Assurance Manager (Estimating and Cost)

Electus Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent engineering consultancy is seeking an Assurance Manager to provide estimating and cost advisory services. The role offers a competitive salary ranging from £55,000 to £70,000, along with flexible hybrid working options. Candidates should have strong technical expertise in project delivery and cost management. This permanent role involves working on various infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Double-matched pension

Medical and dental insurance

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of indirect costs and cost breakdown structures.
• Awareness of global thought leadership in cost forecasting.
• Ability to work seamlessly with designers and clients.

Responsibilities

• Support assurance and advisory service delivery for major projects.
• Provide technical leadership for high-quality client deliverables.
• Contribute to communication of findings to stakeholders.

Skills

Understanding of cost estimating

Stakeholder engagement

Technical expertise in project delivery

Education

Working towards RICS, ICE, AACE, ACostE chartership

Job description

Assurance Manager: Estimating and Cost Advisory

Location(s): Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, London or Glasgow
Hybrid Working: 2-3 Days a Week On-Site (Either Office or Client Site)
Salary: Circa £55,000–£70,000, Depending on Experience

Provide estimating and cost advisory as an Assurance Manager to this large engineering consultancy. This organisation allows you to tailor the benefits package to suit your needs; benefits include hybrid working options, double-matched pension, medical and dental insurance, and so forth. You will have a chance to work on a variety of projects across infrastructure, transport and energy sectors within the UK and internationally.

Key responsibilities

• Support assurance and advisory service delivery, focusing on reviewing major projects and niche projects across the UK and internationally, with a particular focus on capital costs.
• Work across assurance reviews of various types, focusing on cost and project deliverability across the project lifecycle from early-stage feasibility design to project close-out.
• Provide technical leadership for the delivery of high-quality client deliverables, ranging from data analysis models to reports and informative dashboards or presentations.
• Contribute to the highly effective communication of key findings and recommendations to senior clients and wider stakeholders.

About you

• An understanding of typical client approaches to applying contingency and awareness of global thought leadership in the area of cost estimating, cost forecasting and setting up projects (or resetting projects) for success.
• Chartership with or demonstrably working towards RICS, ICE, AACE, ACostE or similar.
• Strong technical expertise in project development and delivery, with a specialism and demonstrable background in managing and understanding costs.
• Wider understanding of commercial and contractual requirements.
• Strong knowledge of indirect costs, cost breakdown structures and techniques to analyse and assess project deliverability.
• Stakeholder engagement skills, including being able to work seamlessly with designers, engineers, project managers and clients.

Due to the nature of work at our client’s site, these vacancies are only open to those who hold SC clearance or can obtain it. Visa sponsorship cannot be provided for this position.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are free to resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.

This is a permanent role.