Cost Engineer (m/f/d)

OHB; Bremen; Vor Ort; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

30 days vacation

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work options

Training courses

Company pension plan

Generous meals subsidy

Childcare support

Job bike

Zusammenfassung

OHB is looking for a cost engineer to manage various cost engineering activities, providing costing expertise and coordinating analyses across different domains. The role involves supporting cost optimisation while adhering to project specifications. You will contribute to defining tools and processes, ensuring stakeholder alignment.

Ideal candidates have a degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering and advanced skills in MS Excel. Proficiency in English is essential, and knowledge of German is a plus. This position offers a hybrid work option and a range of employee benefits.

Qualifikationen

• Completed studies (Diploma or Master) in aerospace engineering or equivalent qualification.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel functions.
• Very good communication skills in oral / written English.
• Experience in the space sector.

Aufgaben

• Manage and support cost engineering activities from feasibility to implementation proposals.
• Provide costing expertise to project teams.
• Coordinate cost engineering ensuring timely delivery of cost analyses.
• Support cost optimisation activities under various constraints.
• Contribute to defining internal processes and tools for cost engineering.

Kenntnisse

Aerospace engineering

MS Excel (VBA, PowerQuery, PowerPivot, PowerBI)

Communication skills in English

Experience in the space sector

Ausbildung

Completed studies in aerospace engineering or equivalent

Tools

SQL

Jobbeschreibung

Your Tasks

Manage / Support cost engineering activities in different frames: from feasibility studies to implementation proposals from specific subsystems to E2E systems for all domains, from Earth Observation to Telecommunication or Science Exploration for a variety of customers, but in particular ESA, EC, DLR, BW. Provide costing expertise to the project team supporting the collection and validation of cost input from internal company sources (departments) and external team members and suppliers. Coordinate the cost engineering activities ensuring the delivery of the required cost analyses (respecting the customer and the company internal requirements) in quality and in time. Support the cost optimisation activities granting that the different constraints and requirements are properly reflected (technical, programmatic, financial, georeturn, etc etc). Ensure that the cost analyses is reviewed according to the internal policies and is aligned within all the internal stakeholders (management, BD, project team, departments, procurement, controlling, etc). Contribute to the definition of the internal processes associated to cost engineering. Contribute to the definition of the set of tools and templates associated to cost engineering. Contribute to the organization and execution of in-house trainings on cost engineering.

Your Qualifications

Hard requirements:

• Completed studies (Diploma or Master) in aerospace engineering or equivalent qualification (i.e. mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics)
• Advanced knowledge of the MS suite, especially MS Excel (VBA, PowerQuery, PowerPivot, PowerBI)
• Very good communication skills in oral / written English
• Experience in the space sector

Additional competences considered strong assets:

• Experience in the commercial space sector
• Knowledge of SQL language
• System engineering or Project Management background (2 years +)
• Cost engineering experience
• Very good communication skills in oral / written German
• Security Clearance

We Offer

• Work Life Balance: Flexible working hours, sabbatical, 30 days vacation & special leave days
• Mobile Work: Hybrid work & mobile work abroad
• Structured on-boarding process (incl. Assignment of a buddy in the first months)
• Development: Extensive range of training courses, individual professional development, German language courses & annual employee dialogue space projects
• Additional benefits: 13. monthly salary, accident insurance & company pension plan
• Catering: High standard company restaurant & generous meals subsidy
• Active health promotion: Health management, E-GYM Wellpass & In-company sports groups
• Family: Kindergarten subsidy / Kindergarten places, Childcare in the vacation period & paid child sickness days
• Mobility: Subsidized Deutschland ticket, Job bike & parking lots
• Company parties & events: Christmas party, Satellite launch events, NextGen Speakers Night
• Innovation: Company suggestion system & free research and development