Senior 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 Senior 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 Senior Project Controls Engineer focused on cost control, you will support the Cost Lead in reviewing, developing and implementing processes, procedures and systems for planning, budgeting, funding, managing and controlling costs so that projects can be completed within approved budgets. You will provide guidance in cost throughout delivery of the projects and programmes, helping to ensure that cost controls are applied consistently and effectively across projects by delivery partners and appointed contractors. You will support cost management across the programme, with a focus on accurate forecasting of out-turn costs and cash flow and embedding a culture of mitigating estimated cost overruns.   Senior Project Controls Engineers at Turner & Townsend:  Senior 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: • Minimum of 5 years' 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 managing the coordination and assurance of 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 apply cost management governance and drive outcomes to ensure a high-quality service • Comprehensive knowledge of cost management principles, methods, techniques and tools • Knowledge and practical experience 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 • Ability to prepare clear, timely cost and performance reports and contribute to the monthly reporting cycle, following agreed governance requirements and escalating issues appropriately • 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 a