Strategic Cost Intelligence Lead — Flexible Hours

Anglian Water Group; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Private healthcare

Competitive pension scheme (7% match)

Job summary

Anglian Water Group is seeking a Strategic Cost Engineer to join our Commercial Assurance team in the UK. You will shape cost intelligence supporting investment planning, regulatory submissions and programme delivery.

You will work closely with Commercial, Finance, Regulation and Asset teams to challenge, assure and improve estimating, modelling and data governance. The role requires degree-level qualification and extensive experience in cost estimation within large programmes or regulated

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline.
• Significant experience developing and assuring estimates using cost models in large-scale programmes.
• Experience in a regulated industry supporting business planning or price review activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, assurance and governance of strategic TOTEX estimates across major investment programmes.
• Manage and improve the Corporate Cost Estimation System and methods.
• Develop, maintain and validate cost models supporting planning, investment decisions and regulatory submissions.
• Provide challenge and assurance on project estimates, forecasting assumptions and cost intelligence outputs.
• Analyse cost trends, inflation impacts and efficiency opportunities to support strategic decisions.
• Support capital investment plans and budgets through robust cost analysis.
• Lead cost intelligence activities including benchmarking and reporting.
• Provide oversight of cost data governance and assurance processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve forecasting accuracy and commercial decision-making.
• Produce clear reports and evidence packs for regulatory submissions and audit.

Skills

Estimating

Cost modelling

Data analysis

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Cost estimation tools

Job description

Anglian Water Group is seeking a Strategic Cost Engineer to join our Commercial Assurance team in the UK. You will shape cost intelligence supporting investment planning, regulatory submissions and programme delivery.

You will work closely with Commercial, Finance, Regulation and Asset teams to challenge, assure and improve estimating, modelling and data governance. The role requires degree-level qualification and extensive experience in cost estimation within large programmes or regulated