Job Description

Civil Budget Engineer

Hedehusene, Denmark

Ready to help build a better future for generations to come?

In an ever-changing, fast paced world, we owe it to ourselves and our future generations to live life responsibly. At ROCKWOOL, we work relentlessly to enrich modern living through our innovative stone wool solutions.

Join us and make a difference!

Your future team:

You will become part of the Civil Department responsible for Civil aspects of (slet Budgets across) major CAPEX projects from concept to civil design, construction and handover phases. . We are a team of 15 engineers and project managers representing 7 different nationalities across 3 locations in Denmark, Poland and USA. We have expertise in structural and civil engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, as well as project management.

What you will be doing:

We are looking for an experienced Civil Budget Engineer to establish and manage our CIVIL budget framework across our capex project portfolio. This newly created role offers the opportunity to elevate our CIVIL budgeting practices through innovative structure and streamlined processes.

In this position, you will develop and implement best-practice budgeting processes and governance while optimizing budget structures across our CIVIL project portfolio. On concrete capex projects, you will manage CIVIL cost estimates, purchase requisitions, goods receipts, and invoice processing within Rockwool systems. You will also serve as a key liaison between engineering experts and Project Directors, coordinating closely with multiple stakeholders in Denmark and internationally.

Your Key Responsibilities & Job Content

• Cost & Breakdown Structure Management (WBS/CBS): Establish, structure, and maintain the Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) in the ERP system to ensure accurate financial alignment with project scopes.
• Data Governance & Financial Mapping: Ensure strict data integrity by accurately mapping master data (materials, vendor codes, activity types) to the financial chart of accounts and specific cost centers.
• Cost Tracking & Variance Analysis: Monitor and analyze actual expenditures (Actual Costs) against the approved budget baselines. Perform detailed variance analyses to identify, investigate, and report financial deviations.
• Commitment & Purchase OrderO Reconciliation: Review and reconcile purchase orders (POs), commitments, and accruals within the system to maintain a real-time, accurate picture of total financial exposure.
• Financial Forecasting & EAC: Develop, update, and maintain robust financial forecasts, including Estimate at Completion (EAC) and Estimate to Complete (ETC), leveraging advanced data models and system trends.
• Cash Flow & Milestone Management: Forecast cash flow requirements by integrating master project schedules and milestones with vendor payment terms and master data logs.
• Change Management & Baseline Control: Assess, quantify, and track the financial impact of scope changes and Change Orders. Process approved changes in the system to ensure continuous baseline control.
• Reporting & Business Intelligence (BI): Design, generate, and distribute comprehensive monthly cost status reports and performance dashboards, translating complex system data into actionable insights for project management and stakeholders.
• Risk & Contingency Tracking: Maintain and monitor the project risk register from a financial perspective, evaluating contingency draws and potential bottom-line impacts.
• System & Process Optimization: Act as a bridge between Finance, IT, and Project Operations to optimize financial workflows, automate data retrieval, and ensure a "Single Source of Truth" across all platforms.

What you bring:

• Master's degree in civil engineering and/or project management or equivalent
• 10+ years of proven experience as a quantity surveyor and budget lead on major construction projects
• Solid technical CIVIL expertise combined with extensive CAPEX budget management experience
• Industrial and international project experience, with proven ability to lead budget structures and cost control across complex, multi-cultural settings
• Strong adherence to project governance
• Fluent in written and spoken English at a high professional business level

Open to travel approx. 20-30 days a year.

Ready to apply? If you recognize yourself in this profile and challenge, we kindly invite you to apply with CV written in English. For questions, please reach out to Baris Bekdik at baris.bekdik@rockwool.com.

Who we are

At ROCKWOOL Group, we are committed to enriching the lives of everyone who experiences our products and services. We help our customers and communities tackle many of today’s biggest sustainability and development challenges, from energy consumption and noise pollution to fire resilience, water scarcity, and flooding. Our product range reflects the diversity of the world’s needs, while supporting our stakeholders in reducing their own carbon footprint.

Stone wool is a fully recyclable, versatile material that forms the basis of all our businesses. With more than 13,000 dedicated colleagues in around 40 countries and sales in more than 120, we are the world leader in stone wool products, from building insulation to acoustic ceilings, external cladding systems to horticultural solutions, engineered fibres for industrial use to insulation for the process industry, and marine & offshore.

Sustainability is central to our business strategy. ROCKWOOL was one of the first companies to commit to actively contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) framework and are actively committed to 11 SDGs, including SDG 14, Life Below Water. Through our partnership with the One Ocean Foundation and in connection with our sponsorship of the Denmark SailGP team, we will help raise awareness around ocean health challenges in an effort to accelerate solutions to protect it.

Diverse and Inclusive Culture

We want all our people to feel valued, respected, included and heard. We employ 79 different nationalities worldwide and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees, promote diversity, and work against all forms of discrimination among ROCKWOOL employees.

At ROCKWOOL, you will experience a friendly team environment. Our culture is very important to us. In fact, we refer to our culture as “ The ROCKWOOL Way”. This is the foundation in which we operate and is based upon our values of ambition, responsibility, integrity and efficiency.