Project Cost Engineer – Real Estate

Job title:

Project Cost Engineer – Real Estate

Company

Turner & Townsend

Job description

Company DescriptionAt Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.Job DescriptionTurner & Townsend are leaders in professional services to the Data Centre’s, Life Sciences, Pharma, R&D facilities, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors globally.We are looking for a Cost Controller / Cost Engineer (Project Controls Engineer) to join our team for an exciting opportunity working at GSK Montrose.GSK are responsible for delivering a site portfolio of capital works based on an asset replacement value of the Montrose site. The Montrose site is a live operational site, and the portfolio of works requires to remain fluid to support the nature of a manufacturing plant.This role requires a minimum of 3 days per week attendance at site in Montrose.Job Objectives
Working alongside project delivery team as part of a wider cost control team, responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Coordinate with the Project Team in respect of funding requests and take responsibility for project controls stage-gate documentation for internal governance / funding decisions.
• Stakeholder Engagement to support stage-gate documentation.
• Proactively advise updates on stage-gate documentation, including delivery blockers and highlighting any potential delays to the approval process.
• Create and update Project Data Collection Form upon stage-gate funding approvals.
• Raising Purchase Requisitions and responding to worklist arising from invoice submitted.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and project contract requirements.
• Ensures governance & assurance to the Project Management Framework tools & templates.
• Control costs with your knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principles.
• Control the portfolio applying quality checks to updates from the Project Team.
• Responsible for project controls implementation ensuring project requirements are adhered to throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor and control project expenditures, ensuring adherence to approved budgets.
• Implementing, administering, and maintaining cost control systems and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
• Provide proactive communication to ensure the Project Delivery Managers are appraised of trends on the project.
• Work with other team members to establish and implement quality assurance measures for project controls tasks and deliverables.
• Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators, recommend remedial actions to drive best value for the client.
• Assist with assessment of spend and the impact of delays and opportunities against the yearly capital budget.
• Create and/or work within a portfolio of cost reports, summarising financials in an executive level dashboard.
• Understand change management principles, review and processing of Change Controls including amending Purchase Orders.
• Reviewing the proposed Key Performance Indicators for cost, spend and budget management.
• Ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process.
• Mapping the plant & facility assets from the Facilities Investment Plan against the Project Ladder

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering Controls in a major project / programme environment / major capital programmes or large portfolios.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management.
• Experience operating at various stages in the project lifecycle.
• Proficient in MS Office (all packages). Good experience and skills in proof-reading, collating documents, including formatting and sense-checking.
• Knowledge of project financial and cost management systems. SAP experience ideal but not compulsory.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness including monitoring and co-ordination of budget.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong analytical ability.
• Strong ability to multitask, prioritise, and work well under pressure to meet established deadlines. Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills are key along with high personal motivation and energy.
• Demonstrated experience in the ability to determine corrective actions or recommendations based on facts and figures and critically evaluating information and data from various sources.
• High attention to detail and proactive approach to problem solving.
• Able to demonstrate a commitment and passion for delivering excellent service.
• Reliable with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Strong time management skills and ability to meet project deadlines as necessary.

Additional InformationOur inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.Please find out more about us at#LI-DW1SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

Expected salary

Location

Montrose, Angus

Job date

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 02:44:23 GMT

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