• Job Description

  Req#: JR10200804

  Job Description:

  COST ENGINEER

  SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check)

  TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional international travel

  LOCATION: Stevenage or Portsmouth

  WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

  • Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more

  • Work / Life Balance: 37 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL, option to buy/sell holiday

  • Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities

  • Health & Wellbeing: Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), Employee Assistance Programme, discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation

  • Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and caregiving

  Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero-carbon flight (#ZEROe) to cleaning up space, sustainability is at the heart of our purpose. So what's your next change?

  This role works to support the company in the area of business acquisition; coordinating and leading competitiveness engineering activities for studies, proposals and future projects. Working as part of the bid team, the scope of the role is mainly the collation and modelling of data and the analysis of cost and price data to establish a quotation baseline.

  HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM

  • Coordinate bid preparation with all stakeholders to ensure competitiveness of EOS binding and non-binding offers
  • Influence stakeholders to further develop and optimise the corresponding processes
  • Participate and lead engineering decisions necessary for cost-efficient development and production of EOS products and product families
  • Lead the process to model, collate and estimate EOS implementation projects, including price to win, design to cost, value for money optimisation, profitability and liquidity targets, implementing the win strategy and ensuring satisfaction of customer and regulatory requirements and programme cost and schedule needs.
  • Timely preparation and submission of the financial proposal and support w.r.t. schedule, cost, and risk management aspects up to final customer acceptance

  ABOUT YOU

  • Engineering degree and/or finance or qualified through relevant experience
  • Demonstrable cost engineering and or cost estimating experience across multiple, complex projects
  • Aerospace industry would be highly advantageous
  • Experienced using databases and parametric estimating tools
  • Hold an appreciation for how the “most technically advanced” solution isn’t always the best option, sometimes “reliable and secure” are better suited.

  HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU

  Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

  Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

  #LI-LB1

  This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

  Company:

  AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited

  Contract Type:

  Permanent

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  Experience Level:

  Professional

  Job Family:

  Chief Engineering & Architecture

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  Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

  Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com.

  At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

• About the company

  3642356 Airbus SE is a European multinational aerospace corporation.

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