Cost Management Specialists – All Levels

Overview

As a Cost Management Specialist in Manchester, you’ll support cost control across major infrastructure projects, from rail to nuclear. You will work with clients and contractor teams to monitor budgets, forecast costs, and manage change within governance. The role offers strong training and career progression, with opportunities to broaden industry experience and qualifications. You will contribute to value engineering and the delivery of project objectives in a collaborative, professional environment.

Pay / Benefits

• training and advancement in qualifications
• flexible working environment
• supportive work-life balance
• inclusion and diversity
• opportunity to work on flagship infrastructure projects

Responsibilities

• Establish professional relationships with clients and project teams
• Administer contracts per project objectives and policies
• Provide accurate cost monitoring, forecasting, and reporting
• Monitor cost variance and cash flow, and manage timely applications
• Collaborate to deliver deliverables, KPIs, and value engineering
• Manage contract changes to stay within governance and best practice
• Improve forecast and budget accuracy
• Provide commercial support to stakeholders
• Negotiate and settle final accounts
• Lead people and commissions as needed

Key requirements

• Excellent communication
• Contract Management (NEC3, Option A, C & E preferred)
• Cost Management
• Change management and control
• Valuation
• Risk Management
• Procurement
• Estimating
• Pricing
• Reporting
• Collaborative approach and best-for-project attitude
• Sharing best practice
• People management
• Commission management
• Identifying and driving efficiencies through the project life cycle
• Knowledge of procurement routes, value management, and value engineering
• Ideally Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
• Ideally hold or be working towards professional body membership or equivalent

• collaboration
• strong communication
• problem-solving
• Cost Management
• Contract Management (NEC3)
• Change management and control

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