Job Description

Due to continued growth, the position of Head of Cost Engineering has become available to join and lead our Advisory Consultancy Cost Engineering Teamas part of the PMO.

As Head of Cost Engineering, reporting to the Discipline Lead for Project Management Office (PMO) & Project Controls you will be responsible for leading and developing the Advisory Consultancy Cost Engineering team in an established, growing Award-Winning infrastructure consultancy service.

This home-based role will be hybrid with travel to clients and site attendance as and when required.

Please note potential candidates for this role must be able to obtain and retain Security clearance to be able to be considered for this position.

You will lead the growth in technical offering, revenue, profit, headcount and market presence within the team whilst also taking responsibility for the provision of a quality service to internal stakeholders.

You will work closely with the Planning Manager and the Head of Information and Knowledge Management and project stakeholders to provide a quality and consistent consultancy project control service to commissions across all sectors.

Alongside your duties as a PMO leader you will also be expected to provide hands on cost engineering services. You will be working within project teams providing an integrated, timely and reliable service to internal and external stakeholders.

You will work with sector and consultancy leads to gain a deep understanding of internal and customer requirements, then shape and develop the team to meet the needs of the sectors

You will oversee rapid recruitment (strategic hiring) for sustainability and growth. To recruit the necessary skilled personnel to the cost team to ensure sustainable operation in all discipline activities and ensure that the optimum balance is achieved between the use of staff and agency workers.

You will ensure that suitably qualified and experienced cost engineering resources are provided to projects in a timely manner whilst ensuring that departmental utilisation targets are achieved

Advisory is a core part of Costain\'s strategy to broaden our mix of services and grow margin performance. We work with clients on multiple strategic fronts to understand, articulate and provide solutions for their most complex challenges and to facilitate further growth in multiple areas.

Our vision is to be recognised as a leading infrastructure consultancy who transform client capabilities and help them achieve enhanced value for money.

This is a key part of Costain achieving its mission to shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a career enhancing project where you will be a welcomed member of the wider team. Costain are looking for skilled people who\'ll help us shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK. Together we are creating connected sustainable infrastructure to help people and the planet thrive.

This position has a competitive salary dependent on skills and experience, in addition to a fantastic benefits package including pension contribution matched up to 10%, a day off for your birthday and a dedicated professional development budget.

We have a vibrant, challenging and growing business, with project environments that provide tremendous opportunities for everybody. We know that by being a more diverse company we will be more innovative, have a greater understanding of our clients\' needs and will deliver smarter, more inclusive solutions for them. Our goal is to have a workforce that is representative of society and the communities in which we work. As an inclusive, family friendly employer we believe that everyone matters, and we are committed to ensuring that everyone has the same opportunities to be able to reach their full potential.

Role Requirements

• Proven experience of managing a team in a PMO environment

• Hold a bachelor\'s degree or equivalent

• Have at least 10 years post qualification experience in a project management and project controls role within the infrastructure sector

• Flexibility to work across the UK

• Line/Department Management experience essential

• Develop a vision and technical strategy for the discipline, identifying and addressing gaps in service offering

• Champions Sustainability Safety, Health and Environment by putting personal safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and helping the environment and communities to thrive

• Having integrity by always doing the right thing in the right way

• Must be customer focussed by striving for excellence through understanding, anticipating and meeting their needs

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About Costain

At Costain, we help to improve people\'s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive.

We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK\'s infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.

Your application

Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us:

We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

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Right to Work & Security Checks

Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we\'ll carry out a criminal record check and we\'ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.

For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

Closing date

Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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