Senior Cost Assurance Consultant

We are looking to hire a Senior Cost Assurance Consultant – Cost Verification and Assurance to support our growing business. In Complex Projects we work across three major markets:
Infrastructure (Water, Defence, Aviation, etc.) Transport (Rail, Highways, Local Authorities, etc.) Energy (Nuclear, Renewable Energy, Power, etc.)

• Lead and manage cost verification, audit and assurance activities, including forensic reviews across large-scale complex infrastructure projects.
• Lead evaluation of cost data and structures, assessing them against contractual/commercial principles.
• Analyse supplier cost data to identify patterns, themes, trends and risks.
• Provide detailed cost verification, payroll audits and wider data sampling for targeted audit activities.
• Assess and appraise cost capture and commercial management processes.
• Proactively identify supplier commercial process improvement opportunities for improved commercial governance and cost control.
• Interpret with knowledge and experience, then advise on complex contract documentation, particularly under NEC4 contracts.
• Engage regularly with client teams, contractors and other project stakeholders to complete cost verification/substantiation together with obtaining key documentation and data.
• Lead production and delivery of high-quality assurance reports and present those findings to senior stakeholders.
• Be comfortable in the presentation of outputs and recommendations to clients and their wider supply chain.
• Take a leading role in the integration of innovative digital tools for data analysis and reporting.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to developing internal capability.

• Demonstratable experience of leading and delivering cost and commercial assurance/audit activities across infrastructure projects.
• Competent in the interpretation of a wide range of contracts, with experience in the application of the principles of a schedule of cost components.
• Experienced in analysing large data sets and reviewing different costing systems.
• The ability to interrogate and assess data sets and produce outputs that can be used in the decision‑making process.
• Good working knowledge of NEC3/4 suite of contracts across all option types.
• Experience in leading/managing teams of 3 to 4 consultants on cost assurance activities.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced environment, working through challenges as they develop during the delivery stage.
• Strong report writing and presentation skills, excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Experience of working within a client organisation, either directly or through a colocation/secondment arrangement.

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’re Atkins

Réalis, 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.

At Atkins

Réalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

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.