De&s - Cost Estmimator

4 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Reed Full time

You will act as estimating or cost modelling lead for medium to higher value or complexity projects, supporting business case development and investment decisions, options appraisal, and contribute to regular reviews of programme costs. You will also actas an Estimating Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing guidance to projects and support services.

This post is predominantly focused on Air platforms but working for DE&S will provide the opportunity to be involved in projects across a variety of other areas supporting programmes that include next generation aircraft, combat and support vehicles, complexweapons, artillery systems, ships, digital, cyber and space.

Your day-to-day role will involve a wide variety of tasks including reviewing and producing Estimating verification and validations and internal/industry modelling. You will build, review, and populate cost models as well as data maturity undertaking costrisk/business analysis. As part of this role, you may be responsible for leading a small team.

You will be based at the Piccadilly Gate Manchester site. You will be expected to attend the site more frequently initially to familiarize yourselves to the site, the team and position you will be working on in more detail. We operate a hybrid working environmentand the expectation will then be to attend site around twice a week.

**Responsibilities**

In this role, you will be entrusted with:

- Leading delivering and assuring estimating products for high value projects utilising a range of estimating tools, techniques and methodologies
- Independently deliver complex cost estimates using a range of mandated Cost Models
- Identify cost trends and insight at strategic level to support portfolio management activities, business change initiatives, and provide senior staff with intelligence and analysis to support decision making
- Analyse data from sources across Defence international partners and its suppliers to support benchmarking and production of robust complex cost models
- Train and develop team members in estimating to aid cost estimating understanding amongst stakeholders
- Assist with the scoping of model requirements and provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) modelling expertise including establishment and maintenance of relationships across stakeholder groups
- Communicate estimate and complex risk modelling data to key members of the project, programme and DE&S leadership in a way that is easy to interpret and understand

**Person specification**
- Experience generating complex estimates for projects
- Experience generating supporting documentation and artefacts such as the 'Basis of Estimate’
- Experience of assuring/ensuring quality of outputs
- Knowledge of analysis tools and techniques such as Excel

It would also be great if you can demonstrate any of the following desirable criteria:

- Currently hold or work towards Association of Project Management (APM) or equivalent certification with a keen interest in possessing certified membership within International Cost estimating and Analysis Association (ICEAA)
- Knowledge of Defence or related sectors
- Experience of broader project delivery discipline (risk management, planning & scheduling, cost control etc).


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