Cost Controller, Edinburgh

1 week ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom EDF Energy Full time

Energise Your Career, Accelerate a Net-Zero Future #RenewablesJobs The OpportunityFollowing continued development of our offshore wind portfolio and to realise our ambitious renewable energy targets we have a fantastic opportunity for a best-in-class Cost Controller. You will play an essential role in ensuring the project and the offshore directorate budgets are well forecasted and managed. You will be part of a dynamic, inclusive and empowered team striving to deliver our future offshore wind project pipeline, with significant scope to shape our processes and ways of working. Pay, benefits and culture If you’re looking to join a company where you can work hard, have fun, and help to create a Net Zero future – then you’re in the right place’ Our passion for embracing new ideas and being open-minded to change helps us continue to grow successfully. We’re committed to helping all of our people thrive during their time with us, recognising and rewarding every person for their hard work and commitment. Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that’s an electric vehicle, private healthcare, additional holiday or one or more of our other benefits. We’ll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role; whether that’s on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home. We’re committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone’s Welcome inclusion programme.We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need. What you’ll be doingAs Cost Controller you will hold the responsibility for overseeing and managing project budgets, ensuring financial accuracy, and supporting effective cost management strategies: Developing and issuing monthly cost and budget reporting in line with reporting timelines for projects and central budgets.Maintain overall project cost forecast against baseline budget for projects and central budgets.Prepare and establish the Cost Breakdown structure and Budget elements that align with the Work Breakdown Structure to provide consistency across Projects.Support the supplier invoicing processes – ensure proper WBS coding working closely with procurement to work to and develop further standardised processes.Maintain accurate forecasts which feed into cash flow forecasts.Securing monthly accruals from suppliers and support budget holders and project planner to align costs to milestones in order to conduct Earned Value AnalysisWork closely with other project controls functions to develop integrated approaches to manage risk, cost, schedule. Support the project planner to implement resource integrated schedules as required.Track and manage contract commitments ensuring timely payments and compliance with contract obligations, with close collaboration between Procurement, Finance and Accounts Payable teams.Attend regular functional and project meetings and workshops, where required.What do you need to be great at this role?You’ll enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, be inquisitive and have a can-do attitude. Strong track record of leading cost control on large energy or infrastructure projects (experience at development and construction phase offshore wind farm projects preferred) Strong financial acumen and comfortable with cost engineering principles and methods including budgeting and forecasting, change management, management systems/procedures, cost and work breakdown structures, contingency management.Experience of working in multi-disciplinary project teams.Strong time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritise work.Experience reporting to Joint Venture Partners (advantageous but not essential)Ability to think strategically and develop ways of working across the portfolio.An ability to be inventive and show determination to overcome challenges.Use of cost control software – SAP, Anaplan, PowerBi or any other commercial project cost control tools.Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint), being able to manage and manipulate information and data to be interpreted by different stakeholders. Location: Based from our Atria One office in Edinburgh or Cardinal Place office in London. We're proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work meaning you can work comfortably from home with our offices as your base location.Closing date for applications: 24th of November 2024Why EDF Renewables? At EDF Renewables UK & Ireland we’re committed to tackling climate change. Our rapidly growing team of 500 talented people share an ambition to create a net zero future where clean, green, energy powers all our lives.It’s a huge ambition and time is of the essence if we are to play our full part in meeting the UK and Ireland’s challenging net zero targets. With our unique mix of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage and green hydrogen we are the UK & Ireland’s most diverse generator of renewable energy. To achieve our goal of generating a massive 10GW of renewable energy by 2035, we’re working with stakeholders and communities throughout the UK and Ireland to unlock the enormous potential of the low carbon energy sector.If you’re passionate about tackling climate change to create the cleaner, greener future we all want, we would love you to come join us. Join us, and let’s do good together.



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