Cost Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading construction company as a Cost Engineer and play a critical role in shaping procurement and commercial strategies. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with senior engineers and manage estimating processes, enhancing your professional trajectory within a dynamic team focused on key projects in the region. Ideal candidates will possess a solid background in civil engineering and be chartered by a recognized institution.

Qualifications

• Experience in infrastructure main contractor background (ideally civil engineering).
• Proficient in construction cost planning and management.
• Mobile and flexible regarding project demands.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage construction budgets during preconstruction.
• Provide assurance support for estimating documentation.
• Engage in stakeholder management to produce estimates.

Skills

Client-facing skills

Communication

Proficient in Excel

Commercial awareness

Education

Chartered by relevant industry-recognised chartership

Tools

Candy Estimating Software

RIB Cost X

Job description

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We are looking for a Cost Engineer to join our growing team in London at an exciting time, playing a key role in helping us achieve our ambitious growth targets. Supporting one of our key Construction clients in the region, you will be responsible for developing and implementing key procurement and commercial strategies across a range of projects in our business.

In this role you will:

• Feeding into the Senior Cost Engineer and the Head of Estimating on the project to ensure consistency in cost planning & estimating approach set out by the client.
• Work closely with a Senior Cost Engineer or on own to produce various cost planning & estimating documentation that can be assured both internally and externally.
• Providing assurance support to wider estimating team to produce and develop the price, mentoring and supporting more junior members of the estimating team.
• Monitoring and managing construction budgets through preconstruction including supporting change management
• Providing quantification support during cost planning and estimating activities.
• Support preconstruction and delivery teams in periodically collating benchmarking data
• Stakeholder management to produce the Estimate e.g., planning, procurement etc.
• Presenting, negotiating and justifying prices produced in an open and honest manner to both senior leaders within the business and/or external customers/partners.

About you Essential

• Proficient in the use of Excel and similar software.
• Excellent client-facing/communications skills
• Infrastructure Main Contractor background ideally in the Civil engineering market.
• Commercial or operational background considered.
• Experienced estimating background using Candy Estimating Software.
• Experienced estimating background using RIB Cost X Quantification & Estimating Software.
• Experience of working with the AACE principles of Estimating Class and associated maturity
• Mobile and flexible
• Chartered by relevant industry-recognised chartership e.g., ICE, CICES, RICS, CIOB Etc