Director Cost Manager

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working

Job summary

Gleeds is seeking a Director to lead its Midlands Cost Management team based from either Nottingham or Birmingham central offices. The role emphasizes strategic leadership, client relationship management, and delivering profitable cost management services across projects.

You will drive growth, lead teams, and ensure governance, quality, and compliance with Gleeds processes, while briefing employees and developing capability within cost management.

Qualifications

• MRICS qualification and extensive cost management experience.
• Deep knowledge of cost estimating and cost planning techniques.
• Strong understanding of construction methods and materials.
• Experience with procurement strategies, tendering, and contracts administration.

Responsibilities

• Formulating and managing strategies to deliver business objectives.
• Identifying new business opportunities and driving growth across the Business Unit.
• Ensuring projects follow Gleeds processes, governance and controls.
• Agreeing fees and charges for services with the Business Unit Manager / Area Chair.
• Agreeing appointments and scope of services before delivery.
• Delivering high quality services and outputs meeting client requirements.
• Managing customer relationships and ensuring a care plan is in place.
• Leading and managing teams, including Associate Directors, and resources.
• Developing and enhancing Gleeds cost management capability.
• Preparing bids for services and managing project profitability.

Skills

Cost management

Cost estimating

Cost planning

Tendering

Procurement strategies

Contract administration

Legislation knowledge

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Negotiation

Client relationship management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Networking

Industry sector knowledge

Education

MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

Job description

About this opportunity

We are seeking a Director to join our Midlands Cost Management team, to be based from either our Nottingham or Birmingham central offices.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Formulating and managing strategies to deliver the business objectives.
• Actively identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Unit's activities.
• Ensuring that projects are managed in accordance with Gleeds processes and procedures (governance and controls).
• Agreeing fees and charges for potential services with Business Unit Manager / Area Chair.
• Agreeing appointments / scope of services. Ensuring that appointments are in place prior to commencing service delivery.
• Delivering high quality services and deliverables ensuring that services meet our Customer's requirements.
• Reviewing scope of appointments on a monthly basis to ensure services are being delivered in accordance with appointments
• Managing and maintaining Customer relationships (i.e. Clients, business partners and other consultants). Ensuring a Customer care plan is in place.
• Resolving customer complaints.
• Ensuring sufficient resources are made available to deliver services on our projects, including managing resource conflict resolution (with fellow directors).
• Leading and managing Teams, including working with Associate Directors in managing resources and workload. Ensuring compliance with administrative requirements (appraisals, training, timesheets etc)
• Managing employees, focusing on retention and development.
• Developing and enhancing Gleeds cost management capability.
• Briefing employees on relevant aspects of Gleeds business.
• Preparing bids for services.
• Managing service delivery for profit.
• Managing the commercial aspects of projects (e.g. scope of services/deliverables, invoices, payments, and debt management).
• Working harmoniously with other Directors and assisting Business Unit Manager / Area Chair

As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:

• Opportunities to develop and grow your career
• A contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working arrangements

Who we're looking for:

Experience, Knowledge and Key Skills

• Extensive cost management experience post MRICS qualification
• Detailed knowledge and practical experience of cost estimating and cost planning techniques
• Sound practical knowledge of construction methods and materials
• Excellent knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies
• Comprehensive knowledge and practical experience of administering construction contracts
• Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts
• Ability to motivate others (including providing support and encouragement)
• Excellent communication skills - both oral and written
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to quickly adapt to changing environments
• Excellent problem solving, negotiating skills, financial and numeracy management skills
• Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily
• Proficient networker
• Specialist knowledge of a specific industry sector (i.e. Residential, Hotels, Commercial, Retail, Leisure, Education, or other)
• Ability to prepare first-class bids for services
• Competent at negotiating sufficient fees to both complete services and generate required profit levels
• Demonstrable evidence of delivering services to Clients and managing Client relationships
• Demonstrable experience of timely interfacing with clients and key stakeholders at the highest level
• Ability to work as part of a team and lead teams

Qualifications

• MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

About us

Gleeds is a global property and construction consultancy with over 150 years of expertise, operating in 28 countries worldwide. From iconic landmarks to critical infrastructure, we drive innovation, sustainability and value, delivering transformative projects that shape communities and redefine the built environment.