Cost Engineering Lead - P&I As our Cost Engineering Lead, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the financial health and success of our programmes.
Your expertise will drive accurate cost control, robust forecasting, and value optimization, directly influencing the efficiency and effectiveness of our project delivery.
By establishing performance measurement techniques and supporting risk and change management, you will provide critical insights that shape our strategic decisions and project outcomes.
What's in it for You?
Career Growth: Join a global trailblazer and work on high-impact projects that shape the future of industries
Collaboration: Work closely with global organisations, delivery teams, and clients to manage complex construction projects
Innovation: Be at the forefront of innovative approaches to major complex civil infrastructure programmes
Flexibility: Enjoy a hybrid work environment 2-3 days per week at Jacobs or client offices to foster collaboration within a supportive environment
Recognition: Your expertise and commitment will be valued and leveraged to drive significant improvements in programme delivery
We Offer
Competitive salary: We offer compensation that reflects your skills and experience
Flexible Work Arrangements: Benefit from hybrid, part-time, and flexible working hours, patterns, and locations
24 days holiday + option to buy a further 10 days
Robust Pension Contributions: We offer enhanced pension contributions up to 10% to secure your future
Comprehensive Health Coverage: Single medical cover and Digital GP service, with options to add your partner and family
Family Planning Support: Access to fertility healthcare and family planning services
Enhanced Parental Leave: Enjoy enhanced parental leave pay and free membership to employee assistance and parental programs
4 Life assurance at 4x your salary
Income Protection: Financial security in case of long-term illness or injury
Wellbeing Hub: Free access to wellbeing apps like Calm and Daily Burn
Professional Development: We cover professional membership fees and provide continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities
Community Engagement: Participate in charity matched-funding, paid volunteering time, and charitable donations
About the Opportunity
In this Cost Engineering Lead role, you will:
Ensure Compliance and Functional Direction: Adhere to Programme Controls Policy, Strategy, and Plan, while providing direction for Cost Engineering and aligning with other PMO functions
Manage and Control Costs: Develop and improve Cost Management systems, ensuring accurate cost control, change and baseline management, and robust forecasting
Implement Earned Value Management (EVM): Establish performance measurement of projects using EVM and similar techniques, providing data-driven insights into performance
Drive Risk and Change Management: Align risk and cost processes to support forecasts, and proactively support the identification and management of risk and change
Collaborate and Coordinate: Work with Cost Engineers and Control Account Managers to standardize and ensure consistency of Cost Management processes, supporting other Programme Controls functions as required
Manage Reporting and Interfaces: Ensure the reported cost position is accurate and reconcilable, managing the cost interface with other functional leads and supporting monthly Board Reporting data on cost-related matters Significant experience in Cost Engineering with expertise in cost management methodologies and techniques
Knowledge of estimating, scheduling, and risk management techniques; understanding of contracts like NEC3/4; working knowledge of industry-standard Project Control Systems; and understanding of WBS and other data structures
Strong client interface skills, proficiency in report writing and presentations
Proactive, collaborative, goal-oriented, and resilient, with the ability to anticipate potential issues, work effectively with team members, set clear objectives, and maintain performance under pressure
A relevant degree and membership in professional associations such as RICS, ACostE, or CICES
Similar job titles this might be known as include:
Cost Control Manager
Cost Engineer Lead
Principal Cost Engineer
Associate Cost Engineer
Associate Director Cost Engineer
Cost Manager
Please note that we are looking for a more traditional Cost Engineer skill set than Quantity Surveying for establishing PMO Controls for this role.
Jacobs operates a hybrid work environment and a 40 hour working week as standard.
Ideally London or SE England based
Are you ready to challenge today and reinvent tomorrow with Jacobs
Join us and make a significant impact on our projects, driving excellence and innovation in cost management!
Our Culture
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs. [1] www.jacobs.com
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here: [2] https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit [3] www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.
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Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 45,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
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