Cost Engineer: Drive Budget Control & Project Insights

Px Engineering Consultants Limited; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Eye test reimbursement and glasses

Online company discount site

Long Service Awards

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible Benefits Package

Onsite parking

Job summary

Px Engineering Consultants Limited is recruiting a Cost Engineer to manage day-to-day cost control, commercial administration and reporting across engineering and construction projects in the UK. You will be supported with coaching and twice-yearly development reviews to enhance your contributions and competence.

The role requires strong numerical and analytical skills, proficiency in Excel and ERP reporting systems, and the ability to communicate with project teams, procurement and clients.

Qualifications

• Strong numerical and analytical skills with high accuracy.
• Proficiency in Excel and ERP/cost reporting systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly with project, finance and procurement stakeholders.
• Experience in cost engineering, quantity surveying or project controls is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage cost control and contract administration for assigned project scopes.
• Set up and maintain project cost structures including budgets, cost centres and coding.
• Produce and maintain project cost reports and dashboards with budgeted, actual and forecast costs.
• Administer PAAFs, timesheet statuses, approvals and resource bookings, resolving discrepancies.
• Track and reconcile purchase orders, subcontracts, invoices and planned expenditure.
• Undertake measurement and valuation of completed work and prepare applications for payment.
• Maintain change, variation and risk registers with audit trails.
• Provide management with current financial information including cash-flow forecasts and life-cycle costs.

Skills

Strong numerical skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Multi-priority management

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP reporting systems

Cost reporting systems

Job description

Px Engineering Consultants Limited is recruiting a Cost Engineer to manage day-to-day cost control, commercial administration and reporting across engineering and construction projects in the UK. You will be supported with coaching and twice-yearly development reviews to enhance your contributions and competence.

The role requires strong numerical and analytical skills, proficiency in Excel and ERP reporting systems, and the ability to communicate with project teams, procurement and clients.