Costing Specialist
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Job Summary
Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.
Are you enthusiastic innovative and creative and can work collaboratively acrossdifferent functionsof an organisation Scottish Waters StrategicPricing and CostAnalyticsteamsarelooking for an individual who enjoys working with project cost data andis able tointerpret evaluate and form conclusions on the outcome of such analysis.
The Strategic Costing team who are responsible forusing historical cost data to produce cost curves (models) which are then used to establishearly project estimates and business plan pricesare planning to increasethe depth and range of the cost curves provided to our internal stakeholders.
The Cost Analytics teamprovidequalityinsights from our cost data by supporting Project Investment Appraisalsviaa CostIntelligence Packswhilstanalysing cost trends between Gatesincreasing cost analytics databasecostbenchmarkingand optimism biasmetrics capability.A Costing Specialistis required towork across dual teams to help ensure that the increased workload can be delivered.
Whatyoulldo
In this role your responsibilities include using our BEA (Benchmark Estimating Analytics) costing system to develop cost curves from historical cost and carbon data manipulate datafrom multiple sources andto turn theseinto meaningful information and insight using statistical techniquesto provide solutions and drive value with analyticstrend analysistranslate conclusions and outputs in a way that can be easily understood by others.
Support the creation of a strong reputationthrough delivery of required outputs andthebuilding and maintaining relationships with all key stakeholders.Itscrucial to follow established processes and procedures to ensure the credibility and robustness of the outputs.
Additionallyyoullplay a key role in planning producing and ensuring compliance with internal SLAs with Finance and Regulation for regulatory returns and audits.
The role holder will alsobe requiredto provide support to the Senior Costing Specialist in the maintenance and updating of the Corporate Costing tools.
Whatyoullneed
You will have excellent Excel skills encompassing complex formulas and the use of Macros/VBA along with strong numeric analytical and literary skills anda provenability to understand interpret and manage large volumes of complex data.
A proven ability to extract patternstrendsor models from real-worlddata-setsand the ability to proactively problem solve andseek continuous improvement in the quality of analysis and service deliveryiscrucial as is effective communication to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
We are also looking for a few nice tohaves. Some technical awareness of the water industry specific understanding of costing capital projects the ability to work across disciplines within a specialist team knowledge of the Scottish Water Business and Delivery Plans and presentation skills.Ability to create Power BI reports and Power Appswould also beadvantageous.
This role ismainly remoteworking however travel to our hubs in central belt will be.
Looking out for you
While the work we do is important we knowitsnot the only thing that matters.Thatswhy we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-lifebalance.
Youllget plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in yourcommunity.
When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption maternity and parental leave. And for the everyday We embrace flexibleworking.
For your futuretheresour defined benefits pension (theknow-what-youll-get-when-you-retirekind) as well as life assurance.
As for some nice extras You will participate in a company bonus scheme. Not to mention access to SW Splash handy rewards that can save you money on holidays bills andshopping.
The not-so-small print
This role will be a Grade6. Ifyourenew to Scottish Wateryoulljoin us on a starting salary of37815. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of48395.
Ifyoureinterested in this role or know someone else who might be - the updates closing date for applications is midnight on the10th August 2026.
WeoperateBalanced Hybrid working at Scottish Water and we encourage people to work half their time in a Scottish Water location.
Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening e.g. referencing criminal record checks license checks etc. These checks are conducted on our behalf by a third party.Dontworry -wellask your permission before starting these checks.
A few final things worth knowing
Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If youre interested in this job but dont tick all the boxes apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So dont rule yourself out!
Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). Were also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events like menopause. Were very used to making adjustments so please dont be afraid to ask.
As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland its important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you dont already live here youll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.
Please note Scottish Water takes the safety health and wellbeing of our employees colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.
Finally (finally!) candidates who havent submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You wont need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.
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