Cost Consultant - water capital projects

Cost Consultant | Hybrid working with ad-hoc office attendance (Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London) | Inside IR35 | Water sector

Pigment Consulting is a change and transformation consultancy specialising in the delivery of complex programs across Central Government, Defence, Utilities, and Transport. We work in partnership with other consultancies, government departments, and private sector organisations to drive and enable real change.

Due to continued success across our capital projects portfolio, we are currently seeking several Cost Consultants with strong experience in the water sector to join our team across geographically dispersed projects.

You will work closely with project managers, engineers, and commercial teams to oversee budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and financial reporting on a range of infrastructure and asset improvement schemes within water capital projects in water.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and monitor project budgets and cost plans
• Provide accurate forecasting and financial reporting throughout the project life cycle
• Undertake cost analysis, risk assessments, and value engineering activities
• Evaluate contractor applications, variations, and final accounts
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements

Required Experience

• Our consultants will require extensive experience within the water industry (clean water and/or wastewater)
• Strong understanding of capital projects within water
• Experience working with standard forms of contract (eg, NEC)
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, and communication skills

Partnership and collaboration is at the heart of everything we at Pigment do and look to achieve. We therefore are seeking consultants who are happy to work collaboratively, up-skill others, and take part in knowledge transfer, and who want to join Pigment as part of our goal to instil change for the long-term.

If you'd like to know more, and have the relevant experience described above, please apply directly and one of our team will be in touch to discuss.

RSG Plc is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.