Senior Cost Consultant (Corporate Real Estate)

Overview

In this role you join Mace’s Cost Management team to deliver cost advice for private commercial sector projects. You will guide feasibility, budget planning, procurement, and post‑contract delivery to ensure value and performance for global real estate clients. You’ll manage cost planning, reporting, and commercial administration, while developing teams and supporting net‑zero initiatives. This is a client‑facing, impact‑oriented opportunity to shape project outcomes and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Managing feasibility studies, procurement strategy and contract selection
• Overseeing cost planning, estimating and final cost plans
• Managing procurement stages, contract documents and commercial administration
• Ensuring accurate valuations, cost control and monthly reporting
• Assessing design change impacts and contractor claims
• Guiding completion, defects and final accounts
• Managing and develop cost consultancy teams
• Driving continuous improvement and support net zero goals

Key requirements

• Strong experience in cost planning, budgeting and contract administration
• Degree qualified with professional accreditation (e.g., MRICS) and sector expertise
• Skilled negotiator with advanced analytical, digital and communication capability
• Deep knowledge of contracts, risk, sustainability and industry best practice

• communication capability
• analytical capability
• digital capability
• contract administration
• cost planning
• risk management

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