Senior Cost Consultant

Currie & Brown; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown is seeking a Senior Cost Manager to lead cost management for major data centre, logistics and high-tech projects. You will drive cost planning, control and commercial leadership across multiple programmes, while mentoring junior team members and supporting business growth.

You will work with clients, consultants and contractors to deliver accurate cost plans, robust budgeting and strategic cost advice throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring value and risk mitigation across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, Engineering, Architecture, or related.
• Fluent in French and English, with excellent written and verbal communication.
• Significant cost management experience in data centre, logistics, industrial or high-tech sectors.
• Strong MEP cost management experience and knowledge of supply chain partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost management services across major projects and programmes.
• Own client relationships and act as a trusted commercial adviser.
• Prepare and review cost plans, estimates and budgets across all stages.
• Lead cost planning during design development and provide strategic cost advice.
• Oversee tendering, procurement strategies and bills of quantities.
• Manage tendering, bid evaluations, negotiations and contract recommendations.
• Advise on procurement options, commercial strategy and contract matters.
• Monitor costs, cash flow, change control and risk for budget management.
• Review contractor valuations, payments and final accounts.
• Lead value engineering and cost optimisation to maximise client value.
• Present detailed cost reports and updates to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities and develop mitigation strategies.
• Support dispute avoidance and resolution of contractual issues.
• Lead and coordinate project cost management teams across commissions.
• Mentor junior cost managers and quantity surveyors.
• Support business development and bid activity.

Skills

Cost management

Client relationships

Mentoring juniors

MEP cost management

Leadership of complex projects

Excel

Cost databases

QS software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline

Tools

Excel

Cost management systems

Cost databases

Quantity surveying software

Job description

The role – what is it we would like you to do?

The Senior Cost Manager will play a key role in the successful delivery of major data centre, logistics and high-tech sector projects or other complex projects. You will lead all aspects of cost management from initial feasibility and strategic planning through to final account, providing expert commercial advice to clients and project teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Working closely with clients, consultants and contractors, you will take responsibility for delivering accurate cost planning, robust cost control and commercial leadership across multiple projects. You will also support business growth through client relationship management, mentoring junior team members and contributing to the continued development of our cost management services.

As a Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor, your core duties will involve:

• Leading the delivery of cost management services across major projects and programmes.
• Taking ownership of client relationships and acting as a trusted commercial adviser.
• Preparing and reviewing cost plans, estimates and budgets throughout all project stages.
• Leading cost planning activities during design development and providing strategic cost advice.
• Overseeing the preparation and management of tender documentation, procurement strategies and bills of quantities.
• Managing tendering processes, bid evaluations, negotiations and contract recommendations.
• Advising clients on procurement options, commercial strategy and contractual matters.
• Monitoring project costs, cash flow, change control and risk to ensure effective budget management.
• Reviewing and approving contractor valuations, applications for payment and final accounts.
• Leading value engineering and cost optimisation exercises to maximise client value.
• Preparing and presenting detailed cost reports and commercial updates to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Identifying commercial risks and opportunities and developing appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Managing dispute avoidance and supporting the resolution of commercial and contractual issues.
• Leading and coordinating project cost management teams across multiple commissions.
• Mentoring, supporting and developing junior cost managers and quantity surveyors.
• Supporting business development activities and contributing to winning new work.
• Ensuring all deliverables are produced accurately, professionally and within agreed timescales.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, contractors and industry partners.
• Representing Currie & Brown in a professional and diligent manner at all times.

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you?

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Fluent in both French and English, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Significant experience delivering cost management services within the data centre, logistics, industrial or other high-tech sectors.
• Strong MEP cost management experience, including knowledge of key supply chain partners and market trends.
• Extensive pre-contract and post-contract cost management experience.
• Demonstrable experience leading complex, high-value construction projects.
• Strong understanding of commercial management, procurement strategies and contract administration.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• Proven ability to lead project teams and mentor junior professionals.
• Strong analytical, commercial and numerical skills.
• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficiency in Excel, cost management systems, cost databases and quantity surveying software.
• Good understanding of construction methodologies, permitting requirements, contract law and health & safety regulations.
• Well-organised, proactive, commercially astute and capable of managing multiple priorities.
• A collaborative team player with a positive, solutions-focused approach and strong professional integrity.

About Us

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We are an international industry leader – Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We are a truly independent business where our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions that drive real impact. As part of Sidara, we collaborate directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry, offering exciting opportunities to innovate and grow.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.