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Your background and knowledge working within Cost Controls or Cost Engineering will make a real impact for my client.

This role will allow you to work across multiple industries whilst developing wider P3M and consulting skills.

You will be a Senior Consultant within their UK Infrastructure business working within their specialist Cost Assurance team to help review and scrutinise actual incurred cost and help drive supply chain improvement and efficiency for a range of major programmes and projects.

You will be offered a varied role and an excellent benefits package, as well as training and several career development options.

Career progression is seen as a key part of company strategy.

They are looking for a Senior Cost Manager:

Duties and Responsibilities will include:

Deliver successful Cost Assurance commissions
Working in teams of variable sizes and providing assistance to more junior members to allow them to develop and grow
Inputting into the development of the service line by contributing to bids and the ongoing refinement of internal training and information about the service
Review construction contractor systems, controls and processes to provide a view on their ways of working, using intelligence from around the industry to build a view on best practice.
Performing testing of data and information using smart techniques and tools such as data visualisation and trend / pattern analysis.
Review outputs intended for circulation to clients and provide feedback to colleagues, where relevant.
Development of project Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), align the time phasing of budgets against the Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), to accurately track and control actual costs
Helping senior members of the team to maintain internal systems to ensure commission and financial management is compliant with business process.
Map and integrate cost estimates to the Work Breakdown Structure, in order to set the project budget against the correct Work Packages, Planning Packages and Control Accounts.
Providing Cost information and advice, where required, to the project team to develop status reports, keep management informed on project progress, and to support performance management decision making 
To be suitable for this role you will:

You will have experience in either Cost Engineering, Cost Estimating or Cost Controls
Knowledge of the construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, disallowed cost areas, target price setting, calculation of pain/gain amounts etc
Ideally you will hold a degree in a relevant subject matter
Hold or working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent (i.e. MRICS, ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc.)Senior Cost Manager
Locations Considered: Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth (Flexible working will be offered)
40-80K +  Benefits including Bonus, Flexible Working & More

Cost Estimating, Cost Engineering, Cost Controls

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a globally recognised company, who are keen to develop and enhance your skills further whilst being exposed to a variety of projects across multiple domains.
 
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to several high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.

This role is a permanent position