Senior Cost Control Engineer

About the role

The Senior Cost Control Engineer manages project budgets, monitors expenditures, and analyses cost variances to ensure projects stay within financial constraints. This role collaborates with stakeholders to implement cost control procedures and provides insights for optimizing resource allocation.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project budgets, forecasting costs and allocating resources effectively.
• Monitor expenditures against budgets, conduct variance analysis and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare detailed financial performance reports for senior management.
• Identify risks and opportunities affecting project costs and implement mitigation strategies.
• Establish and enforce cost control policies, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and procurement teams to align cost control efforts.

Required profile

• Demonstrable project and programme management experience.
• Knowledge of cost estimating packages such as CCS (Candy).
• Understanding of multi‑project resource planning and ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Ability to evaluate and improve cost control processes using technology and best practices.

Required skills

• CCS (Candy) cost estimating software
• Cost Management, Estimating and Change Control
• MS Office applications
• Primavera 6 (optional)
• Multi‑project resource planning tools
• SAP functional ERP skills