Cost Manager – Health, Science & Education

Overview

As Cost Manager, you will lead cost management for high-profile health projects in London, guiding cost decisions from feasibility through handover. You’ll work within the Health, Science & Education team to deliver value-focused services on hospital developments and refurbishments. You’ll collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to manage procurement, contracts, and lifecycle costing across complex two-stage tendering. This is a chance to shape outcomes on major healthcare programs within a supportive, inclusive culture. You will be supported to grow sector expertise and contribute to impactful projects that improve lives.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• inclusive culture
• opportunity to affect change

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end cost management on complex projects or contribute as a key team member
• Support client objectives through cost control from pre-contract to handover
• Lead procurement activities including pre-qualification, tenders, analysis and contract preparation
• Produce and present monthly post-contract cost reports
• Administer JCT and NEC contracts and negotiate final accounts
• Utilise CostX or similar measurement software to support cost management
• Manage client and stakeholder relationships within a Cost Management context
• Apply value engineering and lifecycle costing to projects

Key requirements

• Healthcare and/or education sector experience
• Experience guiding clients through feasibility to completion
• Experience on projects delivered via two-stage tendering
• Experience administering JCT and NEC contracts
• Experience managing client and stakeholder relationships in cost management
• Knowledge of risks in public-sector healthcare organisations
• Experience producing monthly post-contract cost reports
• Experience managing procurement and contract preparation
• Ability to negotiate and agree final accounts
• Knowledge of contract administration, value engineering and lifecycle costing
• Experience using CostX or similar software

• Collaborative mindset
• Client-focused communication
• Proactive problem-solving
• CostX or similar measurement software
• JCT and NEC contract administration
• Two-stage tendering

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