Cost Engineer

Job Title: Cost Engineer
Location: Warrington, Cheshire or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55331
At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Cost Engineer at our Warrington, Cheshire or Bristol site.
The role
As a Cost Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will help to improve the accuracy and visibility of lifecycle reporting for Cavendish and its stakeholders.
Day to day, you will be involved in the planning, analysis and forecasting for packages of work within the PP&E Programme. You will work closely with the project team, embedding themselves and helping to estimate target and fixed price contracts.

• Develop/implement and maintain the Project Baseline Budgets including Control Account Plans/Responsibility Assignment Matrix and WBS Dictionary (SOW).
• Responsible for the monitor, control and validation of project's accruals and commitments and the control of resource and financial forecast data.
• Management and control of financial change management on the project and assurance of alignment with the business/contractual requirements.
• Provision of internal and external financial performance & cost reports including earned value and variation analysis.
• This is full time role with 37 hours per week. The role is adaptable and can be based at various sites, including Warrington, Cheshire or Bristol with hybrid working from home arrangements - three days in the office per week.

Essential experience of the Cost Engineer:

• Significant experience of applying budgeting & cost control in a regulated industry environment
• Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g. NEC3 and NEC4) including resolution of claims and disputes
• Previous experience of supporting more junior team members in a cost estimating, Cost Engineering or project controls environment
• Proficient user of MS packages, namely Excel

Qualifications for the Cost Engineer:

• HNC level qualification (or equivalent) in Cost Engineering or quantity surveying
• Ideally a bachelor's degree in engineering / project / construction management or a related field
• ECITB QCF Level 5 Diploma (or equivalent) in Cost Engineering (Cost Control)
• A professional qualification and membership (e.g. APM/AcostE/RICS) (or equivalent)

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 06/02/2024
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