Head of Cost Engineering

You act as the content owner and recognised professional authority within the field of Cost Engineering, ensuring transparency, consistency and high quality throughout the organisation.

Cost Engineers are organisationally embedded within the PMG organisation and report hierarchically within that line. In this role, you do not provide direct line management. Instead, you lead the discipline through functional leadership, expertise and influence, operating via a dotted-line structure to drive consistency and continuous development.

You report directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Your responsibilities:

• Define, develop and maintain Cost Engineering and Estimation standards, methodologies and norms across Royal IHC.
• Safeguard the quality, consistency and transparency of cost estimates, cost models and pre‑ and post‑calculations.
• Develop and manage templates, tools and reporting formats to support cost control and analysis.
• Act as a functional sparring partner for management, PMG and project teams on complex cost, risk and scenario analyses.
• Initiate and support knowledge development, training and professional growth within the Cost Engineering community.
• Monitor market developments and industry best practices and translate these into improvements for Royal IHC.
• Build and maintain strong internal and external professional networks.

Your profile:

• Completed HBO or academic degree, preferably in a technical or business-related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in Cost Engineering, Cost Estimation or Cost Control, ideally within an EPC or project-driven engineering environment.
• Strong expertise in cost engineering methodologies, tools and systems.
• Proven experience operating in a matrix organisation and influencing without hierarchical authority.
• Analytically strong, structured, and able to translate complex information into clear and actionable insights.
• A convincing communicator with recognised functional authority and professional credibility.