Cost Engineer

2 weeks ago

Macclesfield, United Kingdom AstraZeneca Full time

Role: Cost Engineer

Role Type: Temporary – 12 Months

Location: Macclesfield (4 Days On-Site / 1 Working Remote) – Monday to Friday



Your New Company


Macclesfield Campus is approx. 100 acres with around 4500 people working on site. The site is unique in the AstraZeneca network having Operations, R&D, G&A, IT and others on its site. Facility Management are one of the main teams on site and part of this team is Campus Project Solutions (CPS). CPS deliver engineering capital projects for all of the sites residents.


Typically, the team deliver around 60 projects a year ranging in value from £10k’s to £5M, from refurbishment of carparks to new buildings, from installation of a new heat exchanger to complex Autoclaves, from packaging conveyors to complex tablet packing lines, from office refurbishment to Laboratory upgrades, from plant room pumps & valves to Aseptic HVAC & particle monitoring.


The team consists of approx. 15 project managers and project engineers working in a CPS team of around 50 colleagues and around 150 in partner organisations all dedicated to delivering the best possible outcome for our customers.



Your New Role


To support the team with project lifecycle activities such as capital applications, capital asset structure management and SAP.


Responsible as main point of contact for all SAP/CATs and Capital Approval System queries.


Interface between Finance and Department maintaining all project portfolio maintenance and queries.


  • Cost Engineer Superuser responsible for the registration of new projects in the Capital Approval System (CAS)
  • Register and report projects into CAS.
  • Implementation of Project Work Breakdown Structures in SAP.
  • Manage the overall project and portfolio budget, work with the project team to ensure cost capture requirements are in place complies with AZ's procedures and accounting system (SAP)
  • Monitor, analyse and report to finance cost related aspects for designated projects within the Portfolio.
  • Track expenditure against progress, drive cost accuracy and ensure timely and accurate reporting to eensure all cost and contract transactions on a project are understood and managed in an appropriate way.
  • Management of CATS in SAP and validate the actual AZ internal costs and work in close liaison with the Project Team to develop an accurate and contemporary Estimate to Complete for the remaining scope.
  • Review project cost performance on all projects AFC’s in the portfolio against the agreed Baseline, identify trends and advise on potential project overspend.
  • Produce and update monthly AFC report for AZ Finance.
  • Work in close liaison with the Project Team to support in the preparation of project cost Baseline Changes (Supplementary).
  • Support the Project Team to conduct detailed variance analysis, root cause analysis and scenario planning; provide recommendations and strategies to recover the project.
  • Manage and update project budgets in SAP in line with approved project changes and control account re-allocations
  • Support the Project Manager to develop project performance reports and dashboards at a project and portfolio level
  • Capex/depreciation report to finance on a monthly basis, assist others in external departments to manage depreciation and timely closure analysis.
  • Maintenance of Workflow Change report and ensuring approval flows are correct.
  • Contribute to progress meetings as required in support of the Project Manager.



Essential Skills


  • Degree (preferable) in an engineering related subject with 5 to 10 years related experience.
  • Risk management
  • Good facilitation and analytical skills.
  • Ability to deliver results on time, on budget, and to the high standards.
  • Ability to quickly gain the technical, behavioural and contextual elements of a project.
  • Project reporting.
  • Strong drive and resilience.
  • Action and result oriented.
  • Ability to build strong relationships with people at all levels.
  • A willingness to see things through to the end.
  • A team player who is comfortable working with other professionals, and ability to influence people at all levels.
  • Ability to work efficiently under pressure and to tight deadlines.



WHY ASTRAZENECA?


It's an exciting time to join AstraZeneca, a global business that's rapidly growing - there's a lot happening and even more to come. And we are a valued part of this journey. Respected partners across the business, we provide the platform that's going to power us to achieve more.


So, what's next?


Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant We have one seat available, and we hope it's yours. Please apply with a copy of your CV.

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