Senior Cost Controller

2 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Turner & Townsend Full time
Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cost Controller (Senior Project Controls Engineer Grade) to join our busy and expanding, Bristol and South West based, Infrastructure-Defence team.

We are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on several high-profile Infrastructure Projects/Programmes. Additionally, this role will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and learn from our experienced and award-winning Cost Control community and wider extensive Controls and Performance Network. 

There has never been a more exciting time to build your career with us in the Defence sector. 

 Key deliverables:

  • Working alongside project delivery teams as part of a wider cost control team or independently with reach back support to experienced cost professionals, responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following: 

  • Tailoring Cost Control approaches to meet the client’s needs and aligning with best practice. 

  • Promoting the benefits and requirements of Cost Control within the project and programme team.  

  • Implementing, administering, and maintaining cost control systems and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts. 

  • Development of project Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), align the time phasing of budgets against the Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), to accurately track and control actual costs.  

  • Map and integrate cost estimates to the Work Breakdown Structure, in order to set the project budget against the correct Work Packages, Planning Packages and Control Accounts. 

  • Develop and maintain relationships with interfacing disciplines including, but not limited to, Finance, Commercial and Project Managers to ensure alignment of project information. 

  • Lead the production of accruals to ensure that the Actual Cost of Work Performed is accurately reflected in a timely manner in the cost data. 

  • Provide advice and assist the development of reporting tracking tools, where required, and generate Cost reports on a regular basis, including analysis of earned value management information.   

  • Providing Cost information and advice, where required, to the project team to develop status reports, keep management informed on project progress, and to support performance management decision making. 

  • Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on cost control processes and practices.   


Qualifications

Essential:

  • Demonstrable Experience in Cost Control is essential.   

  • Familiarity of different cost performance reporting and cost forecasting techniques

  • Experience leading Cost Control Assurance activities as part of project performance cadence 

  • A detailed understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM), progress reporting, forecasting and performance reporting and analysis is 

  • Practical experience of using MS Excel and other MS applications 

  • Familiarity with at least one Cost Control tool is desirable.   

  • An understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls (Scheduling, Risk Management, Reporting, Change Control) interact with Cost Control is desirable.  

  • Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable.  

  • The ability to travel to client sites across the region as required

In order to progress your application, it is essential that you are a sole British national passport holder, with current security clearance, or the ability to achieve this.

This is purely due to client security requirements. 



Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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