Assistant Cost Engineer

3 weeks ago


Reading, United Kingdom AWE PLC Full time

Do you have a background in finance? Have you considered a career in Cost Engineering with the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)? This is a fantastic time to join us as we are growing and developing our team and there are many opportunities to progress.

**The most important skills required are a good head for data and Excel along with an outgoing personality as you'll need to communicate effectively and use your influencing skills to persuade and negotiate.**

We offer a two-year training programme fully supported by our established Project Controls teams to facilitate your professional development into a fully-fledged Cost Engineer.

As an Assistant Cost Engineer in our Finance & Business Management (F&BM) function, you'll assist in delivering the complete Cost Engineering service by moving around the business on a number of 4 to 6 month placements helping to look after some very interestingprojects.

Location - between Reading and Basingstoke with on-site parking or great bus routes between Reading/ Basingstoke/ Newbury.

Starting Salary: £26,500 per annum

AWE **(one of the 25 best big companies to work for in the UK)** offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

- Market leading contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Generous holiday entitlement **plus every other Friday of**
- Flexible working hours
- Salary sacrifice scheme

As an Assistant Cost Engineer your days will look like this:

- Developing through experience a variety of cost engineering competencies
- Utilising applicable project controls tools and techniques to help underpin the projects' financial performance
- Communicating cost impacts and proposing any corrective actions to applicable stakeholders
- Implementing, maintaining and managing our cost control systems and processes
- Providing project and programme personnel with the support necessary to manage their projects
- Supporting line management with emerging tasks

To be considered for this vacancy you should have:

- A good standard of education (minimum A level standard) or demonstrable, equivalent experience
- Microsoft Office skills including **E xcel**
- **AWE**some communication skills and the ability to engage with and influence stakeholders
- An organised approach

You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role.

LI-SM


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