Cost Engineer / England

We are currently recruiting for a Cost Engineer to support a large organisation based in the South East of England. This is a contract opportunity, responsible for supporting, guiding and advising the Project Execution and Engineering Teams, and specifically Projects, Engineering, Construction and Commissioning.
 
Duties

• Attend project kick-off/ commercial kick-off and monthly project team reviews
• Approve all major bid tabs to review currency impacts and correct cost allocation
• Monitor spend to ensure accurate cost reporting
• Prepare monthly/quarterly spend analysis
• Develop forecast trend analysis for site costs
• Maintain detailed change management records
• Assist project team in development of action plans to avoid cost & schedule overruns
• Maintain reserve and contingency analysis
• Using the L4 deliverables to accurately forecast man-hours with design
• Work with the project team to develop detailed monthly cost forecast / status reports
• Review forecast with the Project Manager/Engineering Leadership Team
• Produce all monthly/quarterly reporting slides for the project financials

Essential Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ project cost control experience
• Must be able to deliver accurate cost information, reporting and guidance to management
• Previous SAP and Ecosys experience strongly preferred, especially around SAP Project Systems module.
• Experience within an Oil & Gas, Chemical processing or related business and equivalent projects a further benefit.