Cost Engineer:Rail projects

AECOM
Dublin
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Analytical skills","Communication","Organizational skills"]

Manage cost control for rail projects by developing and maintaining budgeting, forecasting, and expenditure processes. Prepare and review project budgets, oversee procurement activities across the lifecycle, and evaluate tender documentation for compliance. Produce cost reports with variance and cash-flow analysis, collaborate with project and multidisciplinary teams on integrated planning, and identify cost risks with mitigation strategies to support sound financial management.

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Cost Engineer:Rail projects

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Job Summary

Manage cost control for rail projects by developing and maintaining budgeting, forecasting, and expenditure processes. Prepare and review project budgets, oversee procurement activities across the lifecycle, and evaluate tender documentation for compliance. Produce cost reports with variance and cash-flow analysis, collaborate with project and multidisciplinary teams on integrated planning, and identify cost risks with mitigation strategies to support sound financial management.
Location: Dublin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop, implement, and maintain cost control processes to monitor project budgets, expenditure, forecasts, and financial performance.
  • •Prepare, review, and manage project budgets to ensure alignment with project objectives, funding requirements, and constraints.
  • •Manage procurement activities across the lifecycle, including prequalification, tendering, evaluation, supplier selection, contract award, and contract administration.
  • •Produce and present cost reports, including forecasts, variance analyses, and cash flow projections to senior management.
  • •Identify, assess, and manage cost-related risks and opportunities to improve value, optimize costs, and enhance project outcomes.

Key Requirements

  • •Demonstrated experience in construction cost management, ideally within a professional quantity surveying (PQS) consultancy, contractor, developer, or client organisation.
  • •Experience across the full project lifecycle, including planning, design, new build, fit-out, refurbishment, and project delivery.
  • •Strong knowledge of budgeting, cost planning, cost control, forecasting, and financial reporting.
  • •Sound understanding of procurement strategies, contract administration, and commercial management practices.
  • •Proficiency with cost management and project planning software, including Microsoft Project and Primavera P6.
Experience:Construction
Skills:Analytical skillsCommunicationOrganizational skills
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Microsoft ProjectPrimavera P6

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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