Assurance Manager (Estimating and Cost) in London

Energy Jobline CVL; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy recruitment firm seeks an Assurance Manager to provide estimating and cost advisory in various sectors including infrastructure and energy. This permanent position offers hybrid working and a competitive salary between £55,000 and £70,000, alongside a tailored benefits package. The ideal candidate will have technical expertise in project delivery and stakeholder engagement skills, with a focus on major projects both nationally and internationally.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Double-matched pension

Medical and dental insurance

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of indirect costs and cost breakdown structures.
• Ability to engage with various stakeholders including engineers and project managers.
• Understanding of commercial and contractual requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support assurance and advisory service delivery.
• Conduct assurance reviews focusing on project costs.
• Provide technical leadership for deliverables like reports and dashboards.
• Communicate findings to senior clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Client approaches to cost estimating

Technical expertise in project delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Chartership with RICS, ICE, AACE, ACostE or similar

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

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.

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