SC Cleared Cost Engineer

Role: SC Cleared Cost Engineer
Salary/Rate: £ 41 ph (inside IR35)
Location: Hybrid Glasgow - 3 days p/w on site
Contract Duration: 6 months

A Cost Engineer with experience providing cost management expertise within infrastructure projects is required by a consultancy working with some of the biggest government, infrastructure, defence, and security projects in the UK.

This Cost Engineer role is hybrid based between working 3 days per week near Glasgow and the remainder of the week working remotely.

Security Clearance: Security Check ("SC Clearance")

The Cost Engineer role will be a 6-month contract, paying £35 - £41.40 ph inside IR35, depending on experience.

This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role, it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.

Essential skills/experience required:

• Commercial, quantity surveying, and/or finance skills, with full working knowledge of the construction industry, and an understanding of NEC4 contracts
• Technical expertise in Cost Management services across complex infrastructure
• An excellent understanding of industry benchmarks / best practices, Cost and Work Breakdown Structures, and methods of measurements
• Proven technical skills to monitor, analyse, and control cost performance against set targets
• Ability to develop and understand performance measurement of projects using Earned Value Management (EVM) and similar techniques
• Major project/programmes work experience
• Ability to communicate cost and performance information to peers, project managers and stakeholders in a way that is understood by all
• Detailed working knowledge of cost engineering functions, cost control and cost analysis
• Experience of working in a wider Project Controls team, understanding the importance of aligning the cost forecast to the Programme
• Detail-oriented and organised, with experience of identifying, analysing, and solving problems
• Good presentation and reporting skills
• Ideally 2+ years' experience estimating

Role Profile / Responsibilities:

• Work with the Project Manager to provide informed forecasts for the Project (for Financial Year and Project Lifecycle)
• Collaborate with the Project Planner to ensure forecasts are informed and aligned to the programme.
• Review and track costs and forecasts to ensure and demonstrate continued affordability.
• Produce Cost Reporting Outputs in a timely manner for month end reporting, inputting into all relevant internal financial systems.
• Attending monthly supplier Project Meetings and carry out associated contract administration as required, via CEMAR.
• Raise purchase and contract requisitions and occasionally receipting invoices within the relevant internal system.
• Assessment and checking on invoices and valuations and providing advice to PM to resolve invoice queries.
• Monitoring cost against change and attendance of the change control/EWN meetings

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