Associate Director - Estimating - Major Infrastructure

Mace; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace in the UK is recruiting a Commercial Manager to join our expanding infrastructure consultancy team in Bristol. You will lead estimating and cost planning across whole projects, ensuring robust cost plans, value for money and integrated baselines within project controls.

You will set estimating strategies, develop early cost plans, benchmark data, liaise with specialists and contractors, drive value engineering and manage change.

Qualifications

• Degree in quantity surveying or related field.
• Professional qualification (RICS/CIOB/ICE) preferred.
• Experience with estimating on major infrastructure projects.
• Experience in cost planning and benchmarking data.

Responsibilities

• Lead estimating and cost planning across whole or part of works.
• Set estimating plan and strategy with the team.
• Prepare initial cost plans at pre-concept and concept stages.
• Refine cost plans through all stages to detailed design.
• Liaise with specialists and contractors for cost data.
• Drive cost data analysis and value engineering.
• Produce reports and provide commercial input to design and build teams.
• Manage change control to reflect current scope.

Skills

Estimating experience

Cost planning

Infrastructure knowledge

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or related

RICS/CIOB/ICE preferred

Tools

CATO estimating system

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The project

We are currently recruiting for a talented, motivated and ambitious Commercial Manager to join our expanding infrastructure commercial consultancy team. The estimating function shall ensure that cost plans are robust, integrated, represent value for money, and are supported by consistent internal and external benchmarking data. It will also ensure that the scope of services is held as an integrated baseline (scope, cost and time) within infrastructure project controls systems. The estimating function shall also assist in pricing risk and change values.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Management of the estimating and cost planning process for the whole or a section of works.
• Setting an estimating plan and strategy with the team and ensuring compliance.
• Preparing Initial cost plans at pre-concept and concept stages.
• Refining the cost plans through all stages to detailed design arriving at full estimates.
• Liaising with specialists and contractors to obtain cost advice and data.
• Benchmarking both cost and functional spaces and quantities.
• Cost data analysis, including researching appropriate cost data for use within the estimates and refining to reflect project specific requirements.
• Identifying key cost drivers and briefing the team to drive design to a solution within budget.
• Producing reports at various stages.
• Working with design and construction teams and providing commercial and cost advice.
• Change control contribution to ensure budgets reflect the current scope.
• Challenge and contribute to alternative solutions to ensure budgets are maintained.
• Value management and value engineering, commercial input.
• Understanding three point estimating techniques including application of levels of uncertainty, risk, and modelling of estimates.
• Ability to produce cost plans and estimates that take into account site specific requirements, construction methods, and allowances for temporary and abortive works.
• Ability to develop estimating and cost planning risk models and assess the potential time and cost impact of same.
• Understanding of cost drivers associated with major projects and the impact these could have on cost plans and estimates.
• Ability to determine, define, and record all assumptions, exclusions, data sources, and caveats.

You’ll Need To Have

• Degree qualified preferred - quantity surveying or appropriate related.
• Professional qualifications likely to have or preferred - RICS/CIOB/ICE.
• Estimating experience on major infrastructure projects.
• Extensive estimating or cost planning experience with a contractor or consultancy.
• Understanding and experience of estimating systems including CATO.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with in the role.