Cost Engineer Consultant
Gregory Martin International Limited
Bristol, GB
Cost Engineer Consultant / Senior Cost Engineer - Defence Consultancy Salary - £45K-£80K plus many benefits including bonus, medical, pension. Location - Bristol Our client if a successfulprofessional services and technology partner to global, defence, energy, space, maritime, and intelligence & communications programmes. As a Cost Consultant you will be delivering technical consulting projects within the defence sector. You will be providing detailed analysis of data and costs to assist your client s industry make better decisions. This may be working in customer teams to support procurement decisions with analytical thinking and outcomes, modelling of operational performance and sustainment, or historical analysis to support learning lessons from previous operations. Responsibilities for Cost Engineer Consultant will include: Provide detailed analysis to support key decisions within the project teams. Identifying and bidding for and winning future work within your client s industry. Building new relationships and maintaining the relationships with current customers. Using and developing problem structuring methods and a variety of tools and techniques, including novel approaches where required. Working organically in customer teams to deliver rapid turn-around analysis or using one of the company s offices as a team hub from which to plan and deliver tasks. Essential Requirements re role of Senior Cost Consultant: Proven experience in a Cost Engineering or Analyst role within a P3M environment Educated to degree level or equivalent with a professional qualification (e.g. CCEA, CPCostE, CEng) Experience working in the defence sector/ military. Good knowledge of statistics in support of parametric modelling, sampling and risk analysis. Using logical and analytical thinking to solve complex problems for the client. Strong Microsoft Excel skills to support analysis of data. Cost Estimating Risk Management, Risk Analysis, Earned Value Management (EVM) Experience in analysing project data (cost/risk/schedule). Working in a client s team to influence strategic decision makers whilst delivering practical solutions. Be articulate with good presentation and written communication skills. Be dependable, committed and have a genuine enthusiasm to contribute to the growth of a successful business. Understanding the military environment and MOD management structures. Knowledge of MOD approvals, the MOD acquisition cycle and Defence lines of Development Experience of Identifying, bidding and winning future work Candidates from a technical consultancy background working within the MOD sector. Preferred but not essential: Knowledge of statistical software packages such as 'R . Experience as a cost management consultant in the MOD, business and safety programmes or public sector project environments. Ability to travel to client sites across the UK as required. Other requirements - Candidates must have existing right to live and work in the UK. Candidates also need to hold a current SC Clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo security check (SC level) Keywords - Cost, Consultant, Consultancy, Estimating, Bidding, bids, Cost Benefits Analysis, Mod, Defence, Cost Models, Cost Estimating, Risk Analysis, EVM, ICEAA, AcostE, @Risk, Dstl, DE&SNATO, Excel, MS Excel, R Principal Cost Consultant / Senior Cost Engineer Consultant - MOD Consultancy