Costing Estimators

2 weeks ago

Reading, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 298022**Salary**:

- £33,830- Posts based in London will attract the relevant London weighting- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Head Office & Corporate Services - Cost Assurance and Analysis Service (CAAS)**Type of role**:

- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Stoke Gifford, South West England, BS34 8JH : Tadley, South East England, RG7 4PR : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HBAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you passionate about supporting the Defence of the UK? Do you want a stimulating role, offering great development opportunities and the chance to make a real difference? If so, CAAS could have the ideal career for you A career with us offers stability, professional development, and the chance to work across a complete range of Defence projects that no other department experiences due to our privileged access to major programmes and projects.

We are currently recruiting Cost Management professionals with posts offered at various CAAS locations. These roles offer opportunities to work at the cutting edge of analysis with high profile stakeholders and unique access to critical programmes and emerging military technology across the fascinating world of UK Defence, its allies and partners. We have the privilege to help secure the nation and protect its interests through leading cost management for MOD.

We also offer a great work-life balance in addition to an array of other benefits that come with being a member of the Civil Service. This is a genuinely exciting time to join the Ministry of Defence if you want to be at the heart of real Defence issues.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
We are recruiting for Cost Estimators within the CAAS Nuclear Team with posts offered at various CAAS locations. CAAS Nuclear is responsible for the delivery of a Cost Management Improvement Partnership (CMIP) across the Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO) and Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). This is an exciting opportunity to help improve skills within Estimating across these organisations.

The Cost Estimator role is responsible for Cost Estimating/Cost Modelling activities within the CAAS Nuclear Cost Management environment and will be the desk officer undertaking the preparation of cost estimates and the development of cost models.

As a Cost Estimating Higher Executive Officer (HEO), you will be the estimating support across the CMIP, ensuring improvement in robust quality estimates and helping to upskill our DNO customers to inform decision making by Senior Management

**Person specification**:
As an HEO Cost Estimator, your activities will include but are not limited to:

- Potential line management of staff and placement Line Manager to members of the Estimating Capability Development Scheme (ECDS). You will be ensuring tasks are suitable for their current skill level and align to their development pathway.
- Championing the development of the cost estimating function and actively participating in functional events to aid the advancement of the function, the team and personal development.
- Communicating technical findings to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Responsible for the data gathering, normalisation and documentation of the Basis of Estimate to generate and mature cost estimates.
- Providing insightful analysis for the assurance of estimates to support the delivery lead and customer.

To be successful in these roles you will be:

- A confident and effective communicator (both verbal and written)
- Have an eye for detail when working across large scales of data and being able to present complex findings and informed decisions
- A team player collaborating with different peer and stakeholder groups
- Proactive and enjoy solving problems
- Ambitious and driven, seeking new and challenging goals
- Open and comfortable contributing innovative ideas

***Essential Criteria**:

- Evidence of cost estimating and analysis on a range of complex projects.
- Proficient in the use of Excel to analyse data.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Cost Estimating role.
- International Cost Estimating & Analysis Association (PCEA or higher).
- Association of Cost Engineers (Enrolled or higher).
- Association of Project Management Project Management Qualification or higher.
- Experience using Quantitative Risk Analysis software or Parametric tools.
- Experience in presenting technical results and findings.

**Qualifications**:

- Evidence of cost estimating and analysis on a range of complex projects.
- Proficient in the use of Excel to analyse data.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Cost Estimating

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