Senior Project Controls Engineer — Cost & Earned Value

Turner & Townsend; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Cost Controller to join the Defence-focused Infrastructure team. You will work with project delivery teams to tailor cost control approaches, track budgets, and produce cost reports to support decision making across high-profile programmes.

The role involves developing CBS, aligning budgets with WBS, and providing cost information to the project team.

Qualifications

• Experience in Cost Control is essential.
• Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM), progress reporting, forecasting and performance reporting and analysis.
• Experience leading Cost Control Assurance activities as part of project performance cadence.
• An understanding of how other Project Controls (Scheduling, Risk Management, Reporting, Change Control) interact with Cost Control is desirable.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Tailor Cost Control approaches to meet client needs and align with best practice.
• Promote the benefits and requirements of Cost Control within the project and programme team.
• Implement, administer, and maintain cost control systems to track budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
• Develop CBS, align budgets with WBS and planning packages to track costs.
• Map cost estimates to WBS to set budgets against Work Packages and Control Accounts.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Finance, Commercial and Project Managers.

Skills

Cost Control

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Budget forecasting

MS Excel

NEC contracts knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering/Quantity Surveying)

Tools

Cost Control tool

MS Excel

Job description

Turner & Townsend in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Cost Controller to join the Defence-focused Infrastructure team. You will work with project delivery teams to tailor cost control approaches, track budgets, and produce cost reports to support decision making across high-profile programmes.

The role involves developing CBS, aligning budgets with WBS, and providing cost information to the project team.