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EDF Energy - Hinkley Point C

Cost Engineer

Bridgwater
£95.9k – £133.8k/yr
Posted about 19 hours ago
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The HPC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project. Cost Engineer
Mactech Engineering & Inspection
HPC

Temporary/Contract
Salary: £95,971.20 - £133,716.00pa

Job Purpose / Overview

EDF are leading the UK's Nuclear New Build Programme constructing a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C, Somerset and Sizewell C, Suffolk.

Working as key aspect of an Integrated Project Controls (Cost and Forecasting) team, our team aims to act as a centre of excellence for project controls implementation. We are the intelligent owners of the single source of delivery performance information, operating as an integrated enabler for the successful delivery of the HPC project.

We work as part of a matrix organisation supporting one of the following programmes/areas within the project: Central, Site, Engineering, MEH, Nuclear Island (NI), Conventional Island and Balance of Plant, Instrumentation and Controls, and Commissioning.

The role of Cost Engineer is to work within the Cost and Forecasting team across the HPC project following the Cost and Forecasting strategy uniformly across the project. They will work with other members of the Cost and Forecasting team supporting the implementation of Cost and Forecasting specific processes and framework. They will follow all governance arrangements for the Cost and Forecasting team providing effective reporting of Cost and Forecasting information in a timely and accurate manner.

Principal Accountabilities

Team:

  • Produce and maintain accurate cost and forecast data in alignment with the Cost Breakdown Structure or Work Breakdown Structure (CBS/WBS);
  • Accurately maintain all Cost and Forecast data for their area of responsibility within the Cost and Forecast software system e.g. EcoSys, SAP
  • Co-ordinate and produce Cost and Forecasting reports to a defined reporting cycle, including commentary on key time-related drivers and performance issues
  • Assist in the Trend & Change process, including analysis at Project level, generating performance indicators and providing feedback on areas of risk and opportunities.
  • Delivers clear and concise insights to support robust decision-making utilising commercial and technical information to influence decisions.
  • Analytical support for Senior Cost Engineers through robust analysis and interpretation of technical, financial, and performance data to facilitate prioritisation and any necessary actions.
  • Ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues within and across organisational boundaries to achieve mutually successful outcomes in keeping with the HPC project values of Humility, Positivity, Respect, Solidarity and Clarity" and culture of "Trust, Transparency and Teamwork"
  • Applying fundamental project and business project controls principles and interfaces with wider management processes.
  • Help promote and embed a culture of good governance, risk awareness and compliance across the organisation. Support the education of project controls reporting functionality and provide feedback and recommendations for improvement.
  • Ensure all Project documents, in particular Sensitive Nuclear Information, are correctly protectively marked, and protected in accordance with EDF policies and procedures

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Knowledge & Skills

  • Understanding of project controls methodologies and techniques.
  • High attention to detail, ensuring accuracy of outputs and validity of quality data.
  • Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Effectively communicates complex issues and concepts (unique insights) in simple ways, to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
  • Strong organisational and time management skills.
  • High standard of interpersonal skills
  • Collaboration with colleagues within and across organisational boundaries to achieve mutually successful outcomes.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Minimum of HND or equivalent qualification in project management, project controls, engineering, or another related field
  • Experience in a Project Management environment
  • Demonstrable experience of working in a project controls discipline.
  • Experience of working on a major construction project is desirable but not necessary
  • Experience of working in the Nuclear Industry is desirable but not necessary

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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Skills

Cost engineering
Forecasting
Project controls
EcoSys
SAP
Data analysis
Risk management
Reporting
Budgeting
Financial analysis
Performance monitoring
Stakeholder management
Critical thinking
Problem solving
Governance
Compliance

Location

Bridgwater, England, United Kingdom

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