Senior Cost Engineer – Nuclear

Overview

As a Senior Cost Engineer, you will drive cost reporting, forecasting and financial control for a major nuclear programme. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to ensure robust cost management across a complex project, providing transparent insights to senior stakeholders. The role blends hands-on cost control with assurance activities, under a security-clearance eligible environment in a hybrid London-based setting with periodic travel to Ipswich. This is a chance to shape financial governance on Sizewell C and contribute to a high-profile energy project.

Pay / Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to a major nuclear infrastructure programme
• Permanent position in a complex, technically demanding environment
• Collaborative working with experienced project controls and multidisciplinary teams
• Professional development opportunities across major infrastructure sectors

Responsibilities

• Manage project cost reporting, forecasting and budget control
• Prepare accurate financial reports and performance analysis for senior stakeholders
• Support cost assurance activities and identify financial risks, trends and opportunities
• Monitor expenditure against approved budgets, forecasts and project objectives
• Collaborate with project controls teams to maintain robust cost management processes
• Provide clear cost information and insight across a large, complex programme
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and engage with internal and external stakeholders

Key requirements

• Significant experience in cost engineering, cost management or project controls
• Strong expertise in cost reporting, forecasting and budget management
• Experience in cost assurance and project performance analysis
• Understanding of financial reporting on major projects and complex programmes
• Experience working alongside project controls teams
• Ability to interpret and communicate financial data clearly to multidisciplinary stakeholders
• Experience within nuclear, energy, rail, aviation, utilities, highways, defence or another major infrastructure sector
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills

• Analytical thinking
• Organisational skills
• Communication skills
• Cost reporting
• Forecasting
• Budget management

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