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Cost Engineer

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United Kingdom , Walsall

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Finance

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Salary:

32000.00 - 34000.00 GBP / Year
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Job Description:

We are currently recruiting on behalf of a tier one contractor, for a Cost Engineer in Wednesbury.

Job Responsibility:

  • To assist the team (Commercial/Delivery/Finance) in facilitating timely payment of all incoming Materials/Plant/Labour/Sub-Contract works and ensuring the Cost Clerk team maintains the DPO (Days Payment Outstanding) requirements of the business
  • Collation of commercial data as required by the Project team (Accruals/PO Status/Account Issues)
  • Timely resolution of all account queries with suppliers and delivery teams
  • Working closely with the SQS/QS you will assist with the cost control of the Project, focussing on labour / plant / materials through tracking of orders and regular reconciliation of costs with budget
  • Timely GRN of all POD’s received onto the system, and liaison with the finance team to ensure DPO (Days Payment Outstanding) remains within business tolerance
  • Proactive approach to closing out issues with POD/Invoice issues with suppliers/Delivery Team/Finance
  • Responsible for the accurate and timely cost collation, reconciliation and reporting of data from site records - time and allocation sheets, GRN’s, POD’s (or delivery team approval if POD missing)
  • Liaising with Construction Managers / Supervisors for the completion of these site records and retrieving them from one of the MMA Compounds if necessary
  • Ensuring all labour, plant and material schedules and trackers are maintained and accurate as well as periodic review of the suppliers allocated to each Cost Clerk, assuring balanced workloads
  • Liaising with Sub-contractors & Suppliers for Verification of Hours, Missing POD’s, Quantity & Rate errors etc
  • Collation, organisation and reconciliation of spreadsheet data and data from finance / cost / site record systems and entering such records into archive as needed (Scanned/Hard Copy & Digital Records)
  • Active participation in weekly planned v actual resource usage reporting from weekly “plan, do and review” meetings
  • Support the Project Commercial team as necessary in the preparation of cost reports, audit responses, evaluation of Sub-Contractor Applications & issuing of payment notices & GRN on system
  • Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested
  • Working in close cooperation with Delivery Managers around commercial performance/Purchase Order Utilisation/Missing Tickets/Problem Suppliers
  • Review of Purchase Order utilisation & notification to project teams of orders approaching or exceeding 100% utilisation. Reporting same at weekly project review meetings as required
  • Work closely with the Finance and project teams to ensure all processes are followed as required. Identify non-conformance and elevate concerns to line management
  • Participating in project management team
  • Providing interface with Suppliers & Sub-Contractors

Requirements:

  • Working in a finance or commercial function within the engineering or construction sector having hands on experience working for contractors as a CE on large civils or infrastructure projects
  • Working knowledge of finance systems
  • Cost and budget administration
  • Financial and commercial reporting
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel/Outlook)
  • Working knowledge of PowerBI
  • Highly organised and detail driven
  • Full UK Driving licence
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience as a CE with a proven track record in major projects or five years’ experience of Cost Clerk in similar industry

Nice to have:

  • Member of Acoste/AACEI/ICEC or other professional body
  • Degree Qualified in relevant field (Finance/Construction/Mathematics/Business)
  • Knowledge of Copernic/Jade/Lisa cost control systems

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 06, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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