Senior Cost Controller - Defence

Turner & Townsend Plc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Cost Controller to join their dynamic Defence team in Birmingham. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on high-profile infrastructure projects while collaborating with an award-winning cost control community. Candidates will tailor cost control strategies, implement systems to track budgets, and develop strong relationships with project teams. If you're a sole UK national with a passion for cost management and a desire to innovate, this role will allow you to grow your career in a supportive and inclusive environment. Join a company that values work-life balance and diversity in the workplace.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Health and wellness programs

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in Cost Control is essential.
• Understanding of Earned Value Management and related reporting is critical.

Responsibilities

• Tailoring cost control approaches to meet client needs.
• Implementing and maintaining cost control systems for project budgets.

Skills

Cost Control

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Cost Performance Reporting

Cost Forecasting Techniques

MS Excel

Cost Control Tools

NEC Contracts

Project Controls Interaction

Education

Experience in Cost Control

Tools

MS Applications

Job description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

The Defence Infrastructure Cost Centre provides support to projects that range in complexity and size with our service offerings spanning across Programme and Project Management, Project Planning, Cost Engineering, Risk Management, and Commercial Disciplines.
We provide support to the full project lifecycle both pre-contract and post contract, delivering infrastructure projects on behalf of our clients, that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £200M.

We are actively looking to expand the team due to client requirements and have talented individuals join us who will support our Defence client portfolio, whilst further developing their career, working on a range of complex and challenging commissions.

Job Description

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.

Already holding SC Clearance is desirable however we advise that if you feel you would be a great candidate for this role, please apply.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cost Controller (Senior Project Controls Engineer Grade) to join our busy and expanding Defence Midlands & North team.

We are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on several high-profile Infrastructure Projects/Programmes. Additionally, this role will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and learn from our experienced and award-winning Cost Control community and wider extensive Controls and Performance Network.

Working alongside project delivery teams as part of a wider cost control team or independently with reach back support to experienced cost professionals, responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Tailoring Cost Control approaches to meet the client’s needs and aligning with best practice.
2. Promoting the benefits and requirements of Cost Control within the project and programme team.
3. Implementing, administering, and maintaining cost control systems and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
4. Development of project Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), align the time phasing of budgets against the Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), to accurately track and control actual costs.
5. Map and integrate cost estimates to the Work Breakdown Structure, in order to set the project budget against the correct Work Packages, Planning Packages and Control Accounts.
6. Develop and maintain relationships with interfacing disciplines including, but not limited to, Finance, Commercial and Project Managers to ensure alignment of project information.
7. Lead the production of accruals to ensure that the Actual Cost of Work Performed is accurately reflected in a timely manner in the cost data.
8. Provide advice and assist the development of reporting tracking tools, where required, and generate Cost reports on a regular basis, including analysis of earned value management information.
9. Providing Cost information and advice, where required, to the project team to develop status reports, keep management informed on project progress, and to support performance management decision making.
10. Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on cost control processes and practices.

Security Clearance

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC).
Many of the clients and projects we support are subject to MoD security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Qualifications

1. Demonstrable Experience in Cost Control is essential.
2. Familiarity of different cost performance reporting and cost forecasting techniques.
3. Experience leading Cost Control Assurance activities as part of project performance cadence.
4. A detailed understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM), progress reporting, forecasting and performance reporting and analysis is essential.
5. Practical experience of using MS Excel and other MS applications.
6. Familiarity with at least one Cost Control tool is desirable.
7. An understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls (Scheduling, Risk Management, Reporting, Change Control) interact with Cost Control is desirable.
8. Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable.
9. The ability to travel to client sites across the region as required.

In order to progress your application, it is essential that you are a sole British national passport holder, with current security clearance, or the ability to achieve, (this is purely due to client security requirements).

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.