Senior Cost Controller - Major Infrastructure Projects

Senior Cost Controller - Major Infrastructure Projects

Salary: 65,000
Location: Falmer, East Sussex (Hybrid)

Working Arrangements: Hybrid working with flexibility - typically attending the office in Falmer, East Sussex a few times per month, plus site visits as required.

Are you looking to take the next step in your Cost Control or Project Controls career? Join a rapidly growing PMO delivering some of the UK's most exciting major water infrastructure projects, with investments ranging from 200 million to 2.5 billion. This is a pivotal opportunity to help shape a developing Major Projects team during a period of significant growth and transformation.

We welcome applications from individuals with strong cost management experience within engineering or infrastructure environments.

About the Role

As Senior Cost Controller, you will be responsible for the accuracy and integrity of cost forecasting across major infrastructure programmes. You'll play a critical role in monitoring budgets, assessing change, analysing performance and supporting Earned Value Management (EVM) across complex, multi-stakeholder projects.

You'll work closely with internal PMO functions and external delivery partners, ensuring integrated, robust cost management throughout the full project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Cost Control

• Manage and control project budgets, commitments, actual costs and forecasts aligned to the CBS.
• Maintain high accuracy in monthly, annual and total project Estimate at Completion (EAC).
• Prepare and manage accruals ensuring accurate representation of Value of Work Done (VOWD) / Actual Cost Work Performed (ACWP).
• Maintain accurate Estimate to Complete (ETC) forecasts.
• Produce monthly cost reports including variances, trends, forecasts and contingency movements.
• Manage and report cost performance using Earned Value Management (EVM) and Cost Performance Index (CPI).

External Partners

• Review contractor cost reports and applications for payment.
• Work collaboratively with supply chain partners to develop integrated forecasts.
• Integrate external updates into overall project cost models.
• Analyse variations month-on-month and assess performance impacts.

Change Management

• Oversee the full lifecycle of change events.
• Monitor cost impacts for early warnings, compensation events and scope changes under NEC contract conditions.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Planning, Risk and Change teams to ensure aligned project controls.
• Support Quantitative Cost Risk Analysis (QCRA) activities.

What We're Looking For

Top Requirements

1. Experience working on engineering or infrastructure projects
2. Strong PMO / project controls background
3. Advanced Excel skills.
4. APM / Prince2 beneficial but not essential.
5. Experience using cost management software (e.g., Prism, EcoSys, etc.).

Skills & Competencies

• Significant experience in cost management within major projects.
• Strong analytical and numerical ability; proactive and detail focused.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with competing deadlines.
• Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships across multiple teams and external partners.

Knowledge & Qualifications

Technical:

• Expert use of cost management software (e.g., Prism, EcoSys) and strong Excel proficiency.
• Familiarity with NEC Contracts, especially clauses related to forecasting, early warnings and compensation events.
• Experience reporting to regulatory bodies.

Desirable:

• Professional certifications such as AACE, AMP, AcostE.

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