Cost Engineer – SME

BAE Systems Strategic Aerospace Services WLL | Full time

The Cost Engineer – SME serves as the group’s leading authority oncost estimation, cost control, and project financial performance across alldefense manufacturing subsidiaries and JVs. The role ensures that project andproduction costs are accurately planned, monitored, and optimized in alignmentwith corporate strategies, defense contract requirements, and lifecycle costobjectives.

This position establishes group-wide cost engineering frameworks,estimation standards, and control methodologies to improve costtransparency, budget discipline, and profitability across defense programs andfactories.

Key Responsibilities :

Strategic & Group-Level Oversight :

• Develop and enforce standardizedcost engineering policies, procedures, and tools across allsubsidiaries and JVs.
• Support corporate and subsidiaryleadership in budget planning, cost analysis, and cost optimizationstrategies.
• Ensure all factories adhere to consistentcost tracking and reporting methodologies aligned with defense programmanagement standards.
• Act as the corporate advisor on cost control, financial forecasting, and cost-performance measurement.
• Lead the development of should-costand life-cycle cost models for new defense products and programs.
• Prepare independent costestimates (ICEs) and bid cost analyses to support strategicdecision-making and contract negotiations.
• Validate and standardize costbreakdown structures (CBS) and work breakdown structures (WBS) across programs.
• Analyze and benchmark labor,material, and overhead rates across factories to identify efficiencyopportunities.

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