Cost Engineer

Driver Project Services (DPS) is a multidisciplinary consultancy firm with over 45 years of experience operating across the UK. DPS provides a comprehensive range of planning, project management, and commercial management services for both construction and civil engineering projects. As a rapidly expanding organisation, DPS is actively seeking talented candidates interested in opportunities on either a permanent staff or contract basis to work with our Client in the Construction & Engineering sector on a large-scale, long-term Energy project.

Applicants should be degree qualified, commercially focused, confident running your own project along with working effectively within a team. Key responsibilities include;

- Control, monitor, analyse and report costs.

- Ensure all cost and contract transactions on a project are understood and managed.

- Continually monitor Project Risk and Change status to maintain current forecast.

- Liaise with Project team members and contractors with regards to progress and cost forecasting.

- Monitor, control and analyse the project cost information, identify variances.

- Prepare specific reports to facilitate challenge and analysis to meet the projects specific needs.

- Challenge cost variances against the baseline plan with individual task leaders/contractors and/or outside stakeholder management as necessary to enable mitigation. Essential Knowledge & Skills;

- Experience across the whole project and programme lifecycle (EPC) is essential.

- Proficient in the interpretation of Earned Value Analysis - Understanding the relationship between time cost and commercial aspects of the project life cycle. This role is available on a Contract or Permanent Staff basis