Job Description
Contracts & Cost Control Engineer
Initial 12 Month Contract
Victoria, South West London – 8 days per month working from home
Inside IR35 - PAYE
A Contracts & Cost Control Engineer is required to work on a large Energy Transition project that is based in North Wales.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience across both contracts and cost control as well as a background within Quantity Surveying.
Responsibilities
- Support the Work Package Manager in applying EPC contract terms and ensuring contractor compliance with the contract
- As the Contract & Cost Control Engineer, you will lead the verification and approval of contractor pro‑forma invoices, ensuring that claimed milestones are correct, reported quantities are confirmed by the Package Team, unit rates are accurate, and all claims comply with contractual requirements
- Coordinate with the Project Control Department
- As the Contract & Cost Control Engineer, you will review contractor timesheets, procurement documents, equipment logs, and cost reports
- Verify, with support from the engineering and construction teams, the accuracy of supporting documents (measurement sheets, site reports, redlines) and identify any non‑reimbursable or non‑compliant items
- Review Variation Orders (VOs) to ensure all prices align with contract terms, supporting documentation, and approved benchmarks
- As the Contract & Cost Control Engineer, you will support cost and cash‑flow forecasting; identify unauthorised or unsupported costs and propose corrective actions
- Maintain logs for invoices, costs, and variations; prepare Work/Service Orders and SAP uploads as required
- As the Contract & Cost Control Engineer, you will prepare or review company contractual correspondence and support Change Management activities
Qualifications
- Degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related field
- Extensive experience in cost control and contract engineering on EPC projects in the execution phase
- Strong experience with unit‑rate reimbursable contracts or BoQ‑based measurement systems
- Demonstrated reporting experience
- Proficiency in quantity measurement, BoQ interpretation, and unit‑rate analysis
- Solid understanding of EPC contract structures and change‑control mechanisms
- Experience using cost‑control tools (SAP, Prism, EcoSys) and advanced Excel
- Strong understanding of engineering drawings and construction methods
- Ability to write reports and documentation that conform to prescribed styles and formats
- Proficient computer skills, including email, record‑keeping, database use, word processing, and graphics
- Ability to read, analyse, and interpret engineering, scientific, technical, financial, and legal documents
- Strong stakeholder engagement, with sound interpersonal skills and awareness of appropriate ethics and protocol across functions
- Flexible and able to handle high workloads, including working additional hours when required
- Confident in managing enquiries or complaints and able to prioritise effectively
- Strong problem‑solving skills, capable of working with limited standardisation and varied inputs
- Able to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, and scheduled instructions
- Effective multitasker with good organisational and time‑management skills; systematic in approach
- Proactive, self‑motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision
- Adaptable to evolving requirements
First Recruitment Group are committed to finding the right candidates for our clients, and the right companies for our candidates to work for. We’re passionate about putting people first, and take pride in being able to offer an all‑round service for candidates and clients with our payroll solution, Primis, and workforce management solution, Operam. As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.
