Cost Planner
Building a sustainable tomorrow
The Ferrovial BAM Joint Venture (FBJV) has a successful history of delivering critical infrastructure for the UK on time and to budget together in joint venture partnership. They first worked together in 2010 as BFK, delivering three Crossrail contracts, including the longest stretch of tunnelling works between Royal Oak and Farringdon and Farringdon Station, the first central station to be completed on the Elizabeth Line. The team is also delivering the Silvertown Tunnel project together in East London and has been delivering excellence at each stage of HS2, such as Fusion JV for the Enabling Works packages, EKFB for the central Main Works Contract and now delivering the track infrastructure across the entire HS2 route.
We are now recruiting for a Cost Planner to join the HS2 Track infrastructure project at the Birmingham, Snow Hill, Project offices.
In this role you will be supporting the effective management of cost, budget, and performance on a major infrastructure project. The role will play a key part in ensuring alignment between cost data, the Clause 32 (CL32) Accepted Programme, and the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB). Working within the Project Controls and planning team, you will support cost forecasting, budget control, and earned value reporting, ensuring cost information is robust, traceable, and aligned with the latest accepted programme.
Your team
- This is an office based role based at our Birmingham, Snow Hill, Project offices, offering the opportunity to work on a complex, high profile infrastructure project.
Making Possible
- Supporting the development and maintenance of the PMB (Performance Measurement Baseline) / BAC (Budget at completion), aligned to the CL32 Programme
- Assisting with cost forecasting, EAC management, and Bottom‑Up Forecasting to integrate within the CL32 programme
- Maintaining alignment between WBS (Work breakdown Structure), CBS (Cost breakdown Structure), PMB (Performance Measurement Baseline) ,
- Contributing to monthly cost and performance reporting, including variance analysis
- Working closely with Planning, Commercial, and Project Controls teams to maintain an integrated cost and schedule position
What do you bring to the role?
- Experience in cost planning, cost control, or project controls within construction or infrastructure
- Working knowledge of NEC contracts (Option C desirable)
- Understanding of CL32 programmes, PMB, and earned value principles
- Confident using Primavera P6, cost systems, and Excel
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- A wide range of family-friendly policies
- Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
- 8 % matched pension contributions
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- 26 days holiday
- 2 wellbeing days
- 1 volunteering day
- Personal and professional development
About BAM
Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.
We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.
The application process
For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM UK & Ireland (Infrastructure), m: 07717 227890 / Email: jonathan.schulte@bam.com
BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.
