Senior Cost Engineer - UKIFS Ltd in Retford

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

UKIFS is leading the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme to deliver the world’s first prototype fusion energy plant by 2040, driving a path to the commercial viability of fusion. As part of this bold and ambitious mission, we are seeking a STEP Head of Establishment, West Burton, to lead our teams in West Burton in establishing the future home of STEP.

The key responsibilities of the Senior Cost Engineer are:

• Lead the development of cost models relevant to the assigned product areas.
• Work closely with the respective technical teams to assure consistency with the product design as well as create awareness of the cost models relevant to their product area.
• Influence the design of the individual product areas to lead to an integrated cost optimised plant design and instil a cost conscience in the wider programme.
• Form an integrated understanding on how the cost of an individual system affects the overarching cost of the prototype and potential commercial successors.
• Launch and manage external procurement for cost estimation activities.
• Assure timeliness of the creation of the model in relation to the required decision timescales.
• Act as main point of contact for cost assessment in the relevant product area and participate in relevant design review meetings.
• Quickly gain a top-level understanding of the relevant subject matter of the partnered product areas.
• Identify and protect intellectual property across all costing activities.
• Ensure robust and rigorous documentation of cost modelling and optimisation efforts using succinct, programme relevant and highly credible costing reports, ensuring all cost reports are passed through the costing due diligence process soliciting the review and approval of Subject Matter Experts.
• Coach graduate cost engineers in both cost engineering and fusion power plant integration.

Qualifications Essential Requirements:

• Degree in engineering/scientific discipline or significant experience of working in an engineering field.
• Strong cost engineering background in infrastructure/engineering environments with good technical understanding and interest in integrated fusion power plant design, or strong knowledge of fusion power plant integration and interest in costs.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly build a working knowledge of a new, complex subject matter.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to influence product design leads, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to plan and manage costing modelling and optimisation activities to support commercially viable product options.
• Ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders (R&D product development teams, UK universities, SMEs and suppliers to address gaps and inform critical costing activities).
• Resilience in a high-paced working environment.

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks. If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.