Cost Controller

Balfour Beatty plc; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty invites applications for a Cost Controller on the ASTI Project, Peterhead, to support the financial delivery of complex energy infrastructure work in Scotland.

You will work with the Scotland Energy Delivery Unit to assist cost queries, produce weekly reports, and perform variance analysis, helping ensure accurate budgeting across the programme while collaborating with suppliers and client stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost control and cost reporting for large infrastructure projects.
• Ability to produce weekly cost reports and validate costs.
• Experience with cost variance analysis.
• Strong IT and MS Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the project team with cost queries and provide back-up validation.
• Support the Commercial function with cost allocation and weekly cost reports.
• Carry out variance analysis of actual vs forecast costs.
• Monitor and track project costs for financial control.
• Support commercial and wider project teams with cost-control activities.
• Liaise with external suppliers and contractors.
• Support audits with cost samples and validation information.
• Support Finance Manager and Commercial Lead with ad-hoc analysis.
• Link Commercial reporting to Financial project reporting.

Skills

Cost control

Financial analysis

Communication

IT systems

Tools

Oracle R12

Job description

About the role

Job Title: Cost Controller – ASTI Project, Peterhead

Location: North East Scotland / Aberdeen / Peterhead

Company: Balfour Beatty

Project: Energy | Major Infrastructure

About the Role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Cost Controller to join our Scotland Energy Delivery Unit, supporting the delivery of our major offshore energy programme.

Our projects are more than just an opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise while contributing to some of the UK’s most significant energy infrastructure projects.

Join our Energy team as a Cost Controller on the ASTI Project, based in Peterhead, and you’ll play an important role in supporting the successful financial delivery of complex infrastructure work that really matters to our business, our customers and the communities we serve.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a major infrastructure programme where effective risk management will be fundamental to successful project delivery.

What you'll be doing

As a Cost Controller, you will be responsible for:

• Assisting the project team with cost queries and obtaining appropriate back-up and validation for costs.
• Supporting the Commercial function by ensuring costs are correctly allocated and producing weekly cost reports.
• Carrying out variance analysis of actual versus forecast costs.
• Monitoring and tracking project costs to support effective financial control.
• Supporting the commercial team and wider project team with additional financial and cost-control activities.
• Liaising with external suppliers and contractors.
• Working with client stakeholders to support monthly and quarterly audits, including providing cost samples and supporting information for validation.
• Supporting the Finance Manager and Commercial Lead with ad-hoc analysis and reporting.
• Supporting the link between Commercial project reporting and Financial project reporting,

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Highly motivated, proactive and practical in their approach.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced project environment and delivering within agreed timescales.
• Able to thrive in a busy environment and enjoys taking on new challenges.
• An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly organised and confident working on their own initiative.
• Able to review and prioritise tasks while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Confident using IT systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• Experienced in using Oracle R12 or a similar accounting/project finance system would be advantageous, although this is not essential.
• Keen to develop their understanding of project cost control and the relationship between Commercial and Financial reporting.

Why join us

The ASTI programme represents a major period of investment in Scotland's electricity transmission infrastructure and provides the opportunity to build a long-term career working on complex, nationally significant engineering projects.

You’ll join a collaborative Balfour Beatty team where Quality is seen as an integral part of successful project delivery – not simply a compliance function.

You’ll have the opportunity to influence how projects are delivered, work alongside experienced infrastructure professionals and help establish best practice that can be shared across our wider Energy business.

If you're an experienced Quality Manager from a construction, civil engineering or major infrastructure background and want to play a key role in delivering Scotland's future energy infrastructure, we'd like to hear from you.

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We’re proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Scotland, please visit the Balfour Beatty careers website.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]