Assistant Cost Engineer

Babcock International Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading nuclear services company as an Assistant Cost Engineer in Glasgow. In this full-time role, you'll play a crucial part in managing costs for high-priority projects, ensuring successful completion within budget. With opportunities for hybrid working, the position offers career development in an innovative engineering environment.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8%

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10 days of paid leave for Reservists

Holiday Trading program for buying/selling leave

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering leave

Flexible working options

Opportunity to work on exciting engineering projects

Qualifications

• Experience in cost engineering is essential.
• Knowledge of project management and controls principles required.
• Familiarity with commercial scheduling and estimating software.

Responsibilities

• Manage project costs and budgets for infrastructure upgrade projects.
• Coordinate and produce cost data and revenue reports.
• Assist with re-forecasting and billing processes.

Skills

Cost engineering

Project management principles

Earned Value Management

Commercial scheduling

Estimating software familiarity

Education

University degree or equivalent

Job description

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Job Title: Assistant Cost Engineer

Location: Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: £32,000 - £43,000 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world. Join us as an Assistant Cost Engineer at our Glasgow site and play your part in this mission.

The role

As an Assistant Cost Engineer, you’ll support the costs portfolio for high-priority infrastructure upgrade projects within a leading nuclear services company. Your role is critical to ensuring projects are completed successfully, on time, and within budget, while implementing best practices.

Daily responsibilities include securing resources, managing resources, budgets, risks, and changes using formal processes and tools, and ensuring project completion according to specifications and within budget. You will collaborate with stakeholders, gaining exposure to the wider business and various opportunities across Cavendish Nuclear and Babcock, while working in our new office in central Glasgow.

• Coordinate and collate all project cost data for the joint venture.
• Produce the joint venture Revenue and Cost Reports.
• Provide trend analysis and variance reports to monitor project cost performance against targets.
• Assist with re-forecasting exercises with the Project Team for accurate projections.
• Ensure cost reporting aligns with the Project WBS.
• Assist with Monthly Billing processes.

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week, with hybrid working arrangements (1-2 days in-office, 3-4 days remote). Agile working and flexible patterns, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing, may be available; please inquire during the interview process.

Essential experience

• Experience in cost engineering
• Knowledge of project management and controls principles, including Earned Value Management
• Familiarity with commercial scheduling and estimating software

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent

Security Clearance

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What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days of paid leave
• Holiday Trading program for buying or selling leave
• ‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering leave
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• Opportunity to work on exciting engineering projects

About Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear is committed to safety, innovation, and excellence in engineering.