Director - Cost Management

People Group; Ledston; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown is seeking a Director – Cost Management to join its Leeds office, leading the cost management offering and providing strategic cost advice across development lifecycles.

You will mentor a team of cost managers and quantity surveyors, strengthen client relationships, win new business across Yorkshire and the North, and lead major projects from feasibility through procurement.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial and technical cost management expertise.
• Proven track record of winning and developing client relationships.
• Experience leading and developing teams.
• Strong network across the Yorkshire/Northern property and construction market.
• Experience across commercial development, refurbishment and/or mixed-use projects.
• Confidence to operate at senior stakeholder level.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and appetite to grow a regional business.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Leeds cost management offering.
• Manage and mentor a team of cost managers/quantity surveyors.
• Build and strengthen relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Win and deliver new business across Yorkshire and the wider Northern market and UK.
• Provide strategic cost and commercial advice across the full development lifecycle.
• Lead major projects from feasibility and cost planning through procurement and construction.
• Collaborate with colleagues across project management, surveying, engineering and sustainability.
• Contribute to the wider strategic growth and development of the business.

Skills

Cost management

Client relationships

Team leadership

Networking Yorkshire/Northern

Commercial development/refurbishment

Senior stakeholder engagement

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

MRICS

Job description

I’m working with a well-established independent real estate and construction consultancy that is looking to appoint a Director – Cost Management to join its Leeds office.

The business has a strong reputation for providing technically excellent, commercially focused advice to property owners, investors and occupiers, supporting clients throughout the property lifecycle. It is a multidisciplinary consultancy, bringing together expertise across cost management, project and development management, building surveying, engineering, sustainability and technical consultancy.

With a UK-wide team of 200+ specialist advisors, the business combines the scale and capability to deliver complex projects with the independence and collaborative culture of an employee-focused consultancy.

The opportunity

This is a senior leadership position within the Cost Management team, with responsibility for:

• Leading and developing the Leeds cost management offering
• Managing and mentoring a team of cost managers / quantity surveyors
• Building and strengthening relationships with existing and prospective clients
• Winning and delivering new business across the Yorkshire and wider Northern market and UK.
• Providing strategic cost and commercial advice across the full development lifecycle
• Leading major projects from feasibility and cost planning through procurement and construction
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across project management, surveying, engineering and sustainability
• Contributing to the wider strategic growth and development of the business

The consultancy’s cost management offering covers strategic cost advice, cost planning and modelling, feasibility and development appraisals, benchmarking, procurement, tendering, change control, cost reporting and final account management.

About you

We are looking for an experienced Cost Management / Quantity Surveying professional, ideally MRICS, who has already operated at Associate Director, Director or equivalent level.

• Strong commercial and technical cost management expertise
• A proven track record of winning and developing client relationships
• Experience leading and developing teams
• A strong network across the Yorkshire / Northern property and construction market
• Experience across commercial development, refurbishment and/or mixed-use projects
• The confidence and credibility to operate at senior stakeholder level
• An entrepreneurial mindset and genuine appetite to help grow a regional business

This is an excellent opportunity for an established Associate Director / Director / Senior Cost Manager who wants greater influence over the growth of a regional business and the opportunity to work within a genuinely multidisciplinary consultancy.