About the role

Lead Cost Engineer managing cost engineering and controls for Anglian Water’s Strategic Pipeline Alliance project in Peterborough. Focused on integrating costs and planning artifacts with ongoing construction phases.

Responsibilities

Provide direction for the Cost Engineering function and alignment with other PMO and Commercial functions.
Establishment of WBS and other data structures to support the SPA IC2 programme.
Lead the development of an industry standard Cost, Change and EVM Management system to support the IC2 programme.
Ensure standardisation and consistency of Cost Management processes to industry best practice.
Establish robust processes to ensure accurate cost control, change and baseline management, and forecasting.
Establish performance measurement for projects using Earned Value Management or similar techniques.
Ensure forecast process is supported with alignment of risk, schedule and commercial processes as well as inflation.
Support the establishment of aligned PMO, Estimating and Commercial infrastructure.
Establish credible monthly cost reports to support leadership reviews and provide data driven insight into programme performance.
Ensure the reported cost position is reconcilable and accurately reflected in the Cost Management system.
Support the monthly Board Reporting data on any cost related matters.
Lead on the IC2 cost control and efficiency initiatives.
Manage the cost engineering interface with other functional leads (commercial, schedule, risk and reporting etc).
Promote value and cost benefits across programme delivery.

Relevant academic degree in Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying, Cost Engineering or similar.
Full UK Driving Licence
Extensive experience of Cost Engineering on large scale infrastructure projects ideally for either a Tier 1 contractor or client-side
Strong technical understanding of Cost Engineering including Forecasting, EVM, Cost Management, Resource Management, Change and Baseline Control, Inflation, Governance and Risk Management.
Strong technical understanding of Work Breakdown Structures and other data structures supported by experience.
Strong technical understanding of Risk and Contingency Management supported by experience of QSRA, and QCRA.
Working knowledge of integrated functional processes where Cost, Risk, Schedule and Commercial data are aligned with supporting management techniques.
Experienced user of Cost, Change and EVM Management Systems such as Deltek, Ecosys or Contruent.
Significant experience of forecasting, maintaining performance and contractual baselines, producing cost variance analysis on time phased data, monitoring changes, and forward looking reporting on early warnings and variations.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence key stakeholders
Experience and understanding of construction contracts such as NEC3/4 and their commercial basis including Target Price (Pain/Gain) Mechanisms.