Lead Cost and Project Engineer

About this role

Lead cost and project engineer role based in Lagos for a consultancy. The position involves collecting and validating cost, commitment, progress and resource data, maintaining cost reports and budgets, and tracking expenditure against control budgets, with coordination across project teams. Suitable for candidates with cost-control or project-controls experience, with preference for those in industrial, construction, oil and gas or marine sectors.

What you would do

• Collect and validate cost, commitment, progress and resource data
• Maintain cost reports, forecasts, budgets and variance analyses
• Track approved changes, commitments, invoices and expenditure against control budgets
• Support cost meetings and communicate trends, risks and corrective actions
• Prepare management reports and maintain auditable cost records
• Coordinate with project controls, procurement, finance and project teams

What they are asking for

• Degree or HND in engineering, quantity surveying, finance, economics or related field
• Cost-control or project-controls experience
• Strong Excel, reporting and analytical capability
• Commercial awareness and attention to detail
• Relevant degree, HND, OND, trade qualification or recognised professional certification appropriate to the discipline and level
• Relevant industrial, construction, oil & gas, marine or project experience is preferred; role-specific certifications shall be provided where required by the client, site or applicable standards

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