Role Overview
We are seeking a digitally-enabled Cost / Project Controls Engineer to support complex, mission-critical programmes. This role goes beyond traditional cost engineering, focusing on data-driven decision making, integrated digital controls, and advanced analytics across major capital projects.
You will play a key role in building intelligent cost and risk insights, leveraging modern project controls tools, data integration, and visualisation platforms to enhance programme performance, predictability, and governance.
Key Responsibilities
Digital Cost & Performance Management
- Develop and manage digitally integrated cost baselines aligned to WBS/CBS structures across complex programmes
- Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) using modern toolsets and automated data flows to track performance in near real time
- Produce Forecast at Completion (FAC) using data-led forecasting techniques and scenario modelling
Data & Analytics
- Design and maintain project controls dashboards and visualisations (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) to provide cost, schedule, and risk insight
- Enable data integration across systems (e.g. Primavera P6, ERP, cost management tools) to establish a single source of truth
- Support the development of predictive analytics models for cost forecasting and programme performance
Change & Cost Control
- Manage digital change control workflows, ensuring traceability across time, cost, and scope
- Implement robust cost control processes, including accruals management, commitments tracking, and variance analysis
- Maintain structured, auditable datasets to support governance in regulated environments
Integrated Project Controls
- Align cost engineering with schedule and risk data to deliver integrated project controls capability
- Collaborate with planning and risk teams to support quantitative risk analysis (QRA) and scenario modelling
- Support programme reporting through automated reporting tools and digital controls frameworks
Governance & Assurance
- Ensure compliance with regulated, safety-critical standards
- Support internal and external audits through structured, high-quality data and reporting
- Contribute to continuous improvement of digital project controls maturity
Candidate Profile
Essential Experience
- 8-12 years' experience in project controls or cost engineering on major programmes
- Strong expertise in:
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- CBS/WBS integration
- Forecast at Completion (FAC)
- Accruals and cost reporting
- Change and cost control frameworks
- Experience working in highly regulated or safety-critical environments (e.g. nuclear, defence, infrastructure)
Digital & Technical Skills
- Experience with project controls and cost tools, such as:
- Primavera P6 and associated planning systems
- ERP and cost management platforms (e.g. EcoSys, SAP, Oracle)
- Strong capability in data analysis and visualisation (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
- Understanding of data integration and working with structured datasets
- Exposure to automation, scripting, or digital transformation initiatives is desirable
Desirable
- Experience in quantitative risk analysis (QSRA/QCRA)
- Familiarity with digital engineering or BIM environments
- Security clearance, or eligibility to obtain it
What Makes This Role Different
- Focus on digital-first project controls rather than traditional cost engineering alone
- Opportunity to work on nationally significant, mission-critical programmes
- Involvement in building next-generation project controls capability, including automation, analytics, and integrated data environments
Success in Role
Success in this role will depend on your ability to:
- Translate complex cost data into clear, actionable insight
- Improve predictability through analytics and integrated data
- Operate effectively in a high-governance, high-stakes environment
- Drive continuous improvement through digital innovation
