Senior Cost Engineer – Industrialisation Leader

Rolls-Royce SMR; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 12.5%

Benefits Allowance – £2,200

Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee

Holidays - 28 days (+ holidays)

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay

£250 home office allowance

Job summary

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Senior Cost Engineer to join the Project Management Office, specialising in industrialisation for large-scale nuclear projects. Hybrid working options across Derby, Manchester or Warrington support collaboration with engineering and commercial teams.

You will lead cost baselines, forecasts and performance reporting, align scope, schedule and cost, and provide risk-based insights to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• A degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Project Controls, Finance or a related discipline, with accreditation progress toward chartership.
• Strong expertise in cost engineering including forecasting, earned value management and cost risk analysis.
• Experience using cost and project controls systems such as EcoSys, SAP, Oracle Primavera.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and lead cross-functional collaboration across programme, engineering and commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development and maintenance of cost baselines, forecasts and performance reporting
• Driving alignment between scope, schedule and cost to support programme delivery
• Providing strategic cost insight through variance analysis, risk assessment and scenario modelling
• Enhancing cost systems, mentoring colleagues and championing continuous improvement across project controls

Skills

Cost engineering

Forecasting

Earned value management

Cost risk analysis

Education

Engineering degree

Professional accreditation towards chartership

Tools

EcoSys

SAP

Oracle Primavera

Job description

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Senior Cost Engineer to join the Project Management Office, specialising in industrialisation for large-scale nuclear projects. Hybrid working options across Derby, Manchester or Warrington support collaboration with engineering and commercial teams.

You will lead cost baselines, forecasts and performance reporting, align scope, schedule and cost, and provide risk-based insights to senior stakeholders.