecasts and budgets for specified projects, including change control.
- Support system interrogation and performance measurement of actual expenditure and performance, including accruals where necessary.
- Provide input to cost reports, including trend analysis and early warnings as necessary.
- Perform and support other Cost Engineer requirements as requested.
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
Key Responsibilities
- Support detailed SPI, CPI variance analysis and root cause analysis, including input to the narrative, recommendations & recovery planning in accordance with monthly reporting timescales.
- Support the creation of the Project Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and assist the preparation of cost studies utilising historical data. Providing data for benchmarking information to meet specific needs.
- Support trended data to assist the Project Manager based on performance to date and seek emerging trends to aid recommendations.
- Review manpower productivity and time bookings to projects including resource usage vs. planned, identify resource constraints, etc. and support recommendations to the Project Manager.
Requirements
- Strong Cost Engineering experience, ideally within major projects, engineering, infrastructure, defence or nuclear environments.
- Experience working within a highly regulated industry such as Nuclear, Defence, Rail, Utilities, Aerospace or similar.
- Proven capability in cost analysis, forecasting, budgeting, variance reporting and performance monitoring.
