Overview
Eden Brown Synergy are working with an infrastructure, construction and railway transportation organisation who are looking for an experienced Cost Manager on a permanent basis.
The role is full time, starts ASAP and pays up to £54,595 per annum (there is also a 20% uplift on the salary for salary top up, pension top up or income protection) so up to £65,514 per annum.
The role is based in Birmingham City Centre and they offer hybrid working of 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.
Role
This role is responsible for supporting the Head of Cost and Estimating at a Programme and Contract level. This includes supporting the management of budgets, actual costs, forecasts and Earned Value Management (EVM) to support the successful delivery of the project.
Accountabilities
- Support the analysis and verification of contract level cost performance and ensure the data accurately reflects the current programme performance for onward reporting.
- Validate cost performance data submitted by delivery teams to the programme team as part of communicating overall programme performance.
- Assist with the development of contract level performance reports to communicate current performance to the programme team, including Earned Value Management (EVM), forecasted costs and Estimate at Completion (EAC) pressures.
- Ensure that the cost performance team are aligned to the current business processes and ways of working from a delivery perspective.
- Support the Senior Cost Manager to ensure adherence with cost performance processes and procedures across the respective programme and also to store and maintain data and documents accurately within the corporate systems.
- Provide technical support to the Project Controls Managers on cost performance and assist in the management of contractor teams to support the successful delivery of the project.
- Work closely with the supply chain to develop a series of defined work-streams to progressively enhance cost performance capabilities within the Phase.
- Facilitate continuous improvement of the Cost Performance function within the Phase One programme and ensure that lessons learnt are captured and presented back to the team.
- Ensure that the contract teams are working to the current governance processes and review policies in order to align with strategic business objectives.
- Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.
Essential Skills Required
- Stakeholder management – ability to manage stakeholders within a matrix environment, including the facilitation of stakeholder meetings and information flow.
- Problem solving with attention to detail.
- Communication skills – clear communicator with the ability to deliver clear presentations which engage and influence colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Data analysis – able to analyse and interpret data and produce accurate, timely and informative reports in multiple formats adapted to the needs of the audience.
- Proficiency with Microsoft applications (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Knowledge Required
- Knowledge of Project Controls, Commercial and Finance processes and how these operate.
- Knowledge and commercial awareness of multiple construction contract types (including NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communications between contractor and client) and their respective benefits to client organisations.
- Knowledge of the core Project Controls disciplines, including Schedule Management, Change Management and Risk Management.
- Knowledge of baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a major programme.
Experience Required
- Experience in cost management or project control role within a major project.
- Experience in the core project controls functions, including baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, performance reporting and document control.
- Experience in managing and producing performance reports that summarise cost performance, including budgets, Earned Value Management (EVM) and forecasts on major projects.
- Experience with core cost management systems (e.g. Prism, Ecosys).
Equal Opportunities
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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