Associate Cost Manager (Construction Consultancy)

AECOM; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global infrastructure consulting firm in Cambridge is seeking an Associate Cost Manager with a strong background in capital projects. The ideal candidate will lead commissions, mentor junior staff, and ensure excellence in delivering Cost Management services. We value innovation and client-focused professionals who thrive in a collaborative environment. Competitive compensation and hybrid work options are available.

Benefits

Hybrid work options

Competitive compensation

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Track record in consulting with full-spectrum Cost Management services.
• Understanding of project types in Healthcare, Higher Education, and Life Sciences.
• Proven ability to manage relationships and resolve issues effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cost Management commissions and ensure timely completion.
• Mentor junior team members and foster client relationships.
• Deliver all aspects of Cost Management services to clients.

Skills

Cost Management

Communication

Presentation skills

Client relations

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management

Chartered Quantity Surveying Status with RICS

Tools

Digital measurement tools

Cost planning tools

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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

About Us:

AECOM's Cost Management team play a critical role in the conceptualisation and creation of amazing spaces, delivering projects and buildings that define skylines and communities. We are part of the UK AECOM Buildings & Places with headquarters in Aldgate, London, and are looking for an Associate Level Cost Management Professional to join our expanding Cambridge Team.

Start here, Grow here.

As an Associate Cost Manager you will need to have proven experience gained within a consultancy or client organisation where you will have had a focus on capital projects, ideally within the Higher Education, Healthcare or Life Sciences sector. You will have the ability to undertake a lead role on medium to large size projects, with minimal supervision whilst providing line management support as part of your duties.

You will be expected to work as part of an integrated team in our Cambridge office, the role covering the whole project lifecycle from initial inception and business case development, through the design process, procurement process, site delivery, commissioning phase and defects management.

Here's what you'll do:

• Lead Cost Management commissions, taking responsibility for their successful delivery;
• Provide effective support and mentoring to Senior Cost Managers, Cost Managers, Graduates and Apprentices.
• Ensure commissions are managed and completed efficiently, on time and to the client's satisfaction.
• Develop strong reciprocal relationships with clients and members of the project team.
• Be the primary interface with AECOM clients (new and existing).
• Attend networking events and other business development opportunities.
• Ensure all staff members reporting to you have current and relevant training.
• Manage the delivery of cost management team outputs, in accordance with agreed timescales and quality standards.
• Provide full Cost Management duties to AECOM clients.
• Managing and motivating a project team of surveyors.
• High degree of flexibility and creativity, excellent presentational skills and an ability to communicate effectively with clients and consultants.
• The delivery of Cost Management Services within a Client focused and highly motivated professional team.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

Why not give our AECOM Buildings + Places page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see first hand the difference we're making in the industry!

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

Here's what we're looking for:

• Degree Qualified - BSc or MSc - in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management.
• Professionally Qualified - ideally Chartered Quantity Surveying Status with the RICS, or other equivalent institution.
• Proven experience in a consulting environment providing the full spectrum of Cost Management services including Pre-Contract Estimating; Procurement; Contract Administration, Cost Reporting and Final Account resolution.
• Application of JCT and NEC standard forms of contract.
• Understanding of a variety of project types/sizes/sectors, particularly Healthcare, Higher Education and Life Sciences.
• Proven ability to advise clients and design teams on cost, value and risk, not just cost in isolation.
• Excellent IT Skills and the ability to utilise digital measurement, cost planning and tender document tools shall be essential.
• Ability to manage relationships effectively, identifying and resolving issues at the earliest possible opportunity.

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Ben Green.

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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