6 of 6 Contract Cost Control Jobs in the UK excluding London

Role Overview We are seeking an experienced SC Cleared Cost Engineer/Project Controls professional to support a major Defence/UK Government (HMG) digital transformation programme . This is a senior, hands-on role requiring end-to-end ownership of programme cost management , including estimating, forecasting, cost control, and financial assurance within a complex, regulated environment. The successful candidate will operate at programme level, providing financial insight, governance support, and decision-making input to senior stakeholders including SROs and Programme Boards . Key Responsibilities Own end-to-end programme cost management , including estimating, forecasting ...

strong administrative, coordination, and communication support, ensuring alignment across multi-disciplinary teams, regional stakeholders, and cross-functional workstreams. Act as a due-diligence and control function, providing effective challenge and validation of project information to enable high-quality decision-making. Assist with project planning and control activities, including … Support Agile/hybrid delivery of the New CMS project, tracking delivery progress, milestones, dependencies, and risks across EMEA. Maintain strong project governance and control, ensuring alignment with TCMG standards and TB programme governance, and providing effective due diligence, challenge, and validation of plans, data, and reporting. Maintain RAID ...

accountability. Responsibilities Provide strategic oversight across portfolios, ensuring coherent delivery governance, standards, and controls Act as senior escalation point for critical risks, issues, change control, and cross-delivery dependencies Lead recovery of complex, at-risk, or underperforming programmes to restore delivery confidence Oversee portfolio financial performance, including forecasting, cost control, and commercial health Ensure effective resource allocation, capacity planning, and long-term strategic resourcing Build trusted senior client relationships, aligning delivery strategy to client priorities and growth opportunities Communicate delivery performance, progress, and risks clearly to executive and senior stakeholders Lead, mentor, and develop delivery leaders, driving ...

Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP. Experience with virtualisation technologies such as VMware vSphere/ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V. Operational Support & Incident Management Governance & Cost Management - Azure Understanding of governance frameworks, cost optimisation strategies, and usage monitoring across cloud and hybrid platforms. Experience with Infrastructure as a code … escalation point for incidents, leading troubleshooting and root cause analysis. Apply security best practices using automation and Infrastructure as Code. Implement and improve governance, cost control, and compliance standards. Promote best practices in monitoring, backup, resilience, and disaster recovery. Collaborate with architecture and security teams to align with ...

portfolio of programme initiatives. Programme-level RAID management, risks/issues, programme governance + supporting decision-making at board level. Managing programme finances, cost control, scheduling, resource management, risks + dependencies. Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence up to board level. Programme pipeline management + ...

programme teams rather than central PMO functions, driving progress and maintaining momentum. Strong capability in financial management , including budget tracking, forecasting, variance analysis and cost control across large programmes. Experience creating and maintaining delivery schedules, milestones, RAID logs, dependency tracking and status reporting. Ability to operate in fast ...