Senior Cost Engineer

Wood; Sunbury-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Engineer for a full-time contract role based in Sunbury-on-Thames. The position involves preparing and reporting on project cost budgets and expenditures, maintaining WBS and CBS structures, and ensuring accurate cost control across the project lifecycle.

The role requires close collaboration with the client and internal cost teams. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and preparation of cost reports, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor-level technical or business degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in cost management, budgeting and reporting on projects.
• Proficient knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow planning.
• Understanding of WBS and CBS structures and project reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, issue and maintain Project WBS and CBS for specific scopes.
• Prepare and report on project cost budgets and forecasts.
• Ensure costs are allocated in accordance with the project WBS.
• Monitor cost commitments and expenditures through all project phases.
• Liaise with procurement, finance and construction teams to capture costs.
• Prepare cost reports and change orders in line with project needs.
• Support project cost close-out and change management processes.
• Attend project meetings and provide cost status updates.

Skills

Cost estimation

Budgeting

Forecasting

WBS CBS management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cost software

Job description

Job Description

Wood is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Engineer to join our team in Sunbury on a full-time contract basis (PAYE or PSC). This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with a key client, with a minimum of three days per week based in the client's office.

Job Description

Wood is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Engineer to join our team in Sunbury on a full-time contract basis (PAYE or PSC). This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with a key client, with a minimum of three days per week based in the client's office.

The role

As a Senior Cost Engineer, you will prepare and report on project cost budgets, and the tracking, management and reporting of project expenditure to enable robust control of projects throughout their life cycle. You will support senior members of the cost team through the preparation and reporting of project cost budgets, ensuring budgets and reports are prepared to the required level of detail and accuracy in accordance with contractual requirements and Wood policies, procedures and standards. This will typically involve the review, analysis and reporting of actual and forecasted project costs against the project approved budget.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood delivers solutions across more than 60 countries with local offices covering all major energy and materials hubs globally.

For more than 160 years, we have partnered with clients to deliver engineering, advisory and operational solutions to some of the world’s most complex and critical challenges in energy and materials.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across emerging energy sectors
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

Responsibilities

• Develop, issue and maintain Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) for specific scopes
• Liaise with other Project Controls disciplines and functions, assist and support in the development of project budgets in accordance with the Basis of Estimate including statements of work scope, assumptions, man-hour estimates, narratives and review & comment of client documents
• Liaise with procurement, finance and time-capture functions, and third parties as required, to ensure accurate and timely capture of procurement, materials, subcontract and labour manhour costs
• Ensure costs are allocated accurately in accordance with approved project WBS
• Liaise with engineering, procurement and construction functions, and others as required, to maintain awareness of project activities and their impact on the project budget, schedule and cost forecast
• Facilitate and manage the project work approval process in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial budget set-up and approvals
• Develop and maintain project cost budgets using appropriate software applications
• Monitor and control cost commitments and expenditures through all phases of project lifecycle
• Liaise with planning as required to ensure accuracy in project cost phasing and forecasting
• Prepare and provide project cost performance reports in accordance with project reporting requirements
• Prepare and issue updates to project cost forecasts
• Monitor and report on cost impact of project manpower forecasts
• Develop and issue project change orders / variations in accordance with engineering and construction change notifications
• Facilitate and communicate cost and schedule impact of change notifications
• Monitor overall project cost performance and contingency drawdown
• Attend project meetings as required
• Coordinate the project cost close-out process

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

• Typically requires ISCED level 6 (Bachelors) Degree in a relevant technical or business discipline (or equivalent gained through relevant vocational training and/or industry experience)
• Incumbents will typically have relevant cost experience
• Proficient knowledge of cost software and related principles, tools and techniques including budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow
• Proficient knowledge of Project Execution Procedures for Cost Management including Change Management
• Proficient understanding of WBS & CBS structures and project reporting capabilities
• Proficient ability to develop project cost budgets and change estimates
• Proficient ability to prepare cost reports
• Understanding of change management and associated cost and schedule processes
• Understanding of earned value application, cost and schedule variance analyses/trending and what-if scenarios
• Understanding of project management principles and techniques
• Understanding of Cost Management, Change Control, Planning & Risk Analysis & Management

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.