Cost Manager/Project Quantity Surveyor – Construction

Overview

As a Cost Manager in our Manchester Real Estate team, you guide clients and design teams to deliver best-value outcomes on iconic Northwest projects. You’ll blend commercial insight with hands-on cost management across procurement, tendering, valuations, and post-contract cost reporting. You’ll collaborate with conservators, architects and engineers to balance quality and cost. This role offers the chance to shape cost strategy on high-profile projects within a global professional services firm.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Healthy, productive work-life balance
• Inclusive culture
• Equal opportunity employer

Responsibilities

• Assist on feasibility studies and prepare procurement reports
• Estimate and cost plan, including final cost plan presentation
• Tendering and procurement management, including pre-qualification
• Manage post-contract cost variances and change control processes
• Own cost checks and valuations on larger projects with timely reporting
• Produce monthly post-contract cost reports for clients
• Contribute to value engineering initiatives
• Negotiate and agree final accounts
• Interface with client and other consultants throughout project stages

Key requirements

• Proven track record delivering cost management/quantity surveying across the full project lifecycle
• Professionally qualified (RICS or similar) (preferred)
• Degree or HNC level qualification

• Outgoing/collaborative approach
• Strong communication and teamwork
• Client-facing and proactive collaboration
• Construction knowledge across main contracting or PQS backgrounds
• Estimating and cost planning
• Tendering and procurement

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