Cost Manager (Assistant to Senior Levels) Transport Sector - Construction Consultancy

CPC Project Services LLP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare for you and your up

Job summary

CPC Project Services LLP is expanding its Cost Management capability across Leeds, Yorkshire and the North, inviting ambitious professionals to join at Assistant Cost Manager, Cost Manager and Senior Cost Manager levels. You’ll work on major infrastructure programmes, building client relationships and leading cost management activities from planning through final accounts.

Join a growing, employee-owned business that values early responsibility, development and collaborative delivery across

Qualifications

• commercially astute cost management professionals with experience in transport, highways, rail or major capital programmes.
• experience across cost planning, reporting, procurement, contract administration, valuations, forecasting and final accounts.
• familiarity with NEC contracts and compensation events is valuable.
• ability to lead, develop people and build client relationships in a dynamic team.

Responsibilities

• Support or lead cost management of complex infrastructure projects and programmes.
• Work directly with clients, delivery partners, consultants and contractors.
• Manage project costs, budgets, forecasts, change and risk.
• Support procurement and tendering activities, including tender documentation.
• Manage valuations, payments, cost reporting, change control and final accounts.
• Work within NEC and other collaborative contracting environments.
• Provide clear cost reporting and insight for decision-making.
• Build strong, long-term client relationships.
• Help grow our Cost Management capability across the North.

Skills

Cost management

Cost planning

Cost reporting

Procurement

Valuations

Forecasting

Change control

Final accounts

NEC contracts

Client relationships

Team leadership

Job description

Exciting roles at Assistant Cost Manager, Cost Manager and Senior Cost Manager level

Build your career. Shape our growth. Deliver value that matters.

This is more than your standard cost management opportunity. It’s a chance to work alongside talented people, take on exciting challenges and develop your career within a business that’s growing and investing in its future.

CPC is expanding its Cost Management capability within our stellar Transport & Infrastructure sector across Leeds, Yorkshire and the wider North, creating opportunities for ambitious Cost Management professionals who want to be part of that growth and help shape what comes next.

We're recruiting at Assistant Cost Manager, Cost Manager and Senior Cost Manager level.

Whether you're building your cost management experience, ready to take ownership of larger and more complex commissions or looking for a senior role where you can shape client relationships and teams, there could be a place for you here.

You'll work across some of the region's most significant infrastructure programmes – highways, rail, transportation, local authority infrastructure and major capital schemes – with major clients, providing cost management support throughout the project lifecycle.

But it's not just the breadth of projects that sets this apart. You'll be joining a growing, people-focused business where talented people are given real responsibility early, backed by leaders who are genuinely invested in helping them succeed.

What could you be doing?

Working as part of our growing Yorkshire team, you'll also support projects across the wider North region.

Depending on your experience, you could be:

• Supporting or leading the cost management of complex infrastructure projects and programmes.
• Working directly with clients, delivery partners, consultants and contractors.
• Managing project costs, budgets, forecasts, change and risk.
• Supporting procurement and tendering activities, including the preparation and evaluation of tender documentation.
• Managing valuations, payments, cost reporting, change control and final accounts.
• Working within NEC and other collaborative contracting environments.
• Providing clear cost reporting and insight to support effective decision-making.
• Building strong, long-term client relationships.
• Helping grow our Cost Management capability across the North.

At Senior Cost Manager level, you'll take greater ownership of complex commissions, cost performance, client relationships and teams, while helping to develop others.

Experience we are looking for

We're interested in commercially astute people who understand cost and know how to deliver value and strong outcomes in complex project environments.

Your cost management background will ideally be in transport, highways, rail, local authority, public sector, infrastructure or major capital programmes, with recent relevant exposure to delivering within these sectors. You will have experience across areas such as cost planning and reporting, procurement, contract administration, valuations, forecasting, change control and final accounts.

Experience of NEC contracts, including compensation events, change management, forecasting and cost reporting, would be particularly valuable.

Technical and commercial experience matters, but so does how you work. We're looking for people who are collaborative, proactive and commercially aware, communicate well, build trust and have the confidence to challenge constructively when it leads to better outcomes.

For our senior roles, we'll also be looking for experience leading complex commissions, developing people and client relationships, providing cost management leadership and contributing to business growth.

Relevant professional qualifications or progress towards chartership would be advantageous but aren't essential.

Why CPC?

CPC is an award-winning, independent Project Management and Cost Consultancy with more than 36 years' experience across infrastructure, property and transformational change.

We became employee-owned in 2024, giving our people a genuine voice and stake in the business we're building. With an ambition to reach £100m turnover by 2033, we're continuing to invest in our people and expand across the North.

You get the backing and opportunities of an established consultancy, alongside the energy and ambition of a business that is still growing.

Big enough to deliver. Small enough to care. Growing enough for you to make a difference.

Share in our success

Being employee-owned means our people have a genuine voice in the business and share in the pride of what we create together.

Alongside a competitive salary, you'll receive a comprehensive benefits package:

• Private healthcare for you and your family, including dental and optical cover.
• Hybrid and flexible working.
• Travel insurance, including winter sports cover, for you, your partner and dependants.
• Support for professional memberships, qualifications and continued development.
• Personal performance bonus.
• Annual salary reviews.

Working as part of our growing Yorkshire team, you'll support projects across the wider North region.

Make your next move count

Come and help us shape the next chapter of Transport & Infrastructure at CPC.

Diversity & Inclusion

CPC is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.