Cost Assurance

Become a vital member of our Project & Programme Services (PPS), Complex Infrastructure team, proudly taking on some of the world's most exciting and prestigious projects. Join us, and you'll be part of our genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone is supported to make the most of their talents. You'll support multi-disciplinary and specialist project teams on high-profile schemes across a range of sectors, delivering high impact estimating services to a range of key clients. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career and develop our internal capabilities.
We are looking to hire an Assurance Manager – Assurance & Advisory to support our growing business.
Infrastructure (Water, Defence, Aviation, etc.).
Transport (Rail, Highways, Local Authorities, etc.).
Energy (Nuclear, Renewable Energy, Power, etc.)
Support assurance and advisory service delivery, focusing on reviewing major projects and niche projects across the UK and internationally, with a particular focus on capital costs.
Work across assurance reviews of various types, focusing on cost and project deliverability across the project lifecycle. Focus areas will range from early-stage feasibility design to detailed design, contract award, live delivery and project close-out.
to grow our portfolio and provide input to continuously improve the quality of our client deliverables.
Contribute to the development of a high performing team based in your local office and/or a national location.
Take technical leadership of delivery of high quality client deliverables, ranging from data analysis models to reports and informative dashboards or presentations.
Utilise client benchmarking data, in-house data and market data to independently develop robust analysis of 'should cost', 'could cost', 'will cost' and 'forecast cost to go / cost at completion'.
Support project leadership to communicate complex issues so that they are made easy to understand and help produce messaging which is astute, communicating difficult messages with a focus on how projects can improve.
Stay connected with the wider team and leadership in our Estimating & Cost Advisory practice and contribute to internal review and quality assurance processes for client deliverables.
An understanding of typical client approaches to applying contingency and awareness of global thought leadership in the area of cost estimating, cost forecasting and setting up projects (or resetting projects) for success.
Some direct or indirect experience of input to or reviewing major project business cases, especially as part of assurance reviews feeding into stage gate decision points.
Strong technical expertise in project development and delivery, with a specialism and demonstrable background in managing and understanding costs.
Wider understanding of commercial and contractual requirements and the crossover to the impact on estimating or forecasting costs.
Strong knowledge of indirect costs, cost breakdown structures and techniques to analyse and assess project deliverability.
Stakeholder engagement skills including being able to work seamlessly with designers, engineers, project managers and clients.
A clear understanding of the role of consultancy organisations on projects, including the ability to be adaptable to work across multiple sectors and disciplines and have the drive to want to learn new skills.
Flexible working to support a healthy work-life balance.
A standout comprehensive benefit package.
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. Security clearance
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So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees.