Senior Cost Manager / Responsabile Costi

Cumming Group UK & Europe; Milano; In loco; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Cumming Group is seeking a Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our Milan team. You will lead commercial delivery, cost planning, budgeting and procurement for high-value data centre projects across Italy and Europe.

You will mentor junior team members, manage multi-disciplinary teams, and drive cost certainty while mitigating risk on complex developments. This role offers exposure to Europe’s rapidly expanding digital infrastructure sector.

Competenze

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 10+ years in commercial management, cost consultancy, or quantity surveying on large-scale projects.
• MRICS/AssocRICS preferred or working towards chartered status.

Mansioni

• Lead commercial and cost management services across multiple large-scale data centre projects in Italy/Europe.
• Develop and implement commercial strategies to support project delivery and client objectives.
• Provide senior leadership on cost planning, budgeting, and financial control throughout the lifecycle.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Negotiation

Cost management

Stakeholder management

Contract knowledge

Data centre project experience

Team mentoring

Formazione

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related

MRICS/AssocRICS (preferred)

Strumenti

NEC Contracts

JCT Contracts

Descrizione del lavoro

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world’s most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

The Role:

Cumming Group are looking to recruit a Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor (or experienced Computista / Preventivista) to join our team in Milan. to join our team in the Milan office. You will provide strategic commercial leadership across complex, high-value data centre projects throughout Italy and Europe. You will oversee the commercial performance of major mission-critical developments from feasibility and procurement through construction, commissioning and close-out.

Leading client relationships, commercial strategy and project teams, you will play a pivotal role in driving cost certainty, mitigating risk, and ensuring successful project outcomes. This position offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of one of the fastest-growing sectors in construction while helping shape the commercial delivery of some of Europe's most significant digital infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead commercial and cost management services across multiple large-scale data centre projects.
• Develop and implement commercial strategies that support successful project delivery and client objectives.
• Provide senior leadership on cost planning, benchmarking, budgeting and financial control throughout the project lifecycle.
• Advise clients on procurement strategy, contract selection and risk allocation.
• Oversee tender processes, tender analysis and contract award recommendations.
• Lead negotiations and administration of contracts, including NEC and JCT forms where applicable.
• Manage variations, change control processes, claims and commercial disputes.
• Review project financial performance, forecasts, cash flow and commercial reporting across multiple commissions.
• Drive value engineering initiatives and cost optimisation strategies while maintaining project quality and performance standards.
• Provide commercial governance and assurance across project portfolios.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors and key stakeholders.
• Support business development activities, client pursuits and proposal preparation.
• Lead, mentor and develop Commercial Managers, Cost Managers and junior team members.
• Support regional leadership with commercial reporting, resource planning and operational performance management.

Qualifications:

• Education: Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 10+ years of experience in commercial management, cost consultancy, or quantity surveying, with significant exposure to large-scale construction projects.
• Professional Accreditation: MRICS, AssocRICS, or working towards chartered status preferred.
• Extensive experience managing complex commercial programmes and multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Strong understanding of NEC, JCT and other standard forms of construction contract.
• Proven track record delivering data centre, mission-critical, industrial, infrastructure or similarly complex projects.
• Strong knowledge of construction law, commercial risk management and procurement strategies.
• Experience overseeing multiple projects and client accounts simultaneously.
• Exceptional leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to provide strategic advice to senior clients and project teams.
• Ability to operate effectively within fast-paced and technically demanding project environments.

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, “race” (includes nationality, national / ethnic origins, colour) marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender reassignment, religion and belief.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.