Senior Cost Manager

Kenton Black

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading consultancy in the UK is seeking a qualified MEP Cost Manager to join their Data Centre team. Responsibilities include preparing cost estimates, conducting feasibility studies, and managing procurement processes. The ideal candidate should have a degree in Quantity Surveying and experience in a consultancy environment, with strong MEP knowledge being essential. The role offers opportunities for project work across the EU alongside predominantly UK-based assignments.

Qualifications

Degree qualification in Quantity Surveying is essential.
Experience in a consultancy background is essential.
Strong MEP experience is essential.
Client facing/stakeholder management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepare cost estimates, RFPs, and procurement documents.
Conduct feasibility studies and write procurement reports.
Estimate and produce final cost plans.
Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents.
Taking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations.
Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts.
Maintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating.

Skills

Strong consultancy background

Client facing skills

MEP cost management

Quantity surveying

Cost planning

Data Centre

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

London area (other locations considered)

Kenton Black International is excited to be supporting one of the world's leading consultancies in the expansion of their UK Data Centre team. There currently exists opportunities for degree qualified MEP Cost Managers to work on Data Centre projects, predominantly in the UK, but with occasional project visits across the EU as required.

We're keen to hear from people with a strong consultancy background and with a proven track record of delivering high quality MEP cost management/quantity surveying/scheduling across the full lifecycle of schemes. We're keen to hear from people with strong client facing skills and a varied project background. Whilst Data Centre experience would be great, the main requirement is the MEP experience.

Responsibilities will include -

Pre- and post-contract duties, including preparation of cost estimates, RFPs, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
Completing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents
Taking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations
Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts
Maintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating

The ideal candidate will –