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Cost engineer

Whitehaven
Permanent
Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics
Cost engineer
€50,000 a year
Posted: 21h ago
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Competitive Salary and Benefits Package on Offer

Altrad are a market-leading provider of products and services to the energy, industrial and petrochemical sectors. Our success is built on the quality of our people, our reputation for technological expertise and best-in-class execution, and the collaborative relationships we establish with our clients. We believe in delivering exceptional value for our clients and creating unrivalled opportunities for our people.

Continuing our success in the nuclear industry, we are now growing our team in Cumbria, delivering more crucial, decommissioning activities and major infrastructure projects.

We’re actively looking for a experienced Cost Engineers to work on a range of complex nuclear decommissioning and new build work here in Cumbria.

As an employer, Altrad can offer unrivalled career opportunities across the UK. We’re deeply embedded and respected within the UK’s vibrant Nuclear industry, a respect forged over 65 years of work, from providing technology for the world’s first commercial nuclear power plant, to the decommissioning of the UK’s legacy nuclear infrastructure, and everything in between. Outside of Nuclear, our Thermal, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, and Asset Management services, deliver equally crucial work for an even wider range of clients. As a business, we can offer opportunities across multiple markets, sectors and geographies, giving you the chance to work on some of the UK’s most complex and challenging projects, as a part of the ever growing and ever talented, Altrad team.


Responsibilities

* Provide and manage the cost framework, systems and resources to deliver an effective cost control and reporting service to Project Managers and Sponsors.
* Prepare, monitor and forecast baselines during all project phases.
* Prepare, monitor and forecast expenditure profiles and provide accruals where needed.
* Prepare cost reports, including earned value analysis, identifying critical areas and trends and recommend recovery options.
* Maintain the cost control database and validate data across systems.
* Ensure all commitments are recorded and maintain forecasts within approved financial limits.
* Maintain an estimate of the outturn value of the project and prepare the EAC for review and approval.
* Provide the required information to support the risk process.
* Provide project outturns against baseline for LFE and Knowledge Management.
* Mentor and support Assistant Cost Engineers in their development.


Accountabilities

* Ensure the accuracy of data communicated and reported to all stakeholders.
* The highlighting of any current and potential issues to the Senior Cost Engineer, Lead Cost Engineer, PCM and Project Manager.
* Maintain compliance with approved processes, procedures and Project Execution Plans.
* The active contribution to continuous improvement of the functional quality and performance of Project Controls.


Essential Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications:

* Working towards a Degree in relevant subject area or equivalent experience in Cost Engineering/Control/Management

Experience:

* 3 years within a similar role in a highly regulated environment, ideally within the nuclear industry

If the above role isn’t quite right for you or you’re not ready to apply just yet, why not join our Talent Pool? You’ll be kept up to date with all of our latest roles, tailored to your area of expertise or interest.

Simply follow the link: https://altradweb.eploy.net/registration.aspx

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