Job Description
Job Title: Cost Engineer
Location: Glasgow
Role Responsibilities
To work with the Project manager to provide informed forecast and prepare the project for month end reporting.
* Work with the Project Manager(s) to provide informed forecasts for the Project (for the 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
Role Requirements
Essential:
* Ability to communicate cost and performance information to peers/project managers/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.
* Educated to diploma level.
* Ideally 2+ years’ experience estimating.
Desirable:
* Diploma level educated.
* Relevant Professional Membership or working towards.
* CEMAR experience
* NEC experience, preferred.