Cost Manager

A.D.S Construction Personnel Ltd; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in Milton Keynes seeks a Cost Manager to oversee various refurbishment projects across multiple sectors, including retail and education. With a flexible working environment and numerous benefits, this position is ideal for experienced professionals looking to grow within a collaborative team setting.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

6% pension

Private health insurance

Flexible working hours

Open plan office

Trust to manage your own workload

Informal working environment

Regular social events

Room for career progression

RICS support

Qualifications

• Experience as a Cost Manager or Quantity Surveyor.
• Familiarity with refurbishment projects is crucial.
• Fast-paced work environment adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Manage cost control and forecasting.
• Establish relationships with clients.
• Facilitate subcontractor tendering.

Skills

Cost Management

Quantity Surveying

Refurbishment Experience

Cost Monitoring

Subcontractor Tendering

Education

Degree in Construction Management or related field

Job description

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A national leading consultancy in Milton Keynes have an opening for a Cost Manger to join their team.

Working on a range of industry leading schemes, they operate within a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, leisure, retail and residential. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector

Lots Of Benefits

• £40-55,000
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• 6% pension
• All expenses covered for work purposes
• Hybrid working 2-3 days office & home
• 8.30 to 5 again flexible you can start earlier/ finish earlier if you prefer
• Private health insurance and can add your family
• Open plan office
• Informal working environment
• Trust people manage your own workload
• Casual dress
• Regular social events
• Plenty of room to progress
• RICS support
  
  

The role - Cost Manager

You will be joining a team of 19 and will enjoy working in a collaborative working environment in a modern, open plan office.

You will focus on works for 1 large client undertaking refurbishment and fit out works, and alongside this, will looking after condition improvement works on education schemes, such as re-roofing works, fire upgrades, etc.

You will take on a project from initial feasibility, agree contract sums, manage delivery, change control, valuations, agree final accounts. Initial retail projects range in value from £40K to over £2m.

Office based in the main, out seeing clients roughly once a week.

Job Objectives

• Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and be an extension of their team
• Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs.
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
• 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. Cost Manager

You will either be an experienced Cost Manager, or a Quantity Surveyor.

Main contractor or consultancy experience

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

You will used to working at pace on fast turnaround projects

Cost Manager / Cost Management / Quantity Surveyor / Estimator

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Accounting

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