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Overview
Become a vital member of our Complex Projects, Delivery Partner team, proudly taking on some of the world's most exciting and prestigious projects. Join us, and you'll be part of our genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone is supported to make the most of their talents. It's'about recognising everyone's contributions equally while delivering excellence together.
When you join our practice team, you'll share our vision to be the industry's foremost capability in Estimating & Cost Advisory and always doing what's right.
Enjoy a diverse and exciting workload surrounded by talented colleagues ready to lend a hand. You'll support multi-disciplinary and specialist project teams on high-profile schemes across a range of sectors, delivering high impact estimating services to a range of key clients. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career and develop our internal capabilities.
We are looking to hire a Senior Estimator & Cost Advisor to support our growing business. In Complex Infrastructure we work across three major markets:
Infrastructure (Water, Defence, Aviation, etc.)
Transport (Rail, Highways, Local Authorities, etc.)
Energy (Nuclear, Renewable Energy, Power, etc.)
Your role
- Lead elements of estimating, assurance and advisory service delivery, focusing on developing costs for and reviewing major projects and niche projects across the UK and internationally, with a particular focus on capital costs.
- Work flexibly across estimates and assurance reviews of various types, focusing on cost and project deliverability across the project lifecycle. Focus areas will range from early-stage feasibility design to detailed design, contract award, live delivery and project close-out.
- Take a leading role in supporting the leadership team in win work activities (bids, proposals, etc.) to grow our portfolio and provide input to continuously improve the quality of our client deliverables.
- Contribute to the development of a high performing team based in your local office and/or a national location.
- Take technical leadership of delivery of high-quality client deliverables, ranging from data analysis models to reports and informative dashboards or presentations.
- Lead technically on the use of client benchmarking data, in-house data and market data to independently develop robust analysis of 'should cost', 'could cost', 'will cost' and 'forecast cost to go / cost at completion'.
- Make a significant contribution to the highly effective communication of key findings and recommendations to senior clients and wider stakeholders. Support project leadership to communicate complex issues so that they are made easy to understand and help produce messaging which is astute, communicating difficult messages with a focus on how projects can improve.
- Where necessary, provide peer review of outputs of other team members to support continuous improvement.
- Be proactive in consulting subject matter experts within our wider team to incorporate the best knowledge and information possible into our client deliverables.
- Stay connected with the wider team and leadership in our Estimating & Cost Advisory practice and contribute to internal review and quality assurance processes for client deliverables.
Location
London, London, United Kingdom
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-149587
Salary range
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Prashant Haverishettar
Hi there, I'm Prashant Haverishettar and I manage this role
About you
- An strong understanding of typical client approaches to developing robust cost estimates, indirect costs, key sector cross drivers, applying contingency and awareness of global thought leadership in the area of cost estimating, cost forecasting and setting up projects (or resetting projects) for success.
- Some direct or indirect experience of input to or reviewing major project business cases, especially as part of assurance reviews feeding into stage gate decision points.
- Strong technical expertise in project development and delivery, with a specialism and demonstrable background in managing and understanding costs.
- Wider understanding of commercial and contractual requirements and the crossover to the impact on estimating or forecasting costs
- Strong knowledge of indirect costs, cost breakdown structures and techniques to analyse and assess project deliverability.
- Stakeholder engagement skills including being able to work seamlessly with designers, engineers, project managers and clients.
- Chartership with or demonstrably working towards RICS, ICE, AACE, ACostE or similar.
- A clear understanding of the role of consultancy organisations on projects, including the ability to be adaptable to work across multiple sectors and disciplines and have the drive to want to learn new skills.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
Make it brilliant, a career with AtkinsRéalis
Our supportive, collaborative culture inspires us as a global community every day.
Watch this short film and imagine what you could achieve here, too.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Additional information
Security clearance
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.
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