Cost Engineer - Estimator - Project Management - Multiple Locations

Derbyshire  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Cost Engineer - Estimator - Project Management - Multiple Locations

Our client, a major Engineering & Defence organisation are currently looking to appoint a number of experienced Cost Engineers on an initial 12 month contract to work across various locations throughout the UK.

Role Description:

The focus of a Cost Engineer is to develop and implement appropriate cost modelling practices in selected Aerospace suppliers to help direct improvement activities in support of the Sharing in Growth programme.

To ensure the selected suppliers' cost management processes are capable of meeting and continuously improving their overall cost competitiveness.

Through your hard work, you will be driving and accelerating best practice within aerospace manufacturing; offering the opportunity to develop highly valued manufacturing in the UK. You will benefit from working in a multi-disciplined team deploying best practice tools while taking the learning to further develop them.

Working as a Cost Engineering Specialist, you will be responsible for:

Assisting in development of the necessary skills to embed the required cost analysis capability in the Supply Chain, ensuring best practice is shared across the business.

Identifying suitable cost models within the suppliers and provide training and coaching to support efficient use of resource.

Coaching and mentoring Buyers/Design Engineers/Integrated Project Team Leads (IPTLs) to optimise cost benefits across the product life cycle.

Sharing knowledge of new technologies and their beneficial impact on future costs.

About You:

The successful individual will enjoy working in an autonomous environment where you'll be empowered to make the recommendations and offer support/development to the suppliers with which you are working. You should be comfortable managing ambiguity, flexible in your approach and enjoy a work programme that offers a variety of clients.

Skills and qualifications will ideally include:

Proven experience as a Value/Cost Engineer within the manufacturing industry.

Strong manufacturing knowledge, particularly on processes associated with Complex Fabrications/Complex Machined products or tooling.

Good IT skills, strong business acumen and analytical skills.

Strong communication and influencing skills are important, particularly within supply chain.

As this role involves travel to both the client office and multiple supplier sites, all candidates must be willing and happy to work across the breadth of the UK.

If you match these requirements, please apply in the normal way. Elevate will send you an email, please open, click and action that email and your application will be visible to the hiring organisation directly.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
12 months
From
Elevate Direct
Published at
28.11.2015
Project ID:
1028291
Contract type
Freelance
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