Cost Manager, Corporate Real Estate, Construction - Occupier Services

Colliers International EMEA; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commercial real estate services company in London seeks a Cost Manager to provide exceptional cost management services to clients while ensuring best practice standards. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and IT skills, and be able to develop client relationships. This role promotes collaborative teamwork and supports project management activities. Competitive benefits and a commitment to diversity are emphasized.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Sound IT skills, particularly MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Project.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre and post contract cost management services for clients.
• Ensure work is conducted within Colliers Best Practice standards.
• Develop direct client relationships and contribute to activities organised by Colliers Occupier Services.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication skills

Verbal communication skills

Organisation skills

Time management skills

IT skills including MS Office

Job description

Company Description

Colliers is a leading commercial real estate services company, providing a full range of services to real estate occupiers, developers, and investors on a local, national and international basis. Services include brokerage sales and leasing (landlord and tenant representation), real estate management, valuation, consulting, project management, project marketing and research. We provide our services across the core sectors (office, industrial, retail and hotel) as well as many specialised property types.

The UK business is headquartered in London, with over 1200 specialists throughout 16 offices across the UK and Ireland.

Job Description

A Cost Manager within the Enterprise Project Management Team at Colliers provides excellent professional advice and service to clients and is a member of a key talent pool within the organisation.

Cost Management Services

• Undertake cost management services for our UK & EMEA corporate clients.
• Provide budgeting advice during the feasibility stage for new potential projects.
• Assist with bids for Cost Management multi-market mandates, across the UK and EMEA.
• Provide best in class cost reporting, and being able to present these to corporate clients.
• This role helps ensure that Project Management & Cost Management instructions are undertaken in a consistent manner and in line with our service agreements.
• Work with the Enterprise Project Management team to create and maintain best practice for Occupier Services across EMEA for Project Management & Cost Management services.
• We regularly interact with 650 Project managers, Building Surveyors and Cost Managers across EMEA and our OS EMEA team (130) which includes transaction managers, account managers, workplace advisors and other corporate real estate specialists.

Main Responsibilities

• To provide pre and post contract cost management services for clients.
• To ensure that work is conducted within Colliers Best Practice standards.
• To support colleagues working on your accounts to ensure their activities and deliverables are consistent and in line with contract service levels and governance frameworks.
• To develop direct client relationships and contribute to activities and events organised by Colliers Occupier Services.
• To provide benchmarking intel for our clients and help keep them up to date with industry best practice.
• To work diligently to meet team and Business Group targets.
• To promote cross team collaboration to ensure client’s success; this could be suggesting continuous improvement actions based upon project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must possess excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Must possess excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Must possess sound IT skills, particularly MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Project.
• Must be able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Must be able to implement and monitor governance systems.

Additional Information

Please tell us what would help you take part and give enough practical detail for us to arrange it. We will handle your request confidentially, and it will not affect how you are assessed. We make reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010.

At Colliers, we empower people to perform at their best. As a Disability Confident Employer, we want every candidate to feel welcome. If anything would help you take part in our process, such as extra time or rest breaks, step-free access, or a different interview format, please tell us in your application. You are not expected to share a diagnosis or medical history.

Colliers is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age; disability; gender; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins); religion or belief; sex; or sexual orientation. We also value diverse experience and neurodiversity.

We are not engaging with recruitment agencies at this time. Unsolicited CVs will not be considered and will be treated as gifts.