Cost Controller

At Turner & Townsend our award-winning Controls & Performance team are focused on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes. We have a growing national team of over 650 Controls & Performance professionals. The breadth and scale of our team provide great opportunities to reach back and draw upon a vast pool of experience to enhance your knowledge and career. Our strong capability, discipline communities and varied client base, provides a great opportunity to drive your career, supported by our career pathways.
We have exciting opportunities for Project Controls Engineer in Cost to join our expanding Infrastructure team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on high-profile Infrastructure major projects and programmes. Due to continued growth across the UK water, wastewater and infrastructure sectors, we are seeking experienced professionals to contribute to cost management whilst supporting the wider cost control team. Additionally, this role will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and learn from our wider Controls and Performance community.
As a Project Controls Engineer, you will support the Cost Lead in reviewing, developing and implementing processes, procedures and systems for estimating, budgeting, forecasting and controlling project costs. You will help project teams manage expenditure within approved budgets and provide accurate, timely cost information to support informed decisions. Working collaboratively with Project Managers, the wider project controls team, clients and delivery partners, you will coordinate cost data, monitor performance and support monthly reporting and governance. You will contribute to reliable forecasts of out-turn costs and cash flow, identify potential cost overruns and support appropriate corrective action. You will also help teams apply consistent cost and estimating controls across projects and programmes.
Project Controls Engineers at Turner & Townsend:
Project Controls Engineers focussing on Cost at Turner & Townsend work on a broad range of projects and programmes in the utilities sector, including clean and wastewater treatment facilities, Major Projects, Strategic Resource Options, and many more. We are looking for individuals with the following skills, experience and attributes:
Demonstrable experience within the infrastructure, engineering, or construction industry, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects and programmes in a client-facing environment
Experience coordinating and assuring cost data from project teams and delivery partners, reconciling reporting inputs and maintaining accurate, consistent cost information across projects and programmes
Strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate financial and project data, identify trends and variances, and recommend action to address potential cost overruns
Ability to prepare clear, timely cost and performance reports and contribute to the monthly reporting cycle, following agreed governance requirements and escalating issues appropriately
Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) and Performance Measurement Baselines (PMB), with the ability to support cost performance monitoring using agreed coding structures and reporting standards
Experience supporting the development and implementation of cost and estimating processes, procedures and systems, and ensuring that project teams and contractors apply agreed controls
Ability to support the assessment of cost risks and the financial impact of changes to project scope, schedule and budget, maintaining accurate records and following approval processes
Understanding of construction procedures, procurement processes and contractual and financial requirements relevant to cost control and estimating
Ability to organise and analyse multiple sources of reporting data, assure the build-up of project forecast to include estimated to complete (ETC) and the development of the estimate at complete (EAC)
Support the tracking of project contingency and exposure associated with risk events and remaining risks on the project
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain cost information clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders and work effectively within multidisciplinary teams
Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage assigned cost control activities, meet reporting deadlines and support colleagues through guidance, training and continuous process improvement
Comfortable working collaboratively in a regulated environment, managing competing priorities and maintaining high standards of accuracy. A strong focus on project controls, data quality and consistent reporting is essential, alongside a willingness to develop your technical capability
Demonstrable experience in the successful delivery of major programmes, managing complex stakeholder environments, multidisciplinary teams, significant budgets, and strategic project objectives
Demonstrates an understanding of operating within a consultancy environment, acting as a trusted advisor to clients while maintaining independence from both client and supplier organisations, and balancing multiple stakeholder needs to achieve successful project outcomes
Client Base - Peterborough and/or client site 3 -5 days a week
Home office in a Turner & Townsend location – London, Birmingham, Nottingham
Have a full driving licence, access to a vehicle,
Full-time
Experience within the UK water sector, utilities or other regulated infrastructure environments, including delivery within an AMP framework
Experience contributing to cost frameworks within a programme management office or across a portfolio of projects
Knowledge of quality management and process improvement practices within construction or infrastructure delivery
Understanding of the design and delivery requirements of technically complex projects in the architectural, engineering or construction sectors
Qualifications:
Degree in Engineering, Construction, Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Project Management or a related discipline is desirable; equivalent relevant professional experience is also welcomed
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and relevant cost management or project controls software, with experience using Candy, CostX, On-Screen Takeoff, Accubid or equivalent tools
Working knowledge and practical experience of NEC contracts, including the administration, management and successful delivery of projects under NEC frameworks, with an ability to proactively manage risk, programme, compensation events and stakeholder relationships
Membership or working towards membership of, a relevant professional institution such as APM, CaSA, or equivalent

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No