Cost Engineer

Posted on behalf of

Norton Motorcycles Ltd

We are currently looking for a Cost Engineer, to join a leading vehicle manufacturer based in the UK. This role will play a key part in ensuring accurate product costing, validating supplier quotations, and driving continuous cost optimisation across new and existing vehicle programmes. 

The Cost Engineer will:

• Prepare should‑cost calculations and cost estimates to validate supplier quotations for technology parts and build‑to‑print components.
• Support cost negotiations in collaboration with the Purchasing team.
• Provide target cost estimates and evaluations throughout new product development.
• Analyse material costs, tooling investments, and assembly costs.
• Set up and maintaining foreign exchange and raw‑material commodity indexation matrices.
• Support make‑versus‑buy assessments, sourcing strategies, and supplier negotiations.

The Cost Engineer will have:

• A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Automotive, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 7+ years’ experience in cost engineering, product costing, or should‑costing.
• Experience within automotive, motorsport, aerospace, or premium/complex manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of machining, casting, forging, composites, and related manufacturing processes.
• The ability to read engineering drawings, BOMs, and technical specifications.
• Strong analytical capability and excellent attention to detail.

This role offers the opportunity to take a key position within a highly respected engineering organisation, influencing cost strategy across innovative and premium vehicle programmes. If this opportunity sounds like a good fit, please apply online and a member of our team will be in touch!