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We're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery, and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
Your Impact
You’ll help our project teams make better decisions.
As a Cost Analyst, you'll play a key role in understanding how projects are performing financially, helping teams stay on track, identify risks early, and make informed decisions. Your insight will directly influence the delivery of major transportation projects across aviation, highways, and rail.
This isn't a role where you're simply producing reports. You'll work alongside project managers and technical specialists to understand what's happening on projects, challenge assumptions, improve forecasting, and provide the financial visibility that helps projects succeed.
Your work will help ensure our clients receive value for money, our teams can make confident decisions, and our projects are delivered efficiently.
Whether you're already working in project controls, cost management, commercial finance, or project accounting, this is an opportunity to build your expertise and develop a long-term career in one of the most in-demand areas of project delivery.
About The Opportunity
We're growing our Transportation Project Controls team to support an increasing portfolio of major infrastructure projects across aviation, highways, and rail.
In this role, you'll help project teams understand how their projects are performing financially, providing the insight, forecasting, and cost analysis needed to make informed decisions and deliver successful outcomes. Working closely with Project Managers, commercial teams, and senior project controls professionals, you'll identify trends, challenge assumptions, and help improve project performance across a diverse range of programmes.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a background in cost analysis, project accounting, financial analysis, or project controls who wants to develop their career within infrastructure and project delivery. You'll gain exposure to complex, high-profile projects while building sought-after skills in forecasting, budgeting, cost management, and project performance that will support your long-term career growth.
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Here's what you'll need
- Experience in cost analysis, financial analysis, project controls, project accounting, or a similar analytical role.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills.
- Experience working with budgets, forecasts, financial reporting, or cost management activities.
- Ability to work with large datasets and identify meaningful insights.
- Experience within infrastructure, engineering, construction, or transportation environments.
Why Join Us?
Build a Career in Project Controls
Project controls is one of the fastest-growing disciplines within project delivery. You'll gain valuable experience across forecasting, cost management, and project performance while working alongside experienced professionals who will support your development.
Work on Major Infrastructure Projects
You'll contribute to high-profile transportation programmes that shape how people travel and connect across the UK and beyond.
Learn From Experienced Professionals
You'll join an established and supportive team that is committed to helping people grow and develop their careers.
Flexibility and Collaboration
We're committed to flexible working while also ensuring you'll have access to experienced colleagues who can support your learning and development.
A Team That Invests in People
We value curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. If you're motivated to learn and enjoy solving problems, you'll find opportunities to develop and progress.
Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, ongoing professional development opportunities, and clear career progression pathways.
Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion, and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means, and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.
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