Job Description
Base salary: £46,406 pa to £54,595 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of the base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits – check them out in the Benefits section on our website.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
As the Cost Manager you will be responsible for supporting the Head of Cost and Estimating at a Programme and Contract level. This includes supporting the management of budgets, actual costs, forecasts and Earned Value Management (EVM) to support the successful delivery of HS2.
About The Role
* Accountable for supporting the analysis and verification of contract level cost performance and ensuring the data accurately reflects the current programme performance for onward reporting.
* Responsible for supporting the validation of cost performance data submitted by delivery teams to the programme team as part of communicating overall programme performance.
* Assist with the development of contract level performance reports to communicate current performance to the programme team, including Earned Value Management (EVM), forecasted costs and Estimate at Completion (EAC) pressures.
* Ensure that the cost performance team is aligned to the current business processes and ways of working from a delivery perspective.
* Support the Senior Cost Manager to ensure adherence to cost performance processes and procedures across the respective programme and maintain data and documents accurately within the corporate systems.
* Provide technical support to the Project Controls Managers on cost performance and assist in the management of contractor teams to support the successful delivery of the HS2 project.
* Work closely with the supply chain to develop a series of defined work-streams to progressively enhance cost performance capabilities within the Phase.
* Facilitate continuous improvement of the Cost Performance function within the Phase One programme and ensure lessons learnt are captured and presented back to the team.
* Ensure that the contract teams are working to the current governance processes and review policies in order to align with strategic business objectives.
* Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work.
About You
* Stakeholder management – ability to manage stakeholders within a matrix environment, including the facilitation of stakeholder meetings and information flow.
* Problem solving with attention to detail.
* Clear communication skills – ability to deliver clear presentations that engage and influence colleagues and external stakeholders.
* Data analysis – able to analyse and interpret data and produce accurate, timely and informative reports in multiple formats adapted to the needs of the audience.
* Proficient with Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
* Knowledge of Project Controls, Commercial and Finance processes and how these operate.
* Knowledge and commercial awareness of multiple construction contract types (including NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communication between contractor and client) and their respective benefits to client organisations.
* Knowledge of core Project Controls disciplines, including Schedule Management, Change Management and Risk Management.
* Knowledge of baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a major programme.
Knowledge
* Project Controls, Commercial and Finance processes and how these operate.
* Commercial awareness of multiple construction contract types (including NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communication between contractor and client) and their respective benefits to client organisations.
* Core Project Controls disciplines (Schedule Management, Change Management and Risk Management).
* Baseline development and maintenance on a major programme.
* Experience in cost management or project control role within a major project.
* Experience in core project controls functions (baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, performance reporting and document control).
* Experience in managing and producing performance reports summarising cost performance, including budgets, Earned Value Management (EVM) and forecasts on major projects.
* Experienced in the management and use of core cost management systems (e.g. Prism, Ecosys, etc.).
Type Of Experience
* Experience in cost management or project control role within a major project.
* Experience in core project controls functions (baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, performance reporting and document control).
* Experience in managing and producing performance reports summarising cost performance, including budgets, Earned Value Management (EVM) and forecasts on major projects.
* Experience in management and use of core cost management systems (e.g. Prism, Ecosys, etc.).
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect.
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time‑bound visas that we cannot accept.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre‑employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
About Us
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) is the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff – living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety‑critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
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