Cost Manager (NRM1)

Sccsinternational; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is delivering a major health programme across the UK as the Programme Delivery Partner. A Cost Manager with NRM1/2 knowledge will join a team mobilising across project, cost, programme and other specialist roles to drive cost management and reporting.

You will work with scheme leads, Trusts and Advisors to ensure cost control, governance and cost predictability, while supporting continuous improvement and collaboration across the programme.

Qualifications

• Experience using NR M1/2 across projects of different scale.
• Relevant technical qualification with demonstrable track record in delivering major projects and programmes of significant value and complexity
• Strong client-focused approach with excellent stakeholder management skills
• Working towards or holding an applicable professional qualification
• Experience in construction consultancy, healthcare/life science projects, or digital software for project management is advantageous

Responsibilities

• Provide cost management and estimating expertise to scheme delivery.
• Support cost assurance and risk review on the approved baseline.
• Deliver high-quality cost outputs and align with client processes and tools.
• Contribute to change control and reporting to support commercial decisions.

Skills

Cost management

Estimating

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Cost control

Education

Relevant technical qualification

Professional qualification in cost management

Job description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Job Description

Turner and Townsend have recently been appointed as the Programme Delivery Partner for a leading health programme across the UK.

The programme aims to build and refurbish hospitals across the UK, improving access to modern healthcare. Following a strategic review in September 2024, the government has rebalanced hospital schemes with secured funding in five-year waves.

As the programme delivery partner, we are mobilising a team with a range of professional and technical capabilities across project, cost, programme and other specialist roles.

We've got multiple roles within our Cost function that we're looking to fill, one of them being a Cost Manager with NRM1/2 knowledge and experience.

Core Personal Attributes

• Activelyfosters “One Business” culture, encouraging programme wide collaboration and inclusive ways of working.
• Works proactively across all areas of the programmedelivering excellence across all cost management & estimating functions.
• Experience of working within programmes of transformation and/or major projects with significant scale and complexity.
• Able build trust across all internal and external stakeholders
• Active supporter of continuous improvement and active learning across complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience in dealing with complex and challenging situations.
• Act’s calmly to resolve issues and conflicts in a pragmatic and non-adversarial way.
• Team leadership and management.

Client General

• Work closely with function leads (Precontract, Post Contract, Data, Tools & Policies and Risk) providing cost management & estimating expertise.
• Support scheme delivery to maintain control of the approved baseline including cost assurance, supporting resolution of commercial matters, risk review and verification of data.
• Assure scheme performance with the effective use of client policies, driving excellence in cost management.
• Provide high quality outputs and alignment to the cost management estimating function tasks and outputs.
• Delivering excellence across all areas of activity to the complete satisfaction of clientand wider stakeholders.

Client Specific Activities

• Contribute to the adoption of all clientcreated tools and products, including development of all to enable enhanced future performance.
• Develop a close working relationship with scheme leads, Trusts and their Advisors ensuring high degree of compliance with clientprocesses, tools, assurance and products.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of clientinitiatives and tasks.
• Support clientambition to lever cost savings and improving cost predictability.
• Engage with Trusts, their respective Cost Consultants and Contractors to build and maintain robust cost management and reporting
• Provide detailed cost analysis and reporting to support commercial decision making
• Identify the cost of and contribute to the management of risk (both threats and opportunities)
• Support business case review including input to clientgovernance
• Support Delivery Project Leads in the verification of scheme cost status and reporting
• Contribute to change control including the cost assessment of changes

Regional Health Sector Involvement (to be discussed)

• Contribute to the nationalhealth sector team and growth plan.
• Engage with regional team providing guidance, mentorship, and support to team members.
• Participate in networking and pursuits
• Attendance at events to network, develop brand and raise profile.

Qualifications

• Experience using NRM1/2 across projects of different scale.
• Relevant technical qualification with demonstrable track record in delivering major projects and programmes of significant value and complexity
• Strong client-focused approach with excellent stakeholder management skills
• Working towards or holding an applicable professional qualification
• Experience in construction consultancy, healthcare/life science projects, or digital software for project management is advantageous

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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