Senior Cost Manager

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Réalis, Complex Projects

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Réalis is a world leading design, engineering and project management organisation. We connect people, data and technology to transform infrastructure and energy systems across the globe. Our purpose is simple: to engineer a better future for our planet and its people, creating sustainable solutions that shape the world around us.

Atkins

Réalis is a world leading design, engineering and project management organisation. We connect people, data and technology to transform infrastructure and energy systems across the globe. Our purpose is simple: to engineer a better future for our planet and its people, creating sustainable solutions that shape the world around us.

Our awesome Complex Projects teams deliver some of the most complex and transformative programmes worldwide. By combining multidisciplinary expertise, global best practice and deep sector knowledge, we help clients achieve ambitious outcomes. Our success is powered by talented people who use diverse thinking and creativity to drive innovation every day.

Whether it's being part of history-making teams transforming the energy sector, forming the backbone of Britain's transport network with high speed rail, transforming how the railway works on East Coast Digital Programme, increasing our international connectivity across major aviation hubs, providing essential support to re‑invigorate the Water sector through a new AMP Cycle, or delivering safe and reliable journeys for National Highways and local government bodies, a career with us represents an opportunity to make a positive difference to the communities we serve and for future generations to come.

And we do all of this whilst working with fun and passion.

As we continue to grow, we are looking for a Senior Cost Manager who possesses proven experience, notably in the Energy and Infrastructure sectors, to join our Cost Management Team within our Wales & West Region Project Controls Practice. You must be ambitious with a thirst for innovation and growth to progress within our Complex Projects division.

The role will involve delivering work with both existing and new clients working within our Cost Management team to ensure our technical service offering is kept to the highest standard, whilst having a strong team working ethos and delivering in accordance with Atkins

Réalis' digital aspirations.

You will play an integral part in delivering the business plan for this rapidly expanding team and support in driving success in the Wales & West Region. You will innovate and foster a collaborative, professional and positive working environment along with delivering your cost management role.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to support team management, business growth, and enable opportunities to work with internal and external partners across the entire business.

• Reporting into the Cost Management Lead, you will be responsible for building long term, sustainable relationships with both members of our own organisation, and wider Client base.
• Technical expertise in Cost Management services across complex infrastructure.
• A good understanding of industry benchmarks / best practices, Cost and Work Breakdown Structures, and methods of measurements (e.g. RMM, NRM etc).
• Good network within the energy and/or infrastructure sectors.
• Management skills necessary to advise project teams appropriately.
• Evidence of service innovation, technical excellence, and exceptional service delivery.
• Proven technical skills to monitor, analyse, and control cost performance against set targets.
• Technical ability to challenge engineering teams and identify/cost efficient solutions.
• Collaborative behaviours and technical expertise to interface with wider project controls expertise including schedule logic and risk exposure.
• Awareness of the challenges and opportunities in the industry.
• Commercial, quantity surveying, and/or finance skills, with full working knowledge of the construction industry, and an understanding of Standard Forms of Contract (NEC/FIDIC/IChemE).
• Ability to develop and understand performance measurement of projects using Earned Value…