Cost Clerk

Role

Cost Clerk

Wednesbury, West Midlands

Full-time

Permanent

£32,000 - £34,000

• Working closely with the SQS/QS you will assist with the cost control of the Project, focusing on labour / plant / materials through tracking of orders and regular reconciliation of costs with budget.
• Timely GRN of all POD's received onto the system, and liaison with the finance team to ensure DPO (Days Payment Outstanding) remains within business tolerance.
• Proactive approach to closing out issues with POD/Invoice issues with suppliers/Delivery Team/Finance.
• Responsible for the accurate and timely cost collation, reconciliation and reporting of data from site records – time and allocation sheets, GRN's, POD's (or delivery team approval if POD missing).
• Liaising with Construction Managers / Supervisors for the completion of these site records and retrieving them from one of the Compounds if necessary.
• Ensuring all labour, plant and material schedules and trackers are maintained and accurate, as well as periodic review of the suppliers allocated to each Cost Clerk, assuring balanced workloads.

Minimum 2 years’ experience as a Cost Engineer with a proven track record in major projects or five years’ experience of Cost Clerk in a similar industry.

• Member of Acoste/AACEI/ICEC or other professional body
• Degree Qualified in relevant field (Finance/Construction/Mathematics/Business)
• Knowledge of Copernic/Jade/Lisa cost control systems.

• Working in a finance or commercial function within the engineering or construction sector having hands‑on experience working for contractors as a Cost Clerk on large civil or infrastructure projects
• Working knowledge of finance systems
• Cost and budget administration
• Financial and commercial reporting
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel/Outlook)
• Working knowledge of PowerBI
• Highly organised and detail‑driven
• Full UK Driving licence

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