RT-C/TEC-PCS/00298 Cost Engineer

Job Introduction

The Serco Group is a FTSE 250 corporation with over 125,000 staff in 30 countries. Our strategy is to be a superb provider of public services, by being the best managed business in our sector. We are a focused business to government (B2G) business, specialising across five sectors: Defence, Justice & Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services.

Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions such as the European Commission, EUMETSAT or the European Space Agency – where we are the largest on-site service provider with ca. 300 staff.

For our activities in ESTEC, we are currently looking for a Cost Engineer.

Role Responsibility

Tasks and Responsibilities

The work covers the provision of standard cost engineering services. This includes:

• Cost Estimating;
• Projects data collection, analysis, normalisation and entry into the existing Cost Engineering database;
• Cost models development. This includes cost, schedule and risk aspects;
• Cost Estimates including schedule and cost risk estimates;
• Provision of Cost Estimate reports according to the ESA standards;
• Accountability records consisting in comparing in a structured manner the external estimates and prices versus the internal estimates;
• Benchmarking and calibrating internal and external cost models.

For the execution of the above tasks you will be requested to:

• Use related ESA Corporate or Cost Engineering specific software tools, documentations systems, and databases;
• Interface with the relevant actors within the Directorate, with ESA Programme Directorates and with ESA Corporate Services.

Successful Candidate

As successful candidate you should bring a Master Degree in Engineering, preferably in Aerospace Engineering or related discipline and at least 4 years of experience in cost engineering. Furthermore you should bring the following:

• Ability to interface effectively, with relevant actors, at all hierarchical levels;
• Ability to readily assimilate and coordinate input data providing timely output;
• Reliability, rigor and sense of initiative in the execution of the assigned tasks;
• Ability to understand and adapt to the ESA specific context and environment;
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written, as well as synthetic and conceptual capabilities);
• Autonomy, initiative and capability to set priorities and handle high workload;
• Familiarity in the use of standard office automation support software packages (such as Word, Excel) and of commercial database system (e.g. Access), electronic mail and Web based applications.

Application procedure

Important:

All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for the Netherlands or be EU nationals.

Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. If not, your application will remain in our database and can be matched against future openings. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions.

If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in Serco Europe’s Careers Hub: https://careershub.serco.eu/

Serco European Agencies