Cost Engineer – Cumbria – Seascale, Cumbria Contract

Cost Engineer – Cumbria

Role: Cost Engineer

Contract Length: 12 MONTHS

Location: Pelham house

IR35: Not applicable – PAYE/Umbrella only

Pay Rate to Candidate:

£25.00 – £35.00 PAYE / £33.66 – 47.13 UMBRELLA

Minimum Requirement:

Security Clearance: BPSS Essential Requirements

• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s or NVQ equivalent (grade C or above) including Maths, English and a science plus 2
• •others
• Possession of appropriate professional qualification, together with demonstrable
• relevant experience within a cost engineering / project controls role
• Strong mathematical skills
• Understanding of basic accounting principles such as debits, credits and accruals
• Demonstrates ability to produce and present information to high standards
• Able to work under pressure and adapt to changes in the work environment, managing competing demands
• and meeting tight deadlines
• Confidentiality
• Strong knowledge of procedures and methods relevant to their field together with full understanding of
• underlying principles.
• Conveys strong communication and interaction skills, externally and internally and has the ability to
• influence key stakeholders
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel.

  Description:

  The Cost Engineer / Project Controls Engineer will report directly into the Project Controls Manager as part of

  the LLWR Project Controls function. The individual will need to adhere to month end reporting cycles and be

  able to consistently deliver against these deadlines to enable the business to make effective decisions.

  Engagement will be required with a number of Departmental Functional Heads across the organisation to help

  them manage, control and report costs and variance information to the business. Accuracy and attention to

  detail are key to ensure budgets are managed and allocated effectively and to demonstrate value for money.

  The role will be carried out remotely until at least April 2021, post this point definitive arrangements are not yet

  known. However, there may be a requirement to work from LLWR premises beyond this date.

• Independently manage, interrogate and maintain costs on projects / programmes of work with the ability to
• positively change and constantly strive for improvements

• Integral part of project teams and work closely with other project controls disciplines to provide an effective

• and value-added service

• Earned Value Analysis, identify critical areas, trends and recommend recovery options, and contribute to

• clear and concise reporting

• Provide accurate forecasts for expenditure and performance within the financial year and project lifetime
• Maintain cost control databases for areas of work, and ensure validation and integrity of data

• across systems

• Prepare accruals and journals for areas of work
• Organise and lead monthly EAC reviews for all designated areas of responsibility
• Produce monthly earned value reports, variance analysis and Project/Programme Dashboards
• Understand forms of contract and how these impact on cost forecasting and management
• Control project expenditure as part of an authorisation chain
• Raise trends in accordance with PCPm Develop baseline change proposals ensuring adherence with

• internal and client requirements

• Contribute to the ongoing update and resubmission of project and programme business cases as

• required

• To provide support to the application of risk processes and to the Project Teams, Risk Co-ordinator and

• Risk Manager in risk identification, reviews, workshops and upkeep of risk registers

• Proactively coach and support the development of other team members

If you have the required experience and skills to fulfil this role then please apply with a copy of your CV.

Cost Engineer – Cumbria – Seascale, Cumbria