Cost Manager

Eden Brown Synergy; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 at

home)

Job summary

Eden Brown Synergy is seeking an experienced Cost Manager for an infrastructure, construction and railway transportation organisation in Birmingham. This permanent role offers hybrid working: 3 days in the office and 2 days at home, starting ASAP.

You will support the Head of Cost and Estimating at programme and contract level, handling budgets, actual costs, forecasts and Earned Value Management to ensure successful delivery of the project.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost management or project control within a major project.
• Experience in core project controls functions including baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management and risk management.
• Ability to produce performance reports summarising cost performance (budgets, EVM, forecasts).
• Knowledge of cost management systems such as Prism and Ecosys.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Cost and Estimating at programme and contract level.
• Manage budgets, actual costs, forecasts and Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Develop contract level performance reports and communicate current performance to the programme team.
• Ensure cost performance processes are followed and data maintained in corporate systems.
• Provide technical support to Project Controls Managers on cost performance and assist contractor teams.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Communication

Data analysis

Microsoft Office

Tools

Prism

Ecosys

Job description

Eden Brown Synergy are working with an infrastructure, construction and railway transportation organisation who are looking for an experienced Cost Manager on a permanent basis.

The role is full time, to start ASAP and paying up to £54,595 per annum (there is also a 20% uplift on the salary for salary top up, pension top up or income protection) so up to £65,514 per annum

The role is based in Birmingham City Centre and they offer hybrid working of 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

The role is responsible for supporting the Head of Cost and Estimating at a Programme and Contract level. This includes supporting the management of budgets, actual costs, forecasts and Earned Value Management (EVM) to support the successful delivery of the project.

Accountabilities

• To be accountable for supporting on the analysis and verification of contract level cost performance and ensure the data accurately reflects the current programme performance for onwards reporting.
• To be responsible for supporting on the validation of cost performance data submitted by delivery teams to the programme team as part of communicating overall programme performance.
• To be responsible for assisting with the development of contract level performance reports to communicate current performance to the programme team, including Earned Value Management (EVM), forecasted costs and Estimate at Compltion (EAC) pressures.
• To be responsible for ensuring that the cost performance team are aligned to the current business processes and ways of working from a delivery perspective.
• To be accountable for supporting the Senior Cost Manager to ensure adherence with cost performance processes and procedures across the respective programme and also, for storing and maintaining data and documents accurately within the corporate systems.
• To be accountable for providing technical support to the Project Controls Managers on cost performance and assist in the management of contractor teams to support the successful delivery of the project.
• To be accountable for working closely with the supply chain to develop a series of defined work-streams to progressively enhance cost performance capabilities within the Phase.
• To be responsible for facilitating continuous improvement of the Cost Performance function within the Phase One programme and ensure that lessons learnt are captured and presented back to the team.
• To be responsible for ensuring that the contract teams are working to the current governance processes and review policies in order to ensure they are in line with strategic business objectives.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work

Essential Skills Required

• Stakeholder management - ability to manage stakeholders within a matrix environment, including the facilitation of stakeholder meetings and information flow.
• Able to solve problems with attention to detail.
• Communication skills - clear communicator with the ability to deliver clear presentations which engage and influence colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Data analysis - able to analyse and interpret data and produce accurate, timely and informative reports in multiple formats adapted to the needs of the audience.
• Able to use Microsoft applications (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).

Knowledge required

• Knowledge of Project Controls, Commercial and Finance processes and how these operate.
• Knowledge and commercial awareness of multiple construction contract types (including, NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the work flows of communications between contractor and client) and their respective benefits to client organisations.
• Knowledge of the core Project Controls disciplines, including Schedule Management, Change Management and Risk Management.
• Knowledge of baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a major programme.

Type of experience required

• Experience in cost management or project control role within a major project.
• Experience in the core project controls functions, including baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, performance reporting and document control.
• Experience in managing and producing performance reports that summarise cost performance, including: Budgets, Earned Value Management (EVM) and forecasts on major projects.
• Experienced in the management and use of core cost management systems (e.g. Prism, Ecosys, etc.).

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.