Cost Engineer

Amentum company; Knutsford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Cost Engineer to support major energy frameworks. You will work with SME, Operations Managers and the Framework Service team to manage cost, risk, and change across projects, with hybrid working across Knutsford or Warrington offices.

You will bring experience in engineering lifecycles, budgeting, and data reporting, and you will communicate across management levels to deliver robust financial insights that support project decisions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of HNC/HND in an Engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience across project and programme lifecycle: Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation/Commissioning.
• Ability to reconcile cost information within programmes of work.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage framework projects to include risk, change, resources and cost per Amentum standards.
• Lead cost management activities for major frameworks across the Energy Division.
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts, Operations Managers and Framework Service team.
• Support hybrid working across Knutsford or Warrington offices and travel as needed.

Skills

Cost engineering

Budgeting & cost control

Vendor & stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Communication at all levels

Reporting to schedule

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering or related field

Tools

Estimating software

Scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera P6)

Risk management tools

Job description

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.

Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Cost Engineer to support key project deliverables across our nuclear project portfolio and this is where you come in.If you’re familiar with project delivery, you’ll know that they have plenty of moving parts and complexity, which is why you’ll be working alongside our Subject Matter Experts, Operations Managers and with our Framework Service team too.This role will support hybrid working across our Knutsford or Warrington offices.

People are at the heart of everything we do

Centre to the success of the role will be your people skills, building effective relationships and interacting with multiple internal and external stakeholders in multiple locations.

You’ll also work closely with colleagues to support activities that offer the best service to the client. Through your interactions, you’ll be able to gather useful intelligence on client needs and work with the team to deliver innovative solutions.

You’ll utilise your communication and engagement skills to achieve client, people and business outcomes, working with your team and peers that are based in different locations across the UK. We’re continuously evolving and growing the business, so there’s plenty of opportunity to evolve and grow your skills and career too.

• The position is accountable to the Project Controls Manager and are responsible to develop & manage framework project to incorporate risk, change, resource requirements and cost in accordance with Amentum requirements and Standards.
• The role will be responsible for leading the cost management activities for our major frameworks for our key clients across the Energy Division. This role has no direct reports.
• The role can be based at any of our UK Amentum Office and may require from time to time, business travel to UK sites/stations. Flexible working arrangements between office and home may be possible.
• Everyone working in our team will have a proven track record of working within highly regulated environments with high safety standards and culture.
• Good communication and organisational skills are a must with the ability to develop relationships and maintain effective networks and be results-focused with a team-centred approach.

Here’s What You’ll Need

• Minimum of HNC/HND ideally in an Engineering discipline or relevant experience.
• Good working knowledge of financial systems.
• Breadth of experience across whole project and programme lifecycle. e.g. Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation/Commissioning.
• Understand the inter-relationship between time cost and commercial aspects of the project life cycle.
• The ability to reconcile cost information as it applies to the programmes of work.
• Proficient in the use of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools.
• Ability to communicate well at all levels of management, produce monthly reports, to an agreed reporting cycle, to provision of intelligent information.
• Capture project budgetary costs and resources in the plan to determine time phasing of expenditure and the total project budget.
• Able to establish robust Work Breakdown and Project Control Structures in terms of project scope, in accordance with Investment Delivery processes, templates and Procedures.
• Experienced to challenge as necessary to ensure compatibility and compliance.
• Knowledge to maintain and control project baselines in line with company procedures and guidance.
• Ability to communicate well at all levels of management and can produce monthly reports, to an agreed reporting cycle, through the provision of intelligent information and analysis.

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration. We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.

When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.

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