Senior Cost Engineer - Nuclear Projects (Hybrid)

Amentum; Knutsford, Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Senior Cost Engineer to support cost, risk and change management for our nuclear project portfolio. You will work with Subject Matter Experts and Operations Managers, delivering accurate cost control across major frameworks with hybrid working options in Knutsford or Warrington.

You will coordinate with the Project Controls Manager, develop robust cost baselines, and ensure timely monthly reporting while maintaining high safety standards and

Qualifications

• Minimum of HNC/HND ideally in an Engineering discipline or relevant experience.
• Good working knowledge of financial systems.
• Breadth of experience across whole project and programme lifecycle.
• Understand the inter-relationship between time cost and commercial aspects of the project life cycle.
• The ability to reconcile cost information as it applies to the programmes of work.
• Proficient in the use of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools.
• Ability to communicate well at all levels of management, produce monthly reports, to an agreed reporting cycle, to provision of intelligent information.
• Capture project budgetary costs and resources in the plan to determine time phasing of expenditure and the total project budget.
• Able to establish robust Work Breakdown and Project Control Structures in terms of project scope, in accordance with Investment Delivery processes, templates and Procedures.
• Experienced to challenge as necessary to ensure compatibility and compliance.
• Knowledge to maintain and control project baselines in line with company procedures and guidance.
• Ability to communicate well at all levels of management and can produce monthly reports, to an agreed reporting cycle, through the provision of intelligent information and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop & manage framework project to incorporate risk, change, resource requirements and cost in accordance with Amentum requirements and Standards.
• Lead the cost management activities for major frameworks for key clients across the Energy Division (no direct reports).
• Based at UK offices with potential business travel to UK sites; flexible office/home working arrangements.
• Maintain safety-focused, regulation-compliant project control environments.
• Collaborate with PMO and Framework Service teams to deliver client-focused solutions.
• Communicate effectively to gather intelligence on client needs and deliver innovative solutions.

Skills

Financial systems

Project lifecycle

Time-cost analysis

Budgeting

Reporting

Stakeholder comms

WBS/PCS setup

Baseline control

Risk tools

Estimating tools

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering

Tools

Estimating tools

Scheduling tools

Risk tools

Cost reporting tools

Job description

Amentum in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Senior Cost Engineer to support cost, risk and change management for our nuclear project portfolio. You will work with Subject Matter Experts and Operations Managers, delivering accurate cost control across major frameworks with hybrid working options in Knutsford or Warrington.

You will coordinate with the Project Controls Manager, develop robust cost baselines, and ensure timely monthly reporting while maintaining high safety standards and