Cost Engineer - Energy

Turner & Townsend Limited; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend, a leader in the Energy and Natural Resources sector, seeks a Cost Engineer to join their growing North West team. The role involves support for project cost controls, reporting, and ensuring project delivery to client objectives. Ideal candidates will have strong project controls experience, excellent Excel skills, and experience in sectors including nuclear.

Qualifications

• Project Controls experience in Cost Engineering/Control.
• Familiar with cost forecasting techniques.
• Ability to define project cost procedures.

Responsibilities

• Support senior cost engineers for various project work packages.
• Ensure accurate project information and cost performance reporting.
• Manage internal and external cost tracking and reporting.

Skills

Excel

Cost management systems

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Membership in a professional body (e.g., APM, PMI)

Job description

• Department: Energy and natural resources

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference – we are committed to delivering Sustainable Net Zero outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

Due to increased opportunities and demand in the Energy & Natural Resources division, the North West team are recruiting for Cost Engineers to join a diverse and supportive team during a period of significant growth. Our nuclear client is at the forefront of industry leading change, and we are keen to speak to like-minded individuals with cost engineering experience to see what Turner & Townsend can offer you. Candidates will be required to be present in our client office in Warrington for 3 days per week.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

A Cost Engineer will be required to support the team and their senior cost engineers for work packages and projects of varying size and complexity.Due to the nature of the programme of works, work packages may vary in size with Cost Engineers working across smaller projects or one which could be significantly larger in value. A Cost Engineer will be responsible for the delivery of accurate and timely project information relating to performance against the project baseline. The cost engineer would drive the cost performance reporting for the project including all Earned Value Management metrics associated with key project commitments and expenditures. They play a key role in ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.

Key Accountabilities

As a Cost Engineer, you have a passion to provide services as required by our clients, which may include:

Development of project cost control data structures to accurately track and control actual costs

Map and integrate cost estimates to the Work Breakdown Structure, in order to set the project budget against the correct Work Packages, Planning Packages and Control Accounts.

Establishing and setting the project control budget aligned with agreed baselines

The tracking of actual costs both for internal and external expenditure against the cost controls structures

The tracking and control of project accruals and commitments against set budget constraints

Adherence to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for management, control and reporting of cost data

The build of project forecast to include for estimate to complete (ETC) and the development of the estimate at completion (EAC)

The accurate and timely reporting of all project information including Earned Value Management

The tracking of project contingency and exposure associated with risk events and remaining risks on the project

The tracking of project change control to ensure alignment with agreed baselines and control data structures

The tracking of key project trends which can inform future change controls

Support the change process by providing cost information for change notes and to underpin forecasts.

Work with the project team to set out and implement cost capture requirements, including ensuring appropriate Work Order’s (WO) are in place, structure of requisitions, aligning Purchase Order (PO) structure with WO’s and ensuring subcontract data provided can be used to monitor and control costs

Monitor contingency requirements and liaise with Project Team regarding contingency management

Quantify cost implications of emergent / additional project work and feed into relevant documentation where requested (e.g. change control documentation)

Qualifications

You have professional Project Controls experience specialising in Cost Engineering/Control in one or more sectors across the whole Project lifecycle. While nuclear experience is desirable it is not an absolute requirement. You have excellent Excel skills and are conversant with cost management systems, including for the interface with corporate finance systems such as SAP and Oracle. You have experience in working to cost engineering procedures and processes, and the ability to define project cost procedures and standards which the project and/or programme will adhere to.

You also:

Will be able to obtain BPSS level security clearance.

Are a member of a relevant professional body e.g., Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute.

Are familiar with different cost performance reporting and cost forecasting techniques.

Have good verbal and written communication skills.

Have good research and analytical skills.

Have stakeholder management experience.

Have experience of working within a Project Controls team.

Have a desire to work within the nuclear sector.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property ofTurner & Townsend and arenot subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team,to submit candidates for review.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property ofTurner & Townsend and arenot subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team,to submit candidates for review.