Project Cost Engineer with enhanced leadership skills

The ideal candidate for this position comes with an extensive experience with in-depth cost controlling skills in complex pharma projects. You might come from a similar position within Project Controlling where you have a nature of leading through others. If this sounds like you, we have an open position for a Project Cost Engineer in the largest projects in NNEs history.

Make your ability count at NNE

We are experts in end-to-end pharma engineering, and our success is built on our relationships, both with our colleagues and our customers. If you want to work on projects shaping the future of sustainable and intelligent pharma facilities, NNE is the place to be. 

Let’s talk about the nice feeling of working at NNE

You will join our Project Execution area consisting approximately 500 highly skilled project employees. Specifically, you will be part of our Project Controls Team, consisting of 35 highly skilled Senior Project controllers and Project controllers in Denmark and India, who oversee controlling of the largest EPCMV projects in NNE. We engage and interact with a variety of stakeholders. Regardless of which of these many stakeholders we face, our commitment is to take a partner position: Providing our stakeholders support in a manner allowing them a feeling of control and support. This requires a proactive mindset and approach to solving tasks and a high level of flexibility.
 

What we can offer:
 

• You will be part of a highly qualified and strong team that has solid experience in this niche. And you get the opportunity to learn from some of the best.
• Our controller team works passionately and dedicated with their tasks. A team that is socially engaged and takes care of each other, but also goes the extra step for their projects.
• A busy and exciting project environment where the days are rarely the same.
• The opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of Project Controls and to be a Project Manager's important sparring partner regarding finance, risk and progress.
• High flexibility in your daily work. We prefer to work close to the project, but remote work is an option.
• NNE has a competitive benefit package to offer with social security, flex hours and beneficial buy of IT equipment e.g.
• As a fast growing organization, the career opportunities are really great.
• We are a global team with different backgrounds, nationalities, and experience to bring an outside perspective into the way we work.

How you might spend your days

As a Project Cost Engineer, you'll be working with a diverse, multi-disciplinary team where your daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage Project Controls at all levels and you will often take up a position as Project Controls Manager with a team of 10-15 people within the project controlling.
• Lead all financial issues in a holistic perspective and related activities in single projects or portfolio of projects. Ensure correct financial management and reporting to establish best possible foundation for profitable and lean project execution.
• Ensure that activities are performed in accordance with project controls procedures. Ensure that relevant project members are familiar with the methods and that use of these is clearly communicated to project organization e.g. Project Performance Report, plan and monitor cashflow, follow up on milestones, bonus/penalty, risk, forecast of project staffing and procurement items, Earned Value Management, Profit & Loss calculation.
• By your proven personal and professional skills, you will constructively and proactively challenge, push back and take ownership on delivering accurate reports.
• You support improvement and developments of our processes and tools/systems
   

The position is based in Kalundborg or Virum, but we expect you to be flexible since we work closely together with our customer, and we are where they are.

Who you are

We care about who you are as a person. In the end, how you work, and your energy is what impacts the effort we do as a team. As a person, you:

• possess significant stakeholder management and communication skills
• have leadership skills facilitating a high-performing project controls team.
• have a nature of leading through others, and gain natural respect
• are able to create structure and handle several projects/tasks simultaneously
• are interested in working in an energetic environment and want to work with highly skilled colleagues
  are a teamplayer that promotes engagement in the team
• have what it takes to be Project Management's trusted advisor in any aspect of Cost, Time and Risk, and are able to foresee possible connections between these that can be a potential risk for the project.
• can constructively and proactively challenge, push back and take the ownership for deliver accurate re-ports
• Support Management in leading the strategic intent by being a teamplayer supporting continues improvement
   

The miles you’ve walked

In all positions there are some things that are needed, and others a bonus. We believe these qualifications are needed for you to do well in this role:

• have experience as Cost Engineer, Civil Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, Senior Cost Controller, Project Controls Manager.
• have an educational background (Bachelor) within Economics or as technical engineer.
• have +15 years of experience within Project Controls, ideally from the pharmaceutical, biotech, food or chemical industry
• It is key that you have in-depth experience of Cost controlling procedures, forecasting and monthly reporting to customers 
• have knowledge within Project Planning, Project Risk Management, Tender / Contract Management
• are interested in working in an efficient environment, value engagement, and want to work with highly skilled colleagues
• have very high stakeholder management and communication skills
• can create structure and handle several projects simultaneously
• have experience using PIMS, NAV, SAP, Excel, Power point
• are experienced in creating and using of Earned Value Management methology
• are fluent in English, spoken and written. It is advantage to be fluent in Danish, although this is not a requirement. You live in Denmark.

Location

Kalundborg or Virum 

Department

Controlling 

Seniority

+ 15 years of experience 

Employment Type

Full Time

We’re experts bound by a noble cause and driven by passion

NNE is short for Novo Nordisk Engineering. And for all of us who work here, NNE means so much more. Some of us are driven by working on highly complex projects together with other leading experts. Others are inspired by a work environment with flat hierarchy and flexible conditions. And some love the fact that they work for a world leading engineering consultancy within the pharma industry. If there's one thing, we all share, it's the passion for what we do. Together we design and build pharma facilities that are essential for millions of patients all over the world. 

Sounds like something you’d like to do? If you’re ready to join our passion, let’s hear from you.

Deadline of application is January 3rd 2024

Questions before applying? Please contact Anja Dandanell Johansen on AJB@nne.com or +45 3075 3170.

Please note we only accept applications submitted through our online recruitment system.   

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV.  

To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, we encourage you to refrain from adding a photo in your CV. At NNE, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

We will invite to interviews on a running basis.

To learn more about us visit www.nne.com

The miles you’ve walked

In all positions there are some things that are needed, and others a bonus. We believe these qualifications are needed for you to do well in this role:

• have experience as Cost Engineer, Civil Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, Senior Cost Controller, Project Controls Manager.
• have an educational background (Bachelor) within Economics or as technical engineer.
• have +15 years of experience within Project Controls, ideally from the pharmaceutical, biotech, food or chemical industry
• It is key that you have in-depth experience of Cost controlling procedures, forecasting and monthly reporting to customers 
• have knowledge within Project Planning, Project Risk Management, Tender / Contract Management
• are interested in working in an efficient environment, value engagement, and want to work with highly skilled colleagues
• have very high stakeholder management and communication skills
• can create structure and handle several projects simultaneously
• have experience using PIMS, NAV, SAP, Excel, Power point
• are experienced in creating and using of Earned Value Management methology
• are fluent in English, spoken and written. It is advantage to be fluent in Danish, although this is not a requirement. You live in Denmark.