Cost Intelligence Analyst, AtkinsRéalis
World-class engineering services and nuclear organisation
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World-class engineering services and nuclear organisation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems.
Role
Who you are
- Grounding in data analysis, applied mathematics, and statistical reasoning, including understanding variability, uncertainty, and confidence
- Demonstrable critical‑thinking ability, particularly in environments where data is incomplete, biased, inconsistent, or imperfect
- Some experience explaining and defending analytical outputs in high‑scrutiny settings where decisions have material consequences
- Understanding of best practice data principles on projects, programmes and portfolios and the implications these have on analysis
- Ability to transform poorly structured or uncontrolled data into reliable analytical inputs
- Strong proficiency in analytical tools (Excel, Power BI, SQL; Python desirable) used in service of insight rather than reporting alone
- Experience and/or understanding of working in reviewed, challenged, or audited analytical environments
- Understanding of cost, commercial, capital project, or programme environments
- Some familiarity with benchmarking, comparative analysis, assurance, or governance frameworks such as AACE, IPA, or Green Book
- Intellectually rigorous, sceptical of weak inference and motivated by improving decision quality
- Comfortable articulating clear, defensible analytical positions
- Values clarity, proportionality, and disciplined reasoning over unnecessary complexity or excessive output
What the job involves
- We are looking to hire a Senior Consultant – Cost Intelligence to support our growing business. In Complex Projects we work across three major markets:
- Infrastructure (Water, Defence, Aviation, etc.)
- Transport (Rail, Highways, Local Authorities, etc.)
- Energy (Nuclear, Renewable Energy, Power, etc.)
- Provide robust cost intelligence that stands up under scrutiny from senior stakeholders, independent reviewers, and external assurance bodies
- Analyse large and complex datasets to understand cost behaviour, variability, uncertainty, distributions, outliers, and structural drivers
- Own the analytical integrity of cost intelligence outputs, ensuring conclusions reflect data quality, uncertainty, and delivery context - not convenience
- Help shape how cost data is interpreted, challenged, and relied upon across senior stakeholders, programme teams, commercial teams, and assurance bodies
- Support the establishment of expectations for analytical rigour, proportionality, governance, and disciplined reasoning across the Cost Intelligence community
- Test assumptions, methodologies, and narratives using structured, evidence‑based reasoning
- Work closely with cost, commercial, and programme teams to ensure analysis aligns with scope maturity, delivery context, and decision needs
- Contribute to shared analytical frameworks, benchmarks, models, and standards that advance consistency and quality across major programmes
- Be a technical supporter of strong data governance, provenance, lineage and quality across all cost datasets
- Where appropriate, support improved automation, analytical tooling, and standardisation to increase efficiency and consistency
- Explain complex analysis, uncertainty, and limitations clearly to senior, non‑technical audiences, helping shape better‑informed decisions
- Confidently defend analytical conclusions when asked, including from reviewers, senior stakeholders, and subject‑matter experts
- Apply judgement, proportionality, and clarity - avoiding false precision and prioritising insight over volume
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Connected energy systems and infrastructure require connected companies, and AtkinsRéalis is the result of a web of businesses integrating into one large engineering and nuclear services enterprise. With companies under its umbrella dating back to 1911, it’s a major player in the energy services and consulting space.
Covering the whole lifecycle of energy assets, AtkinsRéalis is hired to consult and advise on energy and infrastructure projects, building the tech and data surrounding its clients' projects. Services include intelligent networks & cybersecurity, project and construction management, decommissioning and environmental services.
Having been acquired by SNC Lavalin in 2017, AtkinsRéalis is one of the most trusted voices in the energy and infrastructure sector, and its global client base means it’s only set to continue on an impressive growth trajectory.
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Company
Company HQ
Quartier des Spectacles, Montreal, QC
Leadership
Ian Edwards
(President & CEO)Previously the President & CEO of SNC Lavalin, Managing Director of Leighton Asia, Division Director of Gammon Construction and studied Civil Engineering at the University of Lancashire.
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