Senior Cost Engineer

Full Time
  • October 21, 2026
  • Employment Info

    JOB  DETAILS

    As Senior Cost Engineer you will lead end-to-end cost management across major projects and portfolios, providing strategic oversight of budgeting, forecasting, cost control, reporting, and financial performance.

    Key responsibilities will include:

    • Lead project cost planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost control and reporting.
    • Monitor cost performance, analyse variances and implement corrective actions.
    • Develop EAC, ETC, cash flow forecasts and integrate cost with schedule, risk, and contingency management.
    • Ensure compliance with project controls standards, governance, and cost assurance processes.
    • Review contract variations and support commercial decision-making.
    • Produce executive cost reports and provide insights to project leadership.
    • Collaborate across project, engineering, commercial and finance teams while mentoring junior staff.
    • Drive continuous improvement, standardisation, automation and optimisation of cost management systems and processes.

    Qualifications


    The qualities that help you thrive

    The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role.

    • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Commerce, Finance, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
    • 7–10 years’ experience in project controls, cost engineering, or commercial management on major projects.
    • Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, cost control, earned value management (EVM), cost risk analysis, change management, and integrating cost with schedule and risk.
    • Experience with project controls systems such as Primavera P6, Uniphi, InEight, EcoSys, Contruent/Prism, SAP, Oracle, Power BI, and advanced Excel.
    • Excellent analytical, financial, leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
    • AACE CCP, PMI, or AIPM certification is desirable.

     

     

     

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