Senior Cost Engineer

This contract with our Defence/Nuclear client is for a Senior Cost Engineer for 18 months based in Aldermaston, 3 days per week working in Aldermaston and some travel to Newbury.  

A senior member of the Business Management sub-function providing and delivering cost engineering capability in support of the organisation's projects.  

Key Accountabilities:  

• Implement appropriate procedures, processes and systems to ensure the quality and consistency of data.  

• Task manage capacity and deployment of Business Management team members in support of Group Leaders.  

• Prepare, monitor and control of forecasts and budgets for specified projects, including change control.  

• Interrogate systems and performance to ascertain actual expenditure and project accruals as needed.  

• Preparation of cost reports, including trend analysis and early warnings where necessary.  

• Perform and support other Cost Engineer requirements as requested.  

• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.  

Key Responsibilities:  

• Conduct full and detailed SPI, CPI variance analysis and subsequent root cause analysis, followed by provision of narrative, recommendations & recovery planning in accordance with monthly reporting timescales.  

• Establish the Project Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and lead on the preparation of cost studies utilising historical data. Developing benchmarking information to meet specific needs.  

• Provide trended data to the Project Manager based on performance to date and emerging trends including making recommendations.  

• Tracking manpower productivity and analysing time booked to projects including resource usage vs. planned, resource constraints, etc. and make any relevant recommendations to the Project Manager.