Job Title: Senior Cost Engineer
Location: Warrington, Cheshire or Preston, Lancashire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Up to £61,500 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF59310
At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Cost Engineer, at our Warrington or Preston sites.
The Role
As a Senior Cost Controller, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Developing and agree scope/budgets for projects and/or programmes and controlling forecast and actual costs against them. This includes the provision of risk & opportunity analysis on these budgets and change management.
Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for applying requirements management, budgeting & cost control, financial management, change management and benefits management independently primarily in complex situations across P3M:
- Develop / implement and maintain the Project Baseline Budgets incl Control Account Plans/Responsibility Assignment Matrix and WBS Dictionary (SOW).
- Responsible for the monitor, control and validation of project's accruals and commitments and the control of resource and financial forecast data.
- Management and control of cost risk budget and drawdown and input into the risk management process.
- Management and control of financial change management on the project and assurance of alignment with the business/contractual requirements.
- Provision of internal and external financial performance & cost reports including earned value and variation analysis.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Warrington or Preston, on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.
Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Essential Experience of the Senior Cost Engineer:
- Significant experience of applying budgeting & cost control in a complex environment.
- Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector.
- Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g. FIDIC / NEC / JCT etc…) including resolution of claims and disputes.
- Advanced knowledge of cost management techniques.
- Advanced knowledge of Earned Value Management.
Qualifications for the Senior Cost Engineer:
- Ideally, you'll possess a HNC level qualification (or equivalent / similar) in cost engineering or quantity surveying but, this is not essential.
- ECITB QCF Level 5 Diploma in Cost Engineering (Cost Control) or, a professional qualification and membership (eg APM/Acoste/RICS) (or equivalent / similar) is desired but, not required.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels.
What we Offer:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
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