Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.
Package: £49,830 - £78,770 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Closing Date: 30th November 2026
Let us introduce the role
AWE has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cost Engineer to play a key part in shaping the success of AWE's most critical projects. As a senior member of our Project Controls team, you'll bring expertise, oversight and insight to ensure our projects are cost‑efficient, well‑managed and supported by high‑quality data. If you thrive on driving performance, enabling informed decision‑making and being a trusted partner to project teams, this role offers the challenge and influence you're looking for.
Who are we looking for?
We do need you to have the following:
- Evidence of working with Cost management software
- Experience of developing effective stakeholder relationships.
- History of working in a project environment
- Good standard of general education, including business /project management qualification or equivalent or proven level of experience
Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:
- Prepared, monitored and the control of forecasts and budgets for specified projects, including change control.
- Provided trended data to the Project Manager based on performance to date and emerging trends including making recommendations.
- Interrogated systems and performance to ascertain actual expenditure and project accruals as needed.
- Prepared of cost reports, including trend analysis and early warnings where necessary.
- Performed and supported other Cost Engineer requirements as requested.
- Maintained and promoted high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
- Conducted full and detailed SPI, CPI variance analysis and subsequent root cause analysis, followed by provision of narrative, recommendations & recovery planning in accordance with monthly reporting timescales.
- Established the Project Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and lead on the preparation of cost studies utilising historical data. Developing benchmarking information to meet specific needs.
- Implemented appropriate procedures, processes and systems to ensure the quality and consistency of data.
- Tracked manpower productivity and analysing time booked to projects including resource usage vs. planned, resource constraints, etc. and make any relevant recommendations to the Project Manager.
Some reasons we think you'll love it here:
AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
- Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
- Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
- Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.
Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis.
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