Cost Engineer - Project Controls - Energy Projects

Cost Engineer – Project Controls – Energy Projects

Full‑time – Department:
Energy and natural resources

Turner & Townsend is seeking experienced Cost Engineers to support its Energy & Natural Resources division during significant growth. The role involves cost control for multiple projects, from small to large, ensuring alignment with time, cost, risk, and quality objectives.

A Cost Engineer will be responsible for cost control across projects of varying size and complexity, leading cost control for multiple non‑related projects or a single highly complex project within the programme of work. They’ll manage relationships between time, cost, risk, change, reporting and scope, delivering accurate cost data for management decisions.

• Tailor cost control approaches to meet client needs and align with best practice.
• Implement, administer and maintain cost control systems and procedures to track budgets, commitments, expenditures and forecasts.
• Work with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust performance measurement baseline (PMB) and support the change‑control process.
• Develop Project Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) and align the time‑phasing of budgets against the Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) to track and control actual costs.
• Map and integrate cost estimates to the WBS to set the project budget against the correct Work Packages, Planning Packages and Control Accounts.
• Adhere to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for cost management, control and reporting.
• Lead the production of accruals to reflect Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) accurately and timely.
• Support the change process by providing cost information for change notes and underpin forecasts.
• Update project forecasts to ensure comprehensive and aligned Estimate To Complete (ETC).
• Set out and implement cost capture requirements, including work orders, requisitions, purchase orders and subcontract data.
• Align purchase orders with CBS to provide clarity of cost performance indices.
• Validate and interrogate supply‑chain data to assist accurate forecasting and trending, and work with the supply chain to understand variances.
• Interact with senior management to deliver updates on cost control within a complex programme environment.
• Guide and influence within cost control processes on complex projects and programmes, delivering associated reports.
• Demonstrate leadership while developing the technical ability of the delivery and cost control team.

• Professional Project Controls experience specializing in Cost Engineering/Control across the project lifecycle; nuclear experience desirable but not essential.
• Detailed understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM), progress reporting, forecasting and performance analysis.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, able to influence, motivate, coach and develop a team in a diverse environment.
• Member of a relevant professional body such as APM or PMI.
• Familiarity with various cost‑performance reporting and forecasting techniques.
• Experience leading Cost Control Assurance activities as part of project performance cadence.
• Understanding of how other Project Controls disciplines (scheduling, risk, reporting, change control) interact with cost control.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to make risk‑based decisions where parameters are unclear.
• Strong stakeholder management experience, capable of navigating conflict situations.
• Desire to work within the nuclear sector.
• Will be able to obtain BPSS level security clearance.

Role may involve SOX control responsibilities. Turner & Townsend is an equal‑opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and encourages applications from all sectors of the community.