Cost Manager

HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

HS2 Ltd in Birmingham seeks a Cost Manager to support the Head of Cost and Estimating on a major railway programme. You will help manage budgets, track actual costs, and produce forecasts and Earned Value Management metrics for reporting and governance.

The role requires strong cost-control experience on large projects, familiarity with NEC contracts and core project controls, plus ability to collaborate with delivery teams and supply chain. A commitment to inclusive practices is valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost management or project control 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.).

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Cost and Estimating at a Programme and Contract level.
• Assist with the management of budgets, actual costs, forecasts and Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Help develop contract level performance reports to communicate current performance, including EVM, forecasted costs and EAC pressures.
• Ensure cost performance team alignment to current governance processes and store data within corporate systems.
• Provide technical support to Project Controls Managers on cost performance and assist in managing contractor teams.
• Collaborate with the supply chain to enhance cost performance capabilities and capture lessons learnt.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Data analysis

Microsoft applications

Tools

Prism

Ecosys

Excel

Job description

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £55,685 to £65, 514 (inclusive of 20% flex fund)HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

Job Description

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £55,685 to £65, 514 (inclusive of 20% flex fund)HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

Cost Manager

Location: Birmingham (Snow Hill), London (Podium) or IPT

Job Purpose

This 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 HS2.

About The Role

• 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 Completion (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 HS2 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.

About You Skills

• 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

• 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

• 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.).

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.