M&E Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager

Rider Levett Bucknall RLB; Wokingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Healthcare packages

Continuous learning and development

Social responsibility events

Job summary

A prominent construction consultancy is seeking a Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager (Mechanical & Electrical) to join their team in Wokingham. In this role, you will provide M&E Cost Management services across various high-profile projects. The position requires strong technical delivery and client-facing skills, with opportunities for personal development and progression. The company offers hybrid working, competitive salary, and numerous employee benefits, ensuring a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar technical discipline.
• Preferably Chartered via RICS or another relevant professional body, or studying toward.

Responsibilities

• Leading M&E packages and projects from a cost management / quantity surveying perspective.
• Building and maintaining client relationships.
• Identifying commercial opportunities.

Skills

Client facing

Technical delivery

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Knowledge sharing

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or similar

Chartered via RICS or similar

Job description

Job Details

Title: Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager (Mechanical & Electrical)

Department: Cost Management

Discipline: Cost Management

Location: Wokingham, Thames Valley (With Hybrid Working)

Why RLB?

At RLB, we live by four simple ideas: Truth, Trust, Together, Tomorrow. Four values that live at the heart of RLB. A place where People Make Progress.

We value your skills, talents and unique perspectives – we think they are priceless.

Bring them to RLB and you’ll be empowered to shape our future and your career in new and meaningful ways.

We’ll give you opportunities to work on some of the most ambitious and exciting projects currently being designed and developed in the built environment sector.

You’ll continue to learn and advance as everyone who works for us is provided with a tailored training programme. Our mentoring and reverse mentoring schemes will enable you to share your expertise while gaining fresh insights.

What makes RLB unique is our inclusive culture. As an independent, employee‑owned business, teamwork and collaboration lies at the heart of everything we do. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements and family‑friendly policies are just some of the ways we invest in employee wellbeing.

Join us and you will thrive personally as well as professionally.

Role Overview

Our dedicated team provide a wealth of experience throughout all sectors, giving expert advice to all clients through our thorough knowledge of the MEP market, from material cost changes through to understanding contractor workloads within the sector. Allowing the team to give detailed cost advice. With our team spread across different regions of the UK we can provide a unique service offering of key personnel with the MEP expertise to cater for our clients’ needs regardless of sector, location and/or project challenges.

We are currently recruiting a Cost Manager or Senior Cost Manager (Mechanical and Electrical) to join our Southern Region.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate to join and strengthen our Cost Management offering. The role will involve providing all M&E Cost Management services across a variety of ever changing, high profile, high value, and complex and projects within sectors such as Major Projects, Aviation, Hotels & Leisure, Retail, Residential and Sports & Entertainment and Industrial & Logistics.

M&E Cost Management is a buoyant specialism for RLB and our numerous clients, and one that is experiencing massive growth. We are therefore looking for future leaders to carry the sector forward, which poses a brilliant opportunity for personal development and progression within the business. You will be joining an established and supportive team of cost management professionals with extensive and diverse experience.

Role Responsibilities

• Leading M&E packages and projects from a cost management / quantity surveying perspective.
• The candidate will be an integral part of a team that is accountable for the commercial and contractual performance of a project.
• To carry out assigned duties efficiently and in accordance with processes and procedures.
• Building and maintaining client relationships.
• To support business objectives of delivering value for money in all circumstances.
• Pre and Post contract Quantity Surveying duties.
• Preparing and issuing tender documents.
• Cost Planning including preparing cost budgets and appraisals, and elemental cost plans.
• Identifying commercial opportunities.

Candidate Profile

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar technical discipline.
• Preferably Chartered via RICS or another relevant professional body, or studying toward.

Experience

• Strong technical delivery experience.
• Strong M&E Cost Management experience.
• Client facing, ensuring a high standard of technical delivery.
• Previously employed by a consultancy, specialist M&E firm / contractor.
• Stakeholder management with a clear focus on developing client accounts.
• A track record of working with teams and managing projects by prioritising workloads and delivering deadlines.

Behaviours

• Recognised as a client focused, positive collaborator who shares knowledge freely and offers support to their peers and seniors. Recognised as a team player with a strong willingness to learn.
• Demonstrates a positive and proactive approach to the role, and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results.

Employee Benefits

Our culture is built around enabling you to fulfil your potential, so you can look forward to benefits that include:

Hybrid Working - Working patterns to support your work‑life balance. As well as competitive maternity and paternity packages.

Well-Rewarded - A competitive salary and generous holiday entitlement. As well as the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days.

Focus On Wellbeing - We offer a number of health and wellness options, including gym membership and cycle to work schemes.

Healthcare Packages - Private healthcare insurance and medical support, including dental insurance and eyecare vouchers.

Personal Development - A continuous learning and development programme, including established APC and in‑house mentoring schemes.

Additional Benefits - We offer a wide range of benefits including a season ticket loan and professional membership subscriptions.

Exceptional Exposure - You’ll have the opportunity to work on diverse projects across different sectors and regions.

Social Responsibility - We hold team and social events as well as charity fundraising and volunteering activities.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Promise

We believe in building a diverse and inclusive environment where each person can be themselves, feel valued for their contribution and be challenged and supported to reach their full potential. We have a responsibility to support the communities in which we live and work, and that our workforce should reflect these communities and our clients. Our talent strategy should enable us to overcome bias in the construction industry by recruiting, retaining, developing, and promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Find out more here: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - RLB | Europe

Reasonable Adjustments

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during any stage of the application or interview process, please contact our recruitment team at: [e-mail]