Cost Engineers - Hospital Construction

TURNER & TOWNSEND; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm is seeking an experienced Cost Engineering professional for hospital construction projects. The role involves establishing cost control processes, monitoring performance, and managing risks. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in project controls and familiarity with cost management systems like Ecosys. A flexible and inclusive work environment is promoted.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Great work-life balance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project controls coordination across project lifecycle phases.
• Experience in working to cost engineering procedures and defining project cost standards.
• Ability to monitor performance against agreed baselines.

Responsibilities

• Establish processes, templates, and tools for cost and schedule.
• Monitor performance against baseline while incorporating risks and changes.
• Develop and report project cost control data structures.

Skills

Project controls coordination

Cost management systems

Earned Value Management

Risk management

Tools

Ecosys

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Overview

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. We work in partnership to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

As an experienced Cost Engineering professional, you will work on hospital construction programmes. You will establish the required processes, templates and tools, and agree the baseline for cost and schedule, whilst monitoring performance against it and incorporating the impacts of risk, opportunities and change in a controlled manner.

• Development of project cost control data structures to accurately track and control actual costs
• 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
• The build of project forecast to include estimate to complete (ETC) and the development of the estimate at complete (EAC)
• The accurate and timely reporting of all cost related project information
• Working with the planning function to accurately apply Earned Value Management rules
• 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 and actioning as appropriate

Qualifications

Skills Required

• Proven experience in project controls coordination in all phases of the project lifecycle including program, risk and reporting for major programs such as rail, highways etc.
• Experience across the full project lifecycle including pre-investment decision, design development, execution, and commissioning phases.
• Experience in working to cost engineering procedures and processes, and the ability to define project cost procedures and standards to which the project and/or programme will adhere to.
• Highly conversant with cost management systems such as Ecosys, including for the interface with corporate ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle. Understanding of business rules and how project funding and performance align with business financial account requirements within the project or programme environment.

Additional Information

We provide a great place to work where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, where applicable.

Compliance

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 of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. There must be a formal written agreement in place with any recruitment agency submitting candidates for review.