Senior Cost Controller: Defence Infra & EVM Expert

Turner & Townsend; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend invites applications for a Senior Cost Controller to join our Defence-focused Infrastructure-Defence team in the Bristol and South West region. You will lead cost control activities across major infrastructure programmes, mentoring colleagues and driving Earned Value Management and robust cost reporting.

The role requires sole UK national status with MoD clearance eligibility, hybrid site attendance, and regular client site visits.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable Experience in Cost Control is essential.
• Familiarity with cost performance reporting and cost forecasting techniques
• Experience leading Cost Control Assurance activities as part of project performance cadence
• A detailed understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM), progress reporting, forecasting and performance reporting and analysis
• Practical experience of using MS Excel and other MS applications
• Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable.
• The ability to travel to client sites across the region as required.

Responsibilities

• Tailoring Cost Control approaches to meet the client's needs and aligning with best practice.
• Promoting the benefits and requirements of Cost Control within the project and programme team.
• Implementing, administering, and maintaining cost control systems and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
• 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.
• 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.
• Develop and maintain relationships with interfacing disciplines including, but not limited to, Finance, Commercial and Project Managers to ensure alignment of project information.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on cost control processes and practices.

Skills

Cost Control

Earned Value Management

Cost Forecasting

Cost Reporting

MS Excel

Project Controls

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Cost Control Tool

Job description

Turner & Townsend invites applications for a Senior Cost Controller to join our Defence-focused Infrastructure-Defence team in the Bristol and South West region. You will lead cost control activities across major infrastructure programmes, mentoring colleagues and driving Earned Value Management and robust cost reporting.

The role requires sole UK national status with MoD clearance eligibility, hybrid site attendance, and regular client site visits.