Cost Engineer - Project Controls - Energy Projects

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Due to increased opportunities and demand in the Energy & Natural Resources division, the team is recruiting Cost Engineers to join a diverse and supportive team during a period of significant growth. Our Transmission and Distribution client is at the forefront of industry‑leading change, and we are keen to speak to like‑minded individuals with senior cost engineering experience to see what Turner & Townsend can offer you.

A Cost Engineer will be responsible for work packages and projects of varying size and complexity. Work packages may vary from multiple smaller projects to one which could be significantly larger in value. A Cost Engineer will lead cost control for multiple non‑related projects or single highly complex projects within the programme of works, managing relationships between time, cost, risk, change, reporting and scope, and creating and maintaining robust cost controls and reports that provide accurate data to drive management decisions.

• Tailor Cost Control approaches to meet the client’s needs and align with best practice.
• Implement, administer and maintain cost control systems and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures and forecasts.
• Collaborate with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, integrated, well‑structured Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and support the change control process.
• Develop project Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) and align budget time‑phasing 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 management, control and reporting of cost data.
• Lead the production of accruals to ensure that the Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) is accurately reflected in a timely manner.
• Support the change process by providing cost information for change notes to underpin forecasts.
• Update project forecasts to keep comprehensive and aligned Estimate To Complete (ETC).
• Work with the project team to set out and implement cost capture requirements, ensuring appropriate work orders, requisition structure and alignment of purchase orders with cost breakdowns.
• Align Purchase Orders with CBS to give clarity of Cost Performance Indices within the Project.
• Validate and interrogate supply chain data to assist accurate cost forecasting and trending, and work with the supply chain to understand variances and drive cost accuracy.
• Interact with Management and Leadership when delivering updates on Cost Control within a complex project/programme environment.
• Guide and influence cost control processes on complex projects/programmes and associated reports.
• Demonstrate leadership while developing the technical ability of the delivery and cost control team.

You have professional Project Controls experience specialising in Cost Engineering/Control across the project lifecycle. Nuclear experience is desirable but not essential. You understand Earned Value Management (EVM), progress reporting, forecasting and performance reporting and analysis, and can coordinate with other teams using multidisciplinary knowledge.

• Obtain BPSS level security…