Associate Cost Manager

AECOM; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an experienced Associate Cost Manager to support major capital projects in the Buildings & Places sector. You will manage cost control across the full lifecycle, collaborating with water and environment clients and internal teams to deliver value-driven solutions.

You will guide cost planning, benchmarking, and reporting while developing junior staff and contributing to client relationships. Hybrid working options are available across the UK.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of NEC4 suite contracts: PSC and ECC.
• Experience delivering cost and commercial management within integrated teams.
• Experience in client organisations or via secondment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver all aspects of cost management from inception to completion.
• Maintain and develop relationships with clients to uphold the firm’s profile.
• Drive performance standards and technical excellence through effective communication.
• Support internal team and mentor junior staff on complex projects.
• Develop marketing opportunities and raise potential leads with Directors/BD as appropriate.

Skills

NEC4 contracts knowledge

Cost/Commercial management experience

Client/ multi‑organisation teamwork

Education

Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent

MRICS accreditation or in progress

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start Here Grow Here

We are looking for experienced Associate Cost Managers to support our exciting growth plans, working with our key infrastructure clients across Scotland, the Midlands and North of England, particularly within the water and environment sectors. You will play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of major capital projects and programmes of work while joining an established team of like-minded professionals who are passionate about innovation and delivering cutting‑edge solutions.

As a Associate Cost Manager within our Buildings & Places Infrastructure team, you will provide a comprehensive, accurate and value‑driven service for large, high‑profile clients within the water sector, including Scottish Water and the Environment Agency.

This role covers all aspects of cost management throughout the full project lifecycle, from initial inception and business case development through to project completion and commissioning. It also provides the opportunity to support business growth while contributing to the management and development of less experienced team members.

Here’s What You’ll Do

• Lead and deliver all aspects of cost management from inception of a project through to completion.
• Achieve the highest standards of professional competence and to demonstrate this ability in all dealings with clients and professional contacts, reinforcing the profile of the company.
• Drive performance standards and technical excellence through expert communication and effective use of the performance management process and AECOM technical practice networks.
• Maintain and develop good relationships with clients, take every opportunity to uphold and increase the profile of the firm as a provider of professional, premium quality services to the construction industry.
• Actively support the internal team and manage more junior staff on technically complex projects.
• Develop marketing opportunities and where appropriate bring to the attention of Directors and the Business Development Department, in order that they may assist in following up potential leads enabling the development of new business.

If you’re passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you to join our team. Here, we don’t just deliver infrastructure projects; we help uplift communities and improve lives. Why not follow our AECOM Water LinkedIn page to stay up to date with the impactful projects we’re delivering and see firsthand the difference we’re making across the industry?

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for

• Good working knowledge of NEC4 suite of contracts, particularly the Professional Services Contract (PSC) and Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC)
• Experience of undertaking cost/commercial management as part of integrated, multi‑organisation, collaborative teams
• Experience of working within a client organization, either directly or through a colocation/secondment arrangement would be of benefit.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent);
• Accredited MRICS (or working towards membership)

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in‑person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public‑and‑private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10161383

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Survey & Estimation

Work Location Model: Hybrid