Senior Cost Engineer - Outside IR35

Our client currently has an opportunity for a Senior Cost Engineer to join their growing engineering team in Birmingham. This role is a six-month contract position, based outside IR35, with the flexibility to work from Birmingham two days a week, and possibly London if needed.

This position will suit a committed individual who can demonstrate interpersonal skills combined with commercial awareness and the ability to play their part in growing a dynamic high-performance team. With a focus on the design of a major infrastructure programme, the role will also support other product lines in the UK and overseas, delivering projects for a diverse portfolio of UK clients.

• Applying recognised cost management and earned value techniques.
• Analysing and interrogating weekly actual cost reporting for accuracy and performance against forecast, providing feedback to the project team.
• Producing timely and accurate actual and forecast cost reporting to ensure the Project Financial position is reported accurately through SPOT at month end, including the calculation of monthly accruals.
• Controlling and analysing scope deviations through trend and change management processes.
• Building relationships with budget holders across all disciplines to ensure project costs are captured correctly.
• Supporting inter-company trading transactions for global production centres, including entity margins and regional performance against business targets.
• Attending progress meetings and communicating clear and concise data to project teams across all regions.
• Attending work package reviews and recording meeting minutes and actions.

• Experience in cost engineering, project controls, or commercial management within the rail, transport, or infrastructure sectors.
• Strong knowledge of project cost management processes and earned value principles.
• Proficiency in cost management software and Microsoft Excel; experience with Primavera P6, IFS, or similar ERP/project tools is an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial information clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and numerical abilities.
• Proactive and solution-focused with the ability to challenge cost assumptions constructively.
• Strong collaboration skills to work effectively across engineering, commercial, and project delivery teams.
• Commitment to delivering value, efficiency, and transparency in large-scale infrastructure projects.

If you are an experienced Senior Cost Engineer looking for a new contract opportunity to further develop your career, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and talented team in Birmingham.