Senior Cost Manager - Healthcare

Turner Townsend; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy provider is seeking a Senior Cost Manager to join their Health, Science & Education team in the City of Westminster. The role involves managing end-to-end cost management for projects ranging from £1m to over £300m, ensuring client objectives are met. You will lead teams, negotiate final accounts, and prepare detailed cost reports. Ideal candidates should have client-facing experience and a strong background in construction contracts. Join a dynamic environment where innovation and client focus are key.

Benefits

Dynamic work environment

Inclusive company culture

Opportunity for skill development

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in cost management and delivering effective cost services.
• Ability to lead clients through various project stages from feasibility to completion.
• Knowledge of JCT and NEC contracts.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for end-to-end service delivery on multiple projects.
• Produce and present monthly post-contract cost reports.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts with clients.

Skills

Cost management

Negotiation

Client-facing skills

Project management

Tools

CostX

Job description

• To perform the role of the Senior Cost Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery or acting as a key element of a wider project team on larger or more complex projects
• To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover., Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, creating preliminaries, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager.
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place.
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Inputting into value engineering.
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Where appropriate, leading junior members of the cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on their project accountabilities.
• Knowledge of and experience in the healthcare and/or education sectors
• Ability to lead clients through different stages of projects from feasibility through to completion
• Experience of working on projects delivered via Two-Stage tendering
• Experience of working with JCT and NEC contracts
• Demonstrable experience of interfacing with key stakeholders and being "client-facing" in the role of Senior Cost Manager
• The candidate will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the risks, challenges and opportunities facing public-sector healthcare bodies
• Experience of producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Experience of managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
• Ability to effectively negotiate and agree final accounts
• Knowledge of contract administration, value engineering and lifecycle costing
• Experience of using CostX or similar measurement software
• Turner & Townsend are looking for a Senior Cost Manager to join our Health, Science & Education team to work on a high-profile project within our London Real Estate business. Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
• The London Cost Management Health team is a highly regarded health team working on some of the largest and most prestigious health projects covering the public and private sectors. The London Cost Management Health team have a wide and varied workload working on many projects from smaller refurbishments to large scale hospitals. The Health team are a key part of a wider Health, Education and Science team allowing candidates the opportunity to cover other sectors should they wish to develop other skills. Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Health, Science & Education sector. Using our skills, processes and knowledge, we provide industry leading services to our clients. Our extensive experience and databank of information enables us to provide a proactive, value-added service to our clients.
• Job Objectives: Senior Cost Managers lead commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project. Our Senior Cost Managers work on projects ranging from £1m to over £300m.