Cost/Senior Cost Controller (hybrid working)

Turner Townsend; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm in Birmingham is looking for a Cost Engineer to drive cost performance reporting on major projects. The role involves developing cost control structures, tracking expenditures, and ensuring alignment with project baselines through detailed analysis and reporting. Candidates should have relevant experience in cost engineering and strong analytical skills. This opportunity offers a chance to work on significant projects across various sectors.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost engineering and project controls.
• Strong analytical skills for cost performance reporting.
• Ability to develop accurate cost control data structures.

Responsibilities

• Develop project cost control data structures.
• Establish project control budget aligned with baselines.
• Track actual costs against cost control structures.
• Manage project accruals under budget constraints.
• Prepare project forecasts including ETC and EAC.
• Report on project information and Earned Value Management.
• Monitor project contingency related to risk events.
• Oversee project change control and trend tracking.

Job description

Cost Engineers support major projects and organisations in the delivery of accurate and timely project information relating to performance against the project baselines. 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.

• 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 for estimated work to complete (ETC) and the development of the estimate at complete (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