Cost and Estimating Lead

Closing Date: 25/10/2024

Locations: Manchester / Gloucester / London

About newcleo

Since launching in 2021 newcleo has quickly established itself as innovator in the field of nuclear energy. newcleo is working to design, build, and operate Gen-IV Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) that are cooled by liquid lead and fueled by reprocessed nuclear waste.
 
Through an innovative combination of existing and proven technologies, and by reviving a nuclear industry model based on the manufacture and multi-recycling of Mixed Oxide fuel, newcleo aims to close the nuclear fuel cycle while safely producing clean, affordable, and practically inexhaustible energy required for low carbon economies.
 
With a EUR 50m group turnover in 2024, more than EUR 400m of private funding and over 70 partnerships and collaborations across the nuclear industry, the growth of the newcleo group is supported through the targeted acquisition of key companies with strong capabilities in nuclear engineering, manufacturing, and waste management.
 
Through its workforce of over 800 highly qualified employees across France, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and Slovakia, newcleo is not only developing and delivering the skills and services required for the group’s own ambitious project timelines, but also supporting the development of Small Modular Reactor supply chains in Europe and beyond.

Overview of the role:

newcleo is driving forwards an exciting and challenging international programme to develop and deploy our innovative Lead-cooled Fast Reactor technology.  We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated and pro-active Cost and Estimating Lead to support the programme to deploy the LFR200 Reactor in the UK and France.

As the Cost and Estimating Lead, your primary responsibility is to develop the estimate for the LFR200 Plant and help our engineering, supply chain and project delivery teams deliver the most cost effective and value for money power plant we can. You will be expected to promote and nurture a ‘delivery to cost’ culture across all of newcleo and the role will have particular responsibility for establishing the cost baseline and driving accurate and insightful analysis, reporting and management against it.

You will develop and lead the estimating and cost planning capability in the UK with a remit to support its development in France and Italy to ensure a consistent global one newcleo approach. This will include developing an Estimating and Cost Planning Community of Practice working across all programmes.

You will also work closely with Project Controls colleagues in the newcleo Enterpise PMO and PMOs for France, Italy and Fuel Cycle Programme to share knowledge and ensure alignment of project controls processes, systems and tools across the company.

As newcleo is a start up company the role will require a hands-on proactive approach to estimating and project controls generally; the individual must be comfortable with early-stage programmes and have the ability to work with ambiguity and change whilst establishing a clear path towards successful project delivery. The role provides the opportunity for an individual to expand their capability and experience as the programme grows from its early definition through to multi £billion delivery.

Reporting to our Programme Director, the core duties & areas the role will cover includes:

• Estimating and Cost Planning Team Leadership 
• Estimating and Cost Planning Methodologies and approach, including process development and implementation 
• Estimating Governance and Assurance
• Development of the Capex and Opex Estimates for the LFR200 SMR and associated deployment programmes internationally
• Cost modelling and cost intelligence and support to overall Financial/Economic Modelling
• Support to Engineering and Construction MMC Teams with Value Engineering processes

Full duties & responsibilities are available on request.

The role can be based in our London,  Manchester or Gloucester offices, where we have a hybrid & flexible working policy of 3 days per week in the office. There is also travel opportunities to our offices in Turin (Italy) and Lyon (France), in order to collaborate and build strong working relationships across our Global Engineering Team.

The role will also offer ongoing opportunities for growth & development depending on your career motivations, and is a key position for us to achieve our project success.

Is this role right for you?

We would like to speak to people who have:

• Experience leading teams providing Estimating, Cost Planning and Cost Modelling services for complex infrastructure/energy projects / programmes within highly regulated environments (Nuclear preferred but not essential)
• Strong knowledge of estimating and cost planning and other relevant project controls methods, processes, tools and software
• Good commercial awareness with experience of procuring and contract managing professional service providers.
• An understanding of the application of cost/schedule risk analysis including contingency development and analysis.
• Right to work full time in the UK & can achieve a national security clearance equivalent to a BPSS standard, or higher, within a reasonable period.

Please note if you meet some but not all of the requirements above, we would still been really keen to hear from you!

If you are not ready to apply just yet, or have a few questions? Contact Reon Gauld at Reon.gauld@newcleo.com

Please note, all applications will need to go through via our online portal to be compliant with GDPR.