MEP Cost Manager (Intermediate) – London

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in London seeks an Intermediate MEP Cost Manager to join our Real Estate team, supporting a major national account with a household technology and telecommunications operator. You will lead MEP cost work, develop budgets and cost plans, and mentor junior team members.

You will collaborate with design teams and contractors to keep projects on budget, oversee tendering and post-contract reporting, and promote best practices in cost management across the MEP discipline.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering cost management across the full project lifecycle.
• Professionally qualified (RICS or similar) or working towards.
• Degree or HNC level qualification.
• Ability to level and negotiate initial tender returns and issue recommendations.
• Experience running change control processes, including cost negotiations.
• Reviewing payment applications and preparing recommendations.
• Managing final account reconciliations.
• Reviewing and validating cost build-ups and rate analysis.
• Capability to undertake basic counts using Cost X.
• Proactive in engaging with contractors and clients when required.
• Ability to perform benchmarking using available data.
• Updating and tracking the Client Workbook, which records all submitted change orders.

Responsibilities

• Lead on MEP deliverables within larger projects or manage direct MEP commissions.
• Establish early budgets, provide early estimating, and develop cost plans.
• Manage design teams to budget, oversee tendering and procurement, and deliver post-contract reporting.
• Mentor Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the MEP team.
• Collaborate with contractors and MEP supply chains, ensuring robust relationships.
• Support the development of MEP digital systems and tools, and promote best practices.

Skills

MEP cost management

Quantity surveying

RICS qualified

Tendering & procurement

Budgeting

Cost planning

Stakeholder management

Cost analysis

Education

Degree or HNC level

Professional qualification (RICS or similar)

Tools

CostX

Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Turner & Townsend in London seeks an Intermediate MEP Cost Manager to join our Real Estate team, supporting a major national account with a household technology and telecommunications operator. You will lead MEP cost work, develop budgets and cost plans, and mentor junior team members.

You will collaborate with design teams and contractors to keep projects on budget, oversee tendering and post-contract reporting, and promote best practices in cost management across the MEP discipline.