Cost Engineer - Nuclear & Defence Projects (Hybrid)

NUVIA; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Insurance

Private Medical

Share Scheme

Cycle to Work

Maternity Pay

Holidays

Job summary

NUVIA UK in Glasgow is seeking a Cost Engineer to join its expanding project controls team. The role focuses on forecasting, cost reporting, and ensuring affordability across programmes in the nuclear, defence and energy sectors.

Hybrid work pattern with responsibilities including cost forecasts, supplier meetings, invoice checks, and accruals. The salary band is £50,000 to £55,000, with benefits and a focus on career development within a safety‑critical environment.

Qualifications

• Detailed working knowledge of cost engineering functions, cost control and cost analysis.
• Experience of working in a wider Project Controls team, understanding the importance of aligning the cost forecast to the Programme.
• Detail-oriented and organised, with experience of identifying, analysing, and solving problems.
• Good presentation and reporting skills.
• Educated to diploma level.
• Ideally 2+ years’ experience in cost management.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Project Manager(s) to provide informed forecasts for the Project (for the Financial Year and Project Lifecycle).
• Consolidation of accruals and reporting to Finance on behalf of PMs.
• Collaborate with the Project Planner to ensure forecasts are informed and aligned to the programme.
• Review and Track Costs and Forecasts to ensure and demonstrate continued affordability.
• Produce Cost Reporting Outputs in a timely manner for month end reporting, inputting into all relevant internal financial systems.
• Attend monthly supplier Project Meetings and carry out associated contract administration as required, via CEMAR.
• Raise purchase and contract requisitions and occasionally receipting invoices within the relevant internal system.
• Assessment and checking on invoices and valuations and providing advice to PM to resolve invoice queries.
• Monitoring cost against change and attendance of the change control/EWN meetings.

Skills

Cost engineering

Cost control

Forecasting

Reporting

Stakeholder communication

Presentation skills

Education

Diploma level education

Tools

Microsoft Excel

CEMAR

NEC experience

Job description

NUVIA UK in Glasgow is seeking a Cost Engineer to join its expanding project controls team. The role focuses on forecasting, cost reporting, and ensuring affordability across programmes in the nuclear, defence and energy sectors.

Hybrid work pattern with responsibilities including cost forecasts, supplier meetings, invoice checks, and accruals. The salary band is £50,000 to £55,000, with benefits and a focus on career development within a safety‑critical environment.