Overview
The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water’s region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure. The successful candidate will work closely with Planning Engineers to ensure the integration of costs and planning artefacts on contracts whilst reporting to the Manager of Cost Engineering.
The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water’s region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure. Development cycle to the delivery through the construction phase would be preferred. The successful candidate will work closely with Planning Engineers to ensure the integration of costs and planning artefacts on contracts whilst reporting to the Manager of Cost Engineering.
Responsibilities
* Provide direction for the Cost Engineering function and alignment with other PMO and Commercial functions.
* Establishment of WBS and other data structures to support the SPA IC2 programme.
* Lead the development of an industry standard Cost, Change and EVM Management system to support the IC2 programme.
* Ensure standardisation and consistency of Cost Management processes to industry best practice.
* Establish robust processes to ensure accurate cost control, change and baseline management, and forecasting.
* Establish performance measurement for projects using Earned Value Management or similar techniques.
* Ensure forecast process is supported with alignment of risk, schedule and commercial processes as well as inflation.
* Support the establishment of aligned PMO, Estimating and Commercial infrastructure.
* Establish credible monthly cost reports to support leadership reviews and provide data driven insight into programme performance.
* Ensure the reported cost position is reconcilable and accurately reflected in the Cost Management system.
* Support the monthly Board Reporting data on any cost related matters.
* Lead on the IC2 cost control and efficiency initiatives.
* Manage the cost engineering interface with other functional leads (commercial, schedule, risk and reporting etc).
* Promote value and cost benefits across programme delivery.
Knowledge, Skills, And Experience
* Extensive experience of Cost Engineering on large scale infrastructure projects ideally for either a Tier 1 contractor or client-side
* Strong technical understanding of Cost Engineering including Forecasting, EVM, Cost Management, Resource Management, Change and Baseline Control, Inflation, Governance and Risk Management.
* Strong technical understanding of Work Breakdown Structures and other data structures supported by experience.
* Strong technical understanding of Risk and Contingency Management supported by experience of QSRA, and QCRA.
* Working knowledge of integrated functional processes where Cost, Risk, Schedule and Commercial data are aligned with supporting management techniques.
* Experienced user of Cost, Change and EVM Management Systems such as Deltek, Ecosys or Contruent.
* Significant experience of forecasting, maintaining performance and contractual baselines, producing cost variance analysis on time phased data, monitoring changes, and forward looking reporting on early warnings and variations.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence key stakeholders
* Experience and understanding of construction contracts such as NEC3/4 and their commercial basis including Target Price (Pain/Gain) Mechanisms.
* Anticipating potential issues and addressing them before they escalate.
* Working effectively with other team members to achieve project goals.
* Setting clear objectives and working diligently to achieve them.
* Performance under pressure and recovering quickly from setbacks.
* Strong client interface skills.
* Proficient in commercial report writing and presentations.
Qualifications
* Relevant academic degree in Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying, Cost Engineering or similar.
* Full UK Driving Licence
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