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Senior Cost Engineer

Bridgwater, England, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior technical lead for Cost and Forecasting management, ensuring accurate reporting and decision support for complex, highly regulated projects (ideally nuclear or energy).

Role type

Senior IC Cost Engineer (Project Controls)

Builds

Cost forecasts, financial reports, and data insights for Programme/Area Directors and stakeholders.

Domain

Nuclear/Energy construction and project controls

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Cost and Forecasting management, Earned Value Management (EVM), data analysis, risk integration, stakeholder influencing, software training, process improvement

Preferred skills

Line management/coaching, major construction project experience, nuclear industry experience

Technologies

EcoSys, SAP, Power BI, Teamcenter, Microsoft Office (Excel, Access)

Responsibilities

Produce and maintain accurate cost forecasts aligned with CBS/WBS; challenge significant issues impacting programme objectives; analyze Cost and Forecasting data to support prioritization and decision-making; manage and verify information in Power BI dashboards; lead Cost and Forecasting software training; present project controls information at Board Meetings and Portfolio Risk Reviews.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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