Lead Cost Engineer

Full Job Description

Job title: Lead Cost Engineer
Job Type: Permanent
Start date: Subject to Clearance
Duration: Permanent
Salary/ Pay rate/ Benefits: up too 75,000 per annum
Location: Whitehaven
Applicants must have experience of the following:
-As a Lead/Principle level cost engineer, candidates are required to have a minimum of 10-15 years experience working in a similar role
-Nuclear industry experience or experience in a relevant field
-ONC/HNC/HND in related engineering or accounting discipline or a degree qualification
- Appropriate experience in an engineering and/or construction company environment dealing with the financial, cost and contract control of engineering design, procurement of materials, equipment and services, manufacture, delivery and site implementation and construction
- Maintenance of complete and accurate reporting, on a routine basis, of cost control data on a specific project.
- To liaise with all project control staff to ensure effective and efficient running of the Project Control Group



Ideally applicants should also have:



Role information:
As a Lead/Principle engineer, you will be required to provide the project with complete and accurate cost control services, in association with the Project Manager/Project Control Manager prepare a cost control strategy.

Main Responsibilities:

-Proactively forecast, trend and analyse software, hardware and construction cost using EVA techniques and all other available data

-Identify cost variances as early as possible and report issues to the Project Manager/Project Control Manager and develop mitigation strategies.

-Recognise the impact risks & opportunities will have on the Estimate At Completion.

-Maintain communications and dialogue with other Project Control personnel (planners, document controllers, estimators) to help ensure excellence in delivery of Project Control function.

-Issue project cost reports in accordance with the requirements of the Principal Cost Controller / Project Manager,/ Project Control Manager, Project Execution Plan and the Business Operating Procedures (Including Project Finical Statement, Procurement Cost Report, and cost flows)

-As required by the Project Manager/Project Control Manager, attend internal and external project progress reviews.

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