Cost Analyst

Bristol

9 months ago

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As a Cost Engineering Consultant, you will be providing the cost estimates and modelling support to help the UK MoD and industry make better decisions. You will work closely with national government bodies, international institutions, and global prime contractors, leading and supporting procurement decisions with analytical thinking and outcomes, modelling of operational performance and sustainment.

Experience

Essential:

Proven experience in a Cost Engineering or Analyst role within a P3M environment.
Educated to degree level or equivalent
Experience of working in the defence sector or a military background.
Good knowledge of statistics in support of parametric modelling, sampling, and risk analysis.
Knowledge of Investment Appraisals, Trade Studies, Business Cases, and Cost Benefit Analysis to support stage gate approvals process.
Experience in methods of estimating including bottom-up, analogous, and parametric techniques in support of both hardware and software systems acquisitions and through life support.
Experience developing estimates that take account of; design, manufacture, and support costs; allowances; overheads; profit, Government Furnished Assets & Resources, historical costs, and Estimating Maturity Assessment levels.
Development of robust cost models that satisfy independent Verification & Validation scrutiny.
Knowledge of quantitative assessment of uncertainty, cost, schedule risk assessment and awareness of Risk Management approach and the costing of Risk within the cost models.
Experience of assisting the Bid Winning process
Strong verbal, presentation, and report-writing skills.
Ability to travel to client sites across UK as required.

Desirable:
Membership of a professional body
Experience working in a consultancy environment or with government clients.
Knowledge of and application of Visual Basic.
Independent Verification and Validation against 3rd party supplied cost models.
Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM).
Application of Risk tools such as @Risk, ModelRisk etc

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