Costain Group PLC

Lead Cost Engineer

Costain Group PLC

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Peterborough • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Provide direction for the Cost Engineering function and alignment with other PMO and Commercial functions.
  • Establishment of WBS and other data structures to support the SPA IC2 programme.
  • Lead the development of an industry standard Cost, Change and EVM Management system to support the IC2 programme.
  • Ensure standardisation and consistency of Cost Management processes to industry best practice.
  • Establish robust processes to ensure accurate cost control, change and baseline management, and forecasting.
  • Establish performance measurement for projects using Earned Value Management or similar techniques.
  • Ensure forecast process is supported with alignment of risk, schedule and commercial processes as well as inflation.
  • Support the establishment of aligned PMO, Estimating and Commercial infrastructure.
  • Establish credible monthly cost reports to support leadership reviews and provide data driven insight into programme performance.
  • Ensure the reported cost position is reconcilable and accurately reflected in the Cost Management system.
  • Support the monthly Board Reporting data on any cost related matters.
  • Lead on the IC2 cost control and efficiency initiatives.
  • Manage the cost engineering interface with other functional leads (commercial, schedule, risk and reporting etc).
  • Promote value and cost benefits across programme delivery.

Requirements

  • Relevant academic degree in Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying, Cost Engineering or similar.
  • Full UK Driving Licence
  • Extensive experience of Cost Engineering on large scale infrastructure projects ideally for either a Tier 1 contractor or client-side
  • Strong technical understanding of Cost Engineering including Forecasting, EVM, Cost Management, Resource Management, Change and Baseline Control, Inflation, Governance and Risk Management.
  • Strong technical understanding of Work Breakdown Structures and other data structures supported by experience.
  • Strong technical understanding of Risk and Contingency Management supported by experience of QSRA, and QCRA.
  • Working knowledge of integrated functional processes where Cost, Risk, Schedule and Commercial data are aligned with supporting management techniques.
  • Experienced user of Cost, Change and EVM Management Systems such as Deltek, Ecosys or Contruent.
  • Significant experience of forecasting, maintaining performance and contractual baselines, producing cost variance analysis on time phased data, monitoring changes, and forward looking reporting on early warnings and variations.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence key stakeholders
  • Experience and understanding of construction contracts such as NEC3/4 and their commercial basis including Target Price (Pain/Gain) Mechanisms.
Benefits
  • Driving Required
  • Security Clearance Required: No
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Cost EngineeringForecastingEarned Value ManagementCost ManagementResource ManagementChange ControlBaseline ControlGovernanceRisk ManagementWork Breakdown Structures
Soft Skills
communicationnegotiationinfluence