We are looking for a Lead Strategic Cost Engineer to join Anglian Water's Cost Intelligence and Commercial Assurance function, leading the development of the cost intelligence framework that underpins major investment planning across the business.
This is a strategic leadership role responsible for cost collection, governance, modelling, assurance and estimating services. You will lead the development, calibration and assurance of total expenditure, carbon and operational cost models, ensuring decision-makers have robust, transparent and defensible cost intelligence to support efficient, evidence-based investment planning.
Desirable: Chartered or working towards chartership with a relevant professional body such as RICS. Experience in water, wastewater, utilities, embodied carbon modelling, system governance or regulatory cost assurance.
At Anglian Water, cost intelligence is central to how we plan and deliver investment for customers, communities and the environment. In this role, you will lead a key capability that shapes investment decisions, strengthens regulatory submissions and improves how the business captures, models and benchmarks cost performance. You will influence senior stakeholders, develop technical capability in the team and help embed a culture of transparent, data-driven cost management.
