Senior Project Controls Engineer – Major EPC Projects

RecruitME; Corby; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two bonus schemes

12% pension

27 days holiday

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Gym and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

RecruitME has a permanent onsite opportunity in the Oakham / Stamford area for a Project Controls & Commercial Engineer. You will own cost control, forecasting, change management and commercial reporting across major engineering and construction projects, ensuring margins and financial performance are protected from award through to completion.

The role suits someone with strong cost-control experience, ability to challenge project information, and confidence in reviewing subcontractor invoices

Qualifications

• Strong cost-control and commercial-management experience.
• Experience producing EAC forecasts and detailed project cost reports.
• Clear understanding of actual, committed, forecast and remaining costs.
• Experience managing project margins and identifying commercial risk.
• Experience preparing or assessing variations and change orders.
• Experience reviewing subcontractor invoices, applications or commercial accounts.
• Confidence challenging project teams, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Strong Excel and project cost-management system skills.
• Ability to convert complex project information into clear commercial reports.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Owning project cost control, forecasting and commercial reporting.
• Preparing and maintaining accurate Estimate at Completion forecasts.
• Monitoring actual costs, committed costs, forecast costs and remaining expenditure.
• Tracking Work Cost, Percentage of Completion and Gross Margin performance.
• Identifying cost overruns, margin erosion and commercial risks at an early stage.
• Preparing, substantiating and managing change orders and variations.
• Maintaining clear records of delays, scope changes, additional work and commercial entitlement.
• Reviewing subcontractor applications and invoices for accuracy, progress and contractual compliance.
• Challenging unsupported charges, discrepancies and variations.
• Supporting client invoicing against contractual milestones and completed work.
• Working with site teams to capture labour hours, productivity, progress, delays and additional scope.
• Supporting cost-loaded project schedules where required.

Skills

Project cost-control

Commercial-management

Stakeholder-management

Excel

Project reporting

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Cost-management software

Job description

RecruitME has a permanent onsite opportunity in the Oakham / Stamford area for a Project Controls & Commercial Engineer. You will own cost control, forecasting, change management and commercial reporting across major engineering and construction projects, ensuring margins and financial performance are protected from award through to completion.

The role suits someone with strong cost-control experience, ability to challenge project information, and confidence in reviewing subcontractor invoices