Job Description

Assist in the provision of a Cost Engineering service for a project.

Principal Accountabilities

• Assist in ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of data communicated and reported to all Stakeholders.
• Highlight/escalate any issues as appropriate, through the Project Controls Management structure.
• Maintain compliance with approved SL Procedures and Cost Engineering systems.
• Assist in the active contribution to continuous improvement of the functional quality and performance of Project Controls.
• Interface and maintain relationships with Internal Stakeholders.
• Demonstrate behaviours that allow a challenging attitude and the capacity to learn continually.
• Good communication, collaboration and team working skills.
• Embrace the company values of Mental Health, Diversity and Inclusion (DI).

Role Specific:

Baseline:
• Support the preparation of baselines during all project phases.
• Support the creation of a time-phased cost control estimate.

Monitor, Control & Forecast:
• Support to the preparation, monitoring and forecasting of expenditure profiles and provide accruals where required within the Cost Breakdown Structure.
• Support to ensure all commitments are recorded to maintain projects forecasts within approved financial limits.
• Support the preparation the ‘estimate at completion’ at control account level for review and approval.
• Maintain the cost control databases and validate the information across Cost Engineering systems.
• Apply metrics such as quantity tracking to identify cost trends and to update estimates of final costs and support the feedback of norms.
• Support the Commercial team with approval of contractor valuations and applications for payment.
• Support the provision of Lifecycle/Fiscal Year cost profile for financial management decision making.
• Support the provision of the required information to support the risk process.
• Assist in the generation of Sellafield Project Execution Review (SPER) deliverables.

Control Change:
• Assist in the project variation and change control processes and track use of contingency.
• Assist in the generation and implementation of the change control request (CCR).

Report:
• Conduct variance analysis.
• Support to the preparation of cost reports, including earned value analysis, identifying critical areas and trends and recommend recovery options/plans.
• Report project cost status against the cost budget.

LFE:
• Support to the provision of project outturns against baseline for LFE and Knowledge Management.
• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of data communicated and reported to all Stakeholders.

Profession:
• Support Profession Change Initiatives.
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement of the functional quality and performance of Project Controls.

Essential Skills

• Flexible working within a team environment.
• Support improvements, efficiencies, and benefits to the project and profession.
• Adherence to all legislative, regulatory and company procedures and standards.
• Good knowledge of Retrievals working practises.
• Effective communication and customer interface skills.

Desirable Skills

• Basic understanding of how projects are delivered.
• Awareness of, or experience working within NEC or other target cost contract environments.
• Advanced use of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to reconcile and analyse cost information.

Additional Information

• Open VN
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Contact/s: John Brew

The interviews for this vacancy are expected to be 3rd & 4th September 2026.

ASW’s may have the right to apply for internal Sellafield Ltd vacancies. Please note if you are an Agency Supplied Worker you are required to attach evidence of all qualifications obtained to support your application. We require a minimum of A*-C (9-4) GCSE in English Language, Maths & Science/IT or equivalent / higher qualification.

If you choose to apply for this role and your application is shortlisted by the hiring manager, you will be invited to a competency based interview. In the interview, you will be assessed against the below competencies:

Behavioural:
1. Integrity and Honest
2. Collaboration and Teamwork
3. Problem Solving
4. Commitment to Standards
5. Continuous Learning

Technical:
1. Using IT at work

Please see link to the competency framework for further information:
https://slportal.ssa-intra.net/pub/SC001/00027/Competency%20Framework/Forms/AllItems.aspx

If your technical competency is not in the above framework, please refer to the profession’s share point page for further information.

Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk

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The closing date for this vacancy is 17th August 2026.