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Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor, exeter
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Client:
Brookbanks
Location:
exeter, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Views:
2
Posted:
06.06.2025
Expiry Date:
21.07.2025
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Job Description:
Project Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor
Brookbanks operates nationwide, providing integrated and holistic consultancy services for major infrastructure and development schemes. We have a reputation for designing and delivering complex mixed use, major residential and commercial build projects. Projects are between £5m to £500m.
As a UK, privately owned consultancy, we offer autonomy, flexibility and trust. Our people are empowered and supported to challenge the status quo, implement their ideas and make a real impact.
What’s in it for you at Brookbanks?
- Personal development: we provide the opportunity to develop cross-disciplinary expertise, funded chartership, mentoring and professional development.
- Hybrid and flexible working: we trust you to decide how you work best and endeavour to accommodate your personal circumstances.
- Scale and scope: you’ll be part of many of the UK’s most prestigious projects from day one.
- Personable environment: as a UK, privately-owned consultancy, you’ll be more than just a number.
- Roadmap for progression: we’re expanding into new sectors and regions, ensuring we can honour your progression.
- Autonomy: you’ll have the freedom to work in your own way, create change and shape the company.
- Innovation: free from rigid processes or layers of hierarchy, we encourage fresh thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset.
As a Project Cost Consultant / Quantity Surveyor, you will be working on…
A wide variety of commercial build, residential and mixed use developments ranging from £5m to £500m.
Acting as the sole contact for clients as well as providing support to the existing team.
This includes…
Cost Planning:
- Preparation of indicative cost budgets and appraisals
- Preparation of elemental cost plans in accordance with NRM
- Provide advice and opinion in respect of our client development plans and expectations
Procurement:
- Providing advice on procurement strategy
- Assembling and seeking agreement to long and short tender lists
- Preparing and issuing tender documents.
- Running a competitive tender process including managing queries from tendering contractors
- Managing and contributing to structured and documented tender evaluations
- Preparation of Contract Recommendation Reports
- Preparation of contract documents
- Compliant tenders
Post Contract Quantity Surveying:
- Scrutinising and verifying applications for interim payments
- Preparing certificates
- Managing change control in accordance with contracts
- Producing cost reports and cost forecasting
- Assisting Project Managers in preparing Early Warnings, Instructions and Compensation Events
- Attending progress meetings
- Promoting commercial awareness throughout the project
- Support formal dispute resolution processes and contract close out strategies
- Advising and liaising with internal project and cost control team
- Developing Commercial Strategies
- Developing Acquisition Strategies
What do we look for?
- A proactive approach and commitment to delivering excellent customer service, with good commercial results.
- Quantity Surveyor (Cost Manager) with relevant consultancy or end user client experience.
- MRICS or professionally qualified a surveying or engineering discipline, or with the ambition to work towards this.
- Technical background with a degree in quantity surveying, engineering or similar.
- Pre and post contract experience on complex schemes (£5m-£500m)
- Stakeholder management with a clear focus on developing client accounts and forging new business relationships
- A team player who is outgoing, flexible and ambitious. Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Want to find out more?
To learn more over a confidential chat, simply apply or contact Zoe Evans, Head of Talent.