Cost Manager

Maxim Recruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consultancy in the United Kingdom is seeking a Cost Manager to support major civil engineering and infrastructure projects. This role involves client management, contract administration, and project cost monitoring. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Quantity Surveying and strong communication skills. Opportunities for training and professional development are available, including support for obtaining MRICS status.

Benefits

Generous basic salary

Private medical insurance

Health & life insurances

Qualifications

• Demonstrable communication and client facing skills.
• Willingness to learn and undergo training.

Responsibilities

• Assist with project cost monitoring and reporting.
• Collaborate with teams on project deliverables and KPIs.
• Manage cost variance and contract cash flow.
• Support contract changes and negotiations.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Client facing skills

Change control experience

Cost reporting experience

Pricing experience

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

Job description

Cost Manager job vacancy for Cost Managers with infrastructure / civil engineering consultancy experience. Based in London and South East England. Fantastic new opportunities to work for a premium international cost and contracts consultancy on major civil engineering and infrastructure projects in London and around the UK.

Current live projects include aviation and airports, new railway construction projects, water and water frameworks, major road projects, ongoing highway frameworks and significant bridge and tunnel construction projects.

This Cost Manager job offers the opportunity to work across a variety of standalone projects and long-term ongoing frameworks, encompassing nearly all aspects of UK infrastructure construction and renewal work.

Recent and current projects

• High Speed 2 / HS2 and other rail upgrade projects
• Major aviation expansion and renewal projects
• Ongoing water framework projects and AMP 8 water framework partner work
• New infrastructure crossing the Thames in London
• A variety of one-off major road and highway projects as well as confirmed highway frameworks

Responsibilities and Duties

In this Cost Manager role you will develop your client facing and leadership skills to build and maintain strong professional relationships and ensure effective communication with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in projects and programmes being supported.

• Assist with the administration of the NEC contract and other contract types in line with project objectives and policies.
• Assist with providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting throughout the project lifecycle to completion in line with budget.
• Assist with managing cost variance and contract cash flow, ensuring that the applications made are both correct and timely.
• Collaborate with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
• Assist with contract changes effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice
• Assist with providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders
• Assist with the progress of final accounts during negotiation and ensure final agreement and settlement
• Assist with management of commissions as required
• Assist with preparing tender enquiry packages and review tenders.
• Assist with conducting feasibility studies and cost-benefit analysis.
• Assist with assessing claims submitted
• Help with approving monthly valuations submitted
• Assist with assessing and approving variations submitted

Desired Skills and Experience

It is understood that applicants may not have all the required experience in all the areas listed below, and training can be provided in some areas. Assistance with APC is offered and there is an established internal training scheme that offers structured assistance and a very high pass rate.

It is essential to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and client facing skills.

It is desirable for suitable Cost Managers to have had some experience of some of the duties listed below.

• Change control experience
• Pricing experience
• Cost reporting experience
• Some experience of undertaking collaborative working
• Some experience of undertaking Contract Management duties, ideally under NEC3 form of contract

Candidates with high quality and high value contracting experience with a leading UK or international civil engineering contractor are also invited to apply

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• A degree in Quantity Surveying, cost management or commercial management or equivalent is desired
• Assistance with achieving MRICS through the APC route can be provided to candidate able to show their commitment to work towards this status

Employing Company Overview and Profile

This Cost Management and Contracts Management employer is a premium name in UK construction consultancy.

This employer's broader business capability encompasses a variety of UK and international business units including project management, programme management, cost management and quantity surveying, commercial management, project controls, procurement and supply chain management.

This Senior Cost Manager job role is to work within the civil engineering and infrastructure division of their cost and contracts consultancy part of the company, that employs hundreds of Quantity Surveyors, Cost Managers and Contracts professionals dedicated to working on rail, airport, road, bridge, water and related civil engineering infrastructure projects.

Cost Manager jobs and project locations include being office based in Central London, and visiting selected sites and clients across the Southeast of England including locations in Essex, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Additional Benefits Package and Incentives

• Generous basic salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health & life insurances

Contact Steve Thomas for more information.