Cost Manager

A.D.S Construction Personnel Ltd; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national consultancy in Milton Keynes is seeking a Cost Manager to join their team. The role involves working on refurbishment and fit-out projects, establishing client relationships, monitoring costs, and collaborating with teams. Required experience includes Cost Management or Quantity Surveying with a focus on refurbishment projects. The company offers hybrid working and several employee benefits.

Benefits

27 days' holiday plus bank holidays

6% pension

All expenses covered

Hybrid working

Private health insurance

Regular social events

Qualifications

• Experience as a Cost Manager or Quantity Surveyor.
• Main contractor or consultancy experience.
• Refurbishment experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Establish professional relationships with clients.
• Review subcontractor tenders and costs.
• Provide accurate project cost monitoring and reporting.
• Manage cost variance and contract cash flow proactively.
• Collaborate with teams to manage deliverables and KPIs.
• Ensure final accounts are negotiated and agreed.

Skills

Cost Management

Quantity Surveying

Refurbishment

Project Cost Monitoring

Job description

Overview

Cost Manager – A leading national consultancy in Milton Keynes has openings for a Cost Manager to join their growing team. Working on a range of industry-leading schemes, they operate within education, healthcare, leisure, and retail sectors. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector.

Benefits

• 27 days' holiday plus bank holidays.


• 6% pension.


• All expenses covered for work purposes.


• Hybrid working – 2-3 days in the office and at home.


• 8:30 to 5:00, flexible start/finish if preferred.


• Private health insurance and option to add your family.


• Open plan office.


• Informal working environment.


• Trust people to manage your workload.


• Casual dress.


• Regular social events.


• Plenty of room to progress.


• RICS support.

The role

You will be joining an established team and will enjoy working in a collaborative environment in a modern, open-plan office. You will focus on work for one large client undertaking refurbishment and fit-out works, and alongside this, could be looking after improvement works on education schemes, such as re-roofing works and fire upgrades. Office/home-based in the main, with client visits roughly once a week.

Job objectives

• Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and being an extension of their team.


• Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs.


• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with the budget.


• Proactively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and promptly.


• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.


• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.

The right person

• You will either have experience working as a Cost Manager or a Quantity Surveyor.


• Main contractor or consultancy experience.


• Refurbishment experience is key (walls, ceilings, floors, M&E).


• You will be used to working at pace on fast turnaround projects.


• Cost Manager / Cost Management / Quantity Surveyor