Cost Clerk - Dungeness

Highways; Dungeness; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

On-site parking

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Aureos Highways is recruiting a Cost Clerk to support a major highways project at Dungeness. You will help control costs, collect data, and assist the commercial lead and site team to maximise contract margins and cash collection.

The role requires strong communication, planning, and cost accounting skills, with a proactive approach to cost transfers and reporting. On-site work and close collaboration with multiple departments are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent planning, prioritisation and time management.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Check and pre-approve material and external invoices.
• Code and allocate delivery tickets accurately.
• Analyse weekly material and plant schedules.

Skills

Communication

Planning

Independence

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Tools

MS Office

Job description

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further! Aureos Highways are recruiting for a Cost Clerk to support them on their major highways project in Dungeness. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing cost control and support to the commercial lead and site team in contracts. Involving you to collect, analyse, summarise and evaluate costs to maximise the contract margins and cash collection in turn maximising the business profits.

Primary tasks and duties:

• Checking and pre-approval of material and external plant invoices
• Allocation and coding of all delivery tickets in line with the cost loaded and deliverables
• Analysing of weekly material and plant schedules
• Interrogation and evaluation of all staff and labour costs
• Assist commercial lead with preparation of monthly reporting requirements and deliverables
• Preparing all necessary cost transfers to ensure cost allocation is correct.
• Provision of all supporting documentation to back up periodic applications as required
• Reconciliation of cost reporting with financial reporting as required
• Visits to other offices and site locations as required
• Liaise with other departments and external companies as and when required
• Support the commercial lead on any ad-hoc duties and special projects as required

Skills and experience:

• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Good planning, time management and organisation skills
• Proven ability to prioritise and ability to meet tight deadlines in a busy and demanding environment
• Experienced MS office user, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to work independently and within a multi-disciplinary team, whilst showing clear attention to detail

In return you will receive:

• Generous Salary
• 25 days Holiday with the option to buy more
• Pension Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits portal
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral Scheme

Equal Opportunities Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Aureos is a multi-disciplinary energy and transport networks specialist engineering services provider, spanning the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and crisis response of critical infrastructures across power, renewables, nuclear decommissioning, railways, highways and local government sectors.