Within our North West region our infrastructure team has strong positions within Defence. We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Controls Engineer to join our expanding Defence team in Manchester.

Owing to the complex nature of the works involved, this role will suit a Project Controls engineer with a cost control bias from a Defence background.

Project Controls Engineers work as part of our project controls teams, providing performance reporting and analysis support. This may be part of a large team or as the key day to day contact point with the client.

Our people have the opportunity to move between sectors, building their experience across a broad range of major projects and programmes.

We are seeking people to join our organisation who have a positive outlook, are seeking development opportunities and have a strong foundation of technical understanding in their core area of activity.

Key deliverables (Not limited to):

• Implement, administer and maintain cost control systems and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures and forecasts for projects of medium complexity and value
• Assist in the preparation and review of cost estimates
• Provide cost information to support decision and alternative selection
• Evaluate contractor invoices prior to submission for pre-approval
• Utilize information from Cost Capture System and input to cost report and validation of spending
• Evaluate and analyse fee proposals / bids and provide recommendation for decision making
• Provide forecasts and cash flow analysis
• Maintain and manage the cost report and provide regular updates on financial position