Cost Estimator / Engineer

AFRY; Pirkanmaa; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch and wellness benefits

Culture and wellness programs

Commuting benefit

Private accident insurance when remote

Job summary

AFRY aims to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society and is seeking a Cost Estimator/Engineer to support its Project Controls team. The role involves budgeting, tracking costs, forecasting remaining costs, and reporting deviations while collaborating with project stakeholders.

The position is based in Finland with a flexible hybrid model, requiring travel and relocation as needed. Fluency in Finnish and English is essential.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Process or Industry is required.
• 2-5 years of cost estimation and/or cost control in industrial investment projects.
• Strong Excel skills; knowledge of cost estimation software is a plus (Cleopatra, Acumen, @Risk, Scudo Pro).
• Fluent in Finnish and English.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills; able to coordinate with client and project team.
• Good data analytics and visualization skills.
• Willingness to travel and relocate.

Responsibilities

• Set up project budget and cost control procedures.
• Track actual project costs and forecast remaining costs.
• Communicate cost estimates data and deviation to stakeholders.
• Report status of project costs and deviations to budget.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to improve cost estimation and control.

Education

Engineering degree (Process, Industry)

Tools

Cleopatra

Acumen

@Risk

Scudo Pro

Job description

AFRY is a European leader in engineering, design, and advisory services, with a global reach. We accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society. We are 19,000 devoted experts in infrastructure, industry,energyand digitalization, creating sustainable solutions for generations to come.

Making Future

AFRY's Industry division is now looking for a Cost Estimator/Engineer to enforce its Project Controls team.

As a Cost Estimator, you will lead and facilitate the cost estimation process, compile cost estimates for various projects and phases, and prepare the basis for the estimates. You will communicate cost estimates data and analysis to relevant stakeholders. You will also work side by side with project management to execute cost control in most efficient way including typically the following tasks:

• Setting up the project budget and cost control procedures.
• Tracking actual project costs.
• Forecasting remaining costs.
• Communicating the status of project costs and reporting deviations to budget.
• Besides the standard project objectives, you will constantly aim to achieve set targets through proactive collaboration with all project stakeholders and participate in cost estimation and cost control competence development.

Your primary working location is our Vantaa office or any of our other AFRY Finland offices with a flexible hybrid working model.

In order to succeed in this role, you have:

• A degree in Engineering (Process, Industry)
• Min. 2-5 years of experience in cost estimation and/or cost control in industrial investment projects
• A strong command of Excel.Knowledge of other Cost estimation and control software are seen as advantage (such as Cleopatra, Acumen, @Risk, Scudo Pro)
• Full professional proficiency in both Finnish and English.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to ensure smooth communication with client’s organization and within the project team.
• A good command of data analytics and visualization tools.
• Strong self-leadership skills, a proactive and persistent attitude, a hands‑on mentality, and desire to further develop in your role and grow within the team.
• Readiness to travel and relocate.

Knowledge and direct experience in execution projects, as well as on-site experience are also seen as advantage.

Why AFRY?

As a stable and growing company, we provide you with a variety of opportunities to develop yourself. At AFRY, you will have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge to new areas according to your interests and get to work together with the top experts in dynamic and international project environment.

At AFRY we build sustainable future together and develop sustainable solutions that serve not only our clients but also society. The work at AFRY is versatile, interesting and challenging but at the same flexible, allowing you to take care of your work-life balance.We apply flexible working in a hybrid model where possible,taking into account project needs.

We strive to include all new employees to our work community from the first day at AFRY. We are brave, devoted team players, and we wish that you have the same mindset.

Would you like to read more about your future colleagues’ careers? Get to know them on our web page: https://afry.com/en/join-us/get-know-us 

Benefits at AFRY

• All AFRY employees are supported with lunch, exercise, culture,wellnessand commutingbenefit.
• AFRY employees are insured by private accident insurance when working remotely and insparetime.
• Employees havepossibilityto receivehelp fortaking care of a sick child at home.
• The team player spiritstrengthens alsoin hobby clubs, in which employees spend time together.
• Depending on the officelocationthere arecross fitclasses, golfclubsand board game clubs.
• We also encourage our employees to commute by bike.
• Morning porridge is offered to all cyclists.

Sustainability at AFRY

Sustainability and creating sustainable solutions are at the core of AFRY’s business strategy and all of our operations. By combining the latest technologies and the top expertise of our employees, we create sustainable businesses to our clients. Read more about sustainability at AFRY: https://afry.com/en/insights/sustainability 

Interested?

You can ask for more detailed information from Section Manager Vincent Kasmi[phone] or [e-mail]

At AFRY, we engineer change in everything we do. Change happens when brave ideas come together. When we collaborate, innovate technology, and embrace challenging points of view. That’s how we're making future. We are actively looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive and diverse teams across the globe. Join us in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable future.