Cost Manager

Cumming Group UK & Europe; Paris; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cumming Group is a premier international project and cost management consultancy offering expert services across construction, real estate, and infrastructure. We collaborate with respected clients to deliver transparent, high-quality results and value through innovation and performance.

We support knowledge sharing and ongoing professional development, with a strong focus on safety, governance, and disciplined delivery across projects and programmes.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in cost management or project delivery.
• Ideally MRICS qualification or working towards it.
• Strong leadership and client-facing communication.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities.

Responsabilités

• Provide day-to-day delivery support for small to medium projects and assist larger programmes.
• Prepare budgets, cost plans, and client reports.
• Contract administration including valuations, forecasts and cost reports.
• Develop client relationships and contribute to business development.
• Lead and motivate teams including supply chain, while meeting deadlines.

Connaissances

Client facing

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Team motivation

Networking

Delivery focus

Adaptability

Formation

MRICS or equivalent qualification

Degree in construction/cost management/engineering

Outils

MS Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Description du poste

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

• Provide support for day-to-day delivery responsibility for small to medium projects, support larger projects/programmes of work and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision.
• Support knowledge capture, sharing and innovation. Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service and sector level.
• Prepare budget estimates, cost plans and client reports.
• Support risk and value management.
• Contract administration including preparation of valuations, forecasts, cost reports and attendance at project meetings.
• Preparation of bills of quantities, schedules of rates, or other methods of work evaluation.
• Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality.
• Support the delivery of work through proactive involvement where appropriate and through performance management of personnel to ensure work is completed in a timely manner to a high-quality standard.
• Undertake service delivery is in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Practice, particularly Health and Safety and Quality Assurance.
• Provide services in compliance with the client's corporate governance procedures where applicable.
• Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
• Work to deadlines set by the Project Team Leader.
• Filing of project correspondence in accordance with requirements.
• Support evaluation of tenders, contractor selection and contract documentation.
• Develop our business; networking and developing client relationships.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Deliver results in a client facing role including:
• Confidently respond to a client request; as well as understanding when to elevate client issues to senior members of the team.
• Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
• Ability to show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.
• Commitment to outperforming client expectations.
• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
• Dealing with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment.
• Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
• Show good leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, motivate and manage teams including the supply chain.
• Starting to manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Ideally degree qualified: construction, cost management, engineering, quantity surveying or other RICS accredited degree.
• Working towards MRICS / other equivalent qualification or experience.
• Developed understanding of leadership techniques and ideally some formal leadership training.
• 4+ years’ experience.
• Experience in the Real Estate sector is desirable.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
• Experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC.
• Basic pre and post contract technical cost management skills.
• Good core technical skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Good IT skills for the role including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Developing interpersonal skills with both client and staff.