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Project Controls Engineer – Commercial / Cost Control
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Major International Construction Projects | Global Engineering Business | CIRCA £80,000 DOE + Flex + Bonuses + 12% Pension + 27 Days holiday + BUPA
Are you a Project Controls Engineer, Cost Engineer, Commercial Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, or Commercial Manager looking for bigger projects, stronger benefits, and genuine international exposure?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a global engineering business delivering complex construction projects across major industrial, oil and gas, petrochemical, and process-led environments.
This is not a traditional QS role. The focus is on project controls, cost control, forecasting, commercial reporting, change orders, and margin protection across complex construction projects.
What’s in it for you?
- Salary up to £80,000, with flex depending on experience
- 2 bonus schemes
- 12% pension
- 27 days holiday plus public holidays
- BUPA private healthcare
- Life assurance
- Gym / wellbeing benefits
- Overseas allowances
- International project exposure
- Opportunity to work on major oil and gas, petrochemical, industrial, and process-led construction projects
- Long-term career development within a global engineering business
- A role with real visibility, ownership, and impact across major projects
The Role
As Project Controls / Quantity Surveyor, you’ll support the commercial and financial control of major construction projects.
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Your role will include:
- Developing and maintaining cost-loaded schedules in Microsoft Project
- Tracking project performance against baseline cost, schedule, and productivity targets
- Preparing and managing change order requests with supporting evidence
- Producing weekly and monthly Estimate at Completion forecasts
- Monitoring actual vs budget and committed vs remaining costs
- Capturing site productivity, timesheets, delays, and scope changes
- Reviewing and validating subcontractor invoices
- Supporting invoicing against contractual milestones
- Analysing historical cost data to improve future estimating accuracy
- Managing POC, work cost, and gross margin performance across projects
About You
We’re looking for someone with experience in project controls, cost engineering, quantity surveying, or commercial management across construction, industrial, oil and gas, petrochemical, energy, process plant, heavy engineering, or major project environments.
You could currently be working as a:
- Project Controls Engineer
- Project Controller
- Cost Engineer
- Commercial Engineer
- Quantity Surveyor
- Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Commercial Manager
- Cost Controller
- Project Commercial Manager
Experience with EAC forecasting, variation management, cost-loaded schedules, subcontractor invoice validation, and commercial reporting would be highly relevant.
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A degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline would be beneficial, but relevant project experience is key.
This is a chance to join a global engineering business with a strong technical culture, major international projects, and excellent long-term career potential.
You’ll be joining a business that values ownership, technical excellence, customer service, innovation, quality, and long-term relationships.
Location
East Midlands office base with international project exposure and travel when required.
This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys cost control, project data, forecasting, and commercial accuracy, but wants to work on larger, more complex international construction projects with a business that offers a genuinely strong package.
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Project Controls | Quantity Surveyor | Cost Engineer | Project Controller | Commercial Engineer | Commercial Manager | Cost Control | Cost Management | EAC Forecasting | Estimate at Completion | Variation Management | Change Orders | Microsoft Project | Cost Loaded Schedule | Construction | Oil & Gas | Petrochemical | Industrial Projects | EPC | LSTK
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