Cost Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Project Controls department is seeking a Junior Cost Engineer to support the cost team. This role involves assisting with cost control activities, including forecasting, reporting, and collaborating with project managers and planners. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, have strong communication skills, and be at least diploma level educated, with a desire to grow in cost engineering.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate complex information effectively.
• Understanding of cost engineering functions.
• Detail-oriented with problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cost control, budgets, and forecasting.
• Collaborate with Project Managers for informed forecasts.
• Produce timely cost reporting outputs.

Skills

Communication

Cost Control

Cost Analysis

Problem Solving

Presentation Skills

Education

Diploma level educated

Working towards relevant Professional Membership

Job description

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We are seeking a detail orientated individual to support the cost team of the Project Controls department. Working closely with the Cost Engineer, this role will involve assisting with all aspects of cost control including budgets, spend, forecasting and reporting.

The Junior Cost Engineer role will involve working between the various cost systems, with involvement at all stages in the Programme Lifecycle.

Key Accountabilities

• To work with the Cost Engineer and Project Managers to provide informed forecasts for the Programme.
• Collaborate with the Programme Planners to ensure forecasts are aligned to the schedule.
• Assist with reviewing and tracking costs and forecasts to demonstrate continued affordability.
• Assist with produce of cost reporting outputs in a timely manner for month end reporting, inputting into all relevant internal financial systems.
• Attend monthly supplier meetings with other team members and carry out associated contract administration as required, via CEMAR.
• Raise purchase requisitions and receipt invoices within the relevant internal system.

Assess and check invoices and valuations and providing advice to Project Managers to resolve invoice queries.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Ability to communicate detailed / complex information to peers/project managers/stakeholders in a way that is understood by all.
• Understanding of cost engineering functions, cost control and cost analysis.
• Detail-oriented and organised, with experience of identifying, analysing, and solving problems.
• Good presentation and reporting skills.
• Extensive experience in cost control is not expected for this role, however some exposure to either cost management of another aspect project controls should be demonstrated.
• Diploma level educated.
• Working towards relevant Professional Membership, if not already held.