Cost and Commercial Lead - Turnaround

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Location: Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port Employment Type: Site Based Full Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday 25 days holiday, increasing with service Private medical insurance Additional flex benefits, including holiday purchase Access to Employee Assistance Programme with exclusive access to a range of Discounts Free secure on-site car parking About the Company EET (Essar Energy Transition) vision is to be the leading producer of low carbon fuels and establish a blueprint energy transition hub in the North West. EET plays a major role in supplying the Northwest and the wider UK with essential fuels. We produce over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, supply key feedstocks to the petrochemical industry, and are investing heavily in low‑carbon energy solutions. We work with major retail fuel brands, supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading airlines, and regional transport operators. We are also a key partner in the HyNet project, helping to deliver the region’s low‑carbon future. With over 900 skilled colleagues, we offer a strong safety culture, technically challenging work, and some of the best training in the energy sector. As the Cost and Commercial Lead - Turnaround, you will be responsible for providing specialist leadership across estimating, budgeting, forecasting, cost control and commercial value delivery for EET's turnaround portfolio. Working at the heart of major turnaround events, you will ensure robust cost management throughout the turnaround lifecycle, from early planning and funding approval through to execution and close-out. Partnering closely with Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, Finance and contractor organisations, you will provide clear commercial insight, challenge cost assumptions and drive value-focused decision-making to ensure turnarounds are delivered safely, efficiently and within approved funding. You will: Lead the development of turnaround estimates, budgets and funding submissions, ensuring alignment with scope maturity and assurance requirements. Establish and maintain cost control frameworks, reporting structures, forecasting processes and budget baselines across turnaround events. Drive accurate forecasting of commitments, accruals, actual costs, cash flow and estimate-at-completion throughout planning and execution phases. Analyse cost performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide timely insight and corrective actions to leadership teams. Challenge contractor proposals, productivity assumptions, delivery strategies and commercial models to maximise value and cost competitiveness. Work with Procurement and contract owners to shape sourcing, contracting and delivery strategies that optimise turnaround outcomes. Lead robust change control processes, ensuring scope changes, variations and commercial impacts are accurately assessed and managed. Provide commercial assurance for tenders, contract awards, contractor applications, invoices and final accounts. Identify cost-saving opportunities, commercial improvements and recovery strategies to enhance turnaround value delivery. Produce and present cost and commercial performance reports to turnaround governance and leadership forums. Support benchmarking, assurance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen cost management performance across future events. Provide functional leadership and coaching to turnaround teams, promoting best practice in estimating, forecasting, cost control and commercial assurance. About You To succeed in this role, you'll have: Significant experience in turnaround, shutdown or major-project cost engineering within refining, petrochemical, oil