Nuclear Cost Engineer - Project Controls & EVM Expert

Vulcain Engineering Group; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 76,952 - 134,667; Full time

Job summary

Vulcain Engineering Group in the UK is seeking a Cost Engineer to join the Integrated Project Controls team. You will manage and monitor project finances, develop cost baselines, and ensure plans reflect current progress across major infrastructure programmes.

You will work with schedules and estimates, support change control, risk and reporting, and communicate with stakeholders to align cost performance with project goals.

Qualifications

• Experience as Cost Engineer on major infrastructure, energy or highly regulated projects.
• Understanding of cost management methodologies and techniques.
• Ability to understand and use cost management software.
• Understanding of earned value analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and update project plans with full costing and resource management.
• Manage change control processes and update configuration documentation.
• Understand baseline control and types of baseline changes.
• Use tools like EVM to assess cost performance against schedule baseline.
• Identify and integrate cost impacts of risks and opportunities into the plan.
• Apply project control methodologies across programmes and projects.
• Produce monthly cost reports and forecasts.
• Integrate with project estimates and schedules for cost management.

Skills

Cost management

Earned value analysis

Cost control

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Cost management software

EVM tools

Job description

Vulcain Engineering Group in the UK is seeking a Cost Engineer to join the Integrated Project Controls team. You will manage and monitor project finances, develop cost baselines, and ensure plans reflect current progress across major infrastructure programmes.

You will work with schedules and estimates, support change control, risk and reporting, and communicate with stakeholders to align cost performance with project goals.