Senior Cost Engineer - Rail & Infrastructure (Hybrid)

SYSTRA; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Job summary

SYSTRA is seeking a Cost Engineer to join our Birmingham engineering team on a hybrid basis. You will apply cost management and earned value techniques to monitor budgets, forecasts and accruals, ensuring transparent reporting for project delivery.

You'll work closely with management, designers and contractors, analyse weekly cost data, challenge assumptions and support inter-company transactions within a global rail and infrastructure context. Strong Excel and ERP tools experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost engineering, project controls, or commercial management within the rail, transport, or infrastructure sectors.
• Strong knowledge of project cost management processes and earned value principles.
• Proficiency in cost management software and Microsoft Excel; experience with Primavera P6, IFS, or similar ERP/project tools is an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial information clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and numerical abilities.
• Proactive and solution-focused with the ability to challenge cost assumptions constructively.
• Strong collaboration skills to work effectively across engineering, commercial, and project delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Applying the recognised Cost Management and Earned Value Techniques.
• Analyse and interrogate all Weekly Actual Cost Reporting for accuracy of hours booked, performance against forecast providing feedback to the DJV Project Team
• Producing timely and accurate actual and forecast cost reporting to ensure that the Project Financial position is reported accurately through SPOT at month end and that all costs have been authorised, captured and reported correctly, including the calculation of monthly accruals
• Control and analyse scope deviations through trend and change management processes
• Build relationships with budget holders across all Systra disciplines to ensure that the project costs are being captured correctly
• Support to inter company trading transactions for global production centres including entity margins and regional performance against business targets
• Attend Progress Meetings and communicate clear and concise data to the Project teams across all Systra regions
• Attend Systra Work Package Reviews and record the meeting minutes and all actions

Skills

Cost control

Earned value

Data analysis

Excel

Primavera P6

IFS

ERP tools

Communication

Tools

Primavera P6

IFS

ERP software

Job description

SYSTRA is seeking a Cost Engineer to join our Birmingham engineering team on a hybrid basis. You will apply cost management and earned value techniques to monitor budgets, forecasts and accruals, ensuring transparent reporting for project delivery.

You'll work closely with management, designers and contractors, analyse weekly cost data, challenge assumptions and support inter-company transactions within a global rail and infrastructure context. Strong Excel and ERP tools experience is preferred.