Senior Cost Manager (Infrastructure Construction Consultancy)

AECOM; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Global firm benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Cost Manager in the South of England to lead cost management on major infrastructure projects across water, environment, and energy sectors. You will manage cost planning, tendering, reporting, and final accounts, working with a skilled team to deliver value and excellence.

The role emphasizes client relationship building, collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, and mentoring more junior staff, with hybrid work options and a dynamic, global environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent).
• Accredited MRICS (or working towards membership).
• Experience and a strong track record in cost management/quantity surveying, ideally on large infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver all aspects of cost management from inception through to completion.
• Feasibility estimates, cost planning, procurement, tender documentation, value engineering and commercial awareness.
• Cost reporting and final accounts management (post contract).
• Maintain and develop client relationships and uphold the firm’s profile as a premium service provider.
• Support internal team and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Cost management

MRICS

NEC4 contracts

Stakeholder management

Quantity surveying

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Are you a talented and ambitious Senior Cost Manager based in the South of England and looking to work on exciting infrastructure projects that can change the world, projects that are always more complex and innovative than the last? We are looking for Cost Managers to support our exciting growth plans, working with our key infrastructure clients, particularly in the water and environment sectors, supporting the successful delivery of their capital projects and programmes of work. You will be joining an established team of like-minded experts that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions. As a Senior Cost Manager within our Buildings & Places Infrastructure team, you will provide a comprehensive, accurate and value driven service for large, high profile and exciting key clients. This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on projects across the environmental, water treatment and power sectors. The role will cover all aspects of cost management throughout the whole project lifecycle from initial inception / business case through to completion / commissioning.

Duties include (but not limited to)

• Deliver all aspects of cost management from inception of a project through to completion, working with peers and Directors, client and others as required; Including (but not limited to) feasibility estimates, cost planning (presenting with no supervision), contract procurement, tender documentation, value engineering and commercial awareness, fee generation, risk management, dispute resolution, post contract management (competent in cost reporting), agreement of final accounts.
• Achieve the highest standards of professional competence and to demonstrate this ability in all dealings with clients and professional contacts, reinforcing the profile of the company.
• Help drive performance standards and technical excellence through expert communication and effective use of the performance management process and AECOM technical practice networks.
• Maintain and develop good relationships with clients, take every opportunity to uphold and increase the profile of the firm as a provider of professional, premium quality services to the construction industry.
• Actively support the internal team and support more junior staff.

Experience & Qualifications

• Experience and strong track record in the Cost Management/Quantity Surveying field, ideally working on large scale infrastructure projects.
• Good working knowledge of NEC4 suite of contracts, particularly the Professional Services Contract (PSC) and Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC)
• Experience of undertaking cost/commercial management as part of integrated, multi-organisation, collaborative teams
• Experience of working within a client organization, either directly or through a colocation/secondment arrangement would be of benefit.
• Ability to identify and influence key client stakeholders, building effective relationships to grow workload/portfolio
• Degree in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent).
• Accredited MRICS (or working towards membership)

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM. Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

Benefits & Perks

• AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.
• Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.
• You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.