Cost Engineer

Cost Engineer

Location:

Newcastle

As Assystem’s Defence Infrastructure account continues to grow, we’re looking for a driven and proactive Cost Engineer to help keep our projects on track and on budget. You’ll play a key role in planning, forecasting, and reporting within a highly regulated environment. Based in our Newcastle office, this role also benefits from our flexible “new normal” approach supporting a blend of home and office working.

• Implement cost control processes on work packages
• Prepare project budgets, cost forecasts, and cash flow projections across multiple work packages
• Monitor actual costs against approved baselines, identifying trends, variances, and potential risks to cost performance
• Deliver accurate, timely, and transparent cost reports
• Support change control processes, including evaluation of cost impacts associated with design changes, regulatory requirements, and scope evolution
• Collaborate closely with planning, engineering, procurement, and commercial teams to ensure alignment between cost, schedule, and technical scope
• Create applications for payment and invoices

Why join the community of Switchers? As one of the Top 3 Nuclear Engineering companies in the world, Assystem offers a competitive benefits package which includes:

• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• 8% company pension contributions
• Healthcare cash‑plan to get money back on dental, medical, physical care
• Employee assistance programme including 24/7 access to free mental health support, virtual gym classes and more
• Get professional and industry membership fees paid for