Nuclear Waste Services is expanding its operations in 2024, and has a number of opportunities for Cost Managers to join the organisation.
The roles will support the Programme and Projects with production of Budgets/ Forecasts and undertake Cost Management and reporting, supporting and monitoring performance.
As a Cost Manager, you will support with the implementation of cost management processes and procedures, training people in these required standards, and delivery against them.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Production and control of budgets / forecasts and expenditure profiles for all work within the construction portfolio, utilising approved work breakdown and cost breakdown structures.
- Ensure that budgets / forecasts are produced in conjunction with, and agreed by, the various stakeholders involved in the project, so that complete and consistent plans exist for all necessary business and project activities.
- Co-ordination and production of cost reports and updated budgets to a defined reporting cycle.
- Analysis of trends and change within projects and the provision of feedback on areas of risk and opportunities.
- Assist with the overseeing of the review and acceptance of supplier cost reports.
- Analysis and integration of cost estimates and forecasts provided by contractors and suppliers.
- Support the review of Change Requests and their implications on project budgets.
- Support the monthly review of budgets and Latest Best Estimates (LBEs) in conjunction with schedule information to enable effective management decisions.
- Conduct basic analysis on plans to provide insight to Project Managers that will help to enhance delivery and improve decision-making on the management of dependencies and critical path.
- Support Project Managers to ensure project budgets / forecasts are appropriately challenged, defined and analysed. Share and challenge information on project scope, schedule and cost.
- Maintaining the status updates of all budgets / forecasts on a monthly cycle to facilitate effective reporting of progress and variances.
- Support the timely production of monthly Programme Board report, monthly Performance Report, Quarterly Project Report (QPR) and any other periodic reporting tasks in regard to costs.
- Support the training of project personnel on the appropriate cost management processes and systems.
- Follow appropriate escalation routes to ensure cost management processes and procedures are consistently adhered to across the RWM portfolio.
Experience Required
- Experience working in a rigorous programme controls environment.
- Degree or HND (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Construction, Quantity Surveying or other related field is advantageous
- Experienced in providing cost management of a major project or programme.
- Detailed understanding of cost management methodologies and techniques including EV analysis, scheduling and Risk & Change management.
- Proficiency with Cost Management tools such as Ecosys etc.
- Familiarity with Finance systems such as SAP, SAGE etc.
- Experience of report generation and ability to deliver to deadlines.
- Experience of NEC forms of contract would be beneficial.
- Will be an excellent communicator - able to build strong working relationships and work collaboratively with wider stakeholders across all areas and levels of the organisation
- Have strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and generate complex data with the skills to be able to communicate clearly to multiple stakeholders and different levels
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