Senior Cost Manager – Commercial Developer

Overview

In this role you will support the delivery of cost-focused services for real estate and development projects, contributing to feasibility, cost planning, tendering, and post-contract cost control. You will work with clients and consultants to manage budgets, drive value through engineering and process improvements, and lead cost management efforts on larger projects. The opportunity combines hands-on cost work with leadership and business development in a global professional services environment.

Pay / Benefits

• health, productive and flexible working environment
• equal opportunity employer
• promotes diversity and inclusion
• opportunities for career development

Responsibilities

• Assist with feasibility studies and procurement reports
• Estimate and plan costs, present the final cost plan
• Manage tendering, pre-qualification, tender list, preliminaries, analysis, and reports
• Handle post-contract cost variances and change control
• Conduct cost checks and valuations, ensuring accuracy
• Produce and present monthly post-contract cost reports
• Input into value engineering
• Negotiate and agree on final accounts
• Interface with clients and consultants at all project stages
• Lead cost management team, ensuring accountability
• Identify new business opportunities with existing clients
• Assist in producing bid documentation
• Improve cost management procedures, templates, and products
• Ensure key information and learnings are input into the internal database
• Track financial management using FMS
• Identify and refer ideas for process improvement
• Assess commission management quality and efficiency

Key requirements

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying
• MRICS qualified
• UK Cost Management experience within the Real Estate/Property sector
• Experience working on larger projects
• Experience working on new build and fit-out projects
• Excellent communication skills and client facing

• Excellent communication skills
• Client-facing
• Leadership
• Cost management
• Tendering and procurement
• Value engineering

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