Cost Planner

The Vacancy

SES Engineering Services are recruiting a Cost Planner to support our Central region, with flexibility to be based in Birmingham or Cambridge. If you’re a data-driven professional with a passion for benchmarking and cost analysis, this is your chance to join a new team and make a lasting impact.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Cost Planner, you’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining a benchmarking database to support strategic planning and cost control. You’ll work closely with internal teams to access and analyse data, contributing to the success of projects across diverse sectors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Building and maintaining a benchmarking database
• Accessing and analysing project data to support cost planning
• Collaborating with Estimating Managers and internal teams
• Supporting pre-construction activities across the Central region
• Working across sectors including Science & Research, Healthcare, and Education

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary
• Travel expenses covered
• Flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Career development through PDPs and PDRs
• Supportive onboarding and buddy system
• Opportunity to work with award-winning teams

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.