Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Target Resume Now
About the Role
As Senior Cost Engineer, you will lead end-to-end cost management across major projects and portfolios, providing strategic oversight of budgeting, forecasting, cost control, reporting, and financial performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead project cost planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost control and reporting.
- Monitor cost performance, analyse variances and implement corrective actions.
- Develop EAC, ETC, cash flow forecasts and integrate cost with schedule, risk, and contingency management.
- Ensure compliance with project controls standards, governance, and cost assurance processes.
- Review contract variations and support commercial decision-making.
- Produce executive cost reports and provide insights to project leadership.
- Collaborate across project, engineering, commercial and finance teams while mentoring junior staff.
- Drive continuous improvement, standardisation, automation and optimisation of cost management systems and processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Commerce, Finance, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
- 7–10 years' experience in project controls, cost engineering, or commercial management on major projects.
- Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, cost control, earned value management (EVM), cost risk analysis, change management, and integrating cost with schedule and risk.
- Experience with project controls systems such as Primavera P6, Uniphi, InEight, EcoSys, Contruent/Prism, SAP, Oracle, Power BI, and advanced Excel.
- Excellent analytical, financial, leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- AACE CCP, PMI, or AIPM certification is desirable.
Skills
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Cost control
- Earned value management (EVM)
- Cost risk analysis
- Change management
- Integrating cost with schedule and risk
- Primavera P6
- Uniphi
- InEight
- EcoSys
- Contruent/Prism
- SAP
- Oracle
- Power BI
- Advanced Excel
- Analytical skills
- Financial skills
- Leadership skills
- Stakeholder management
- Communication skills
Work Type
- Hybrid work options
Experience Level
- 7-10 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, job-sharing and hybrid work options
- Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year
- Swap public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
- Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities
- Access to industry-leading technology and thinking
- Transformational work with big impact
- Work flexibility
- Robust global well-being program
About the Company
- AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.
- On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.
- Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.
- AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.
- We are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously.
- AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia.
- We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions.
- As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.