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A leading consulting firm in Wellington is seeking an Associate Cost Manager to deliver cost management services for complex infrastructure projects and mentor junior staff. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and experience in cost management. This position offers opportunities for career growth within a nationwide team and the chance to influence major projects across New Zealand.
Deliver cost, estimating and technical frameworks that support complex infrastructure project delivery as part of Beca’s award winning and growing Cost Management team with this role based in Beca’s Wellington regional office.
In this role, you will be known as the go-to person in the Cost Management team where you will be working with multi-discipline teams to support the delivery of some of New Zealand’s largest and most complex infrastructure and related projects. You will be working both with Beca’s internal teams, and with key large external clients, and be able to apply your specialist knowledge in either an infrastructure, power and energy, transport or industrial market context. You will be known for your ability to understand initial and concept design project requirements, matched with your ability to build quantity measures and price estimates that are technically credible and based on proven frameworks, yet have the craft and knowledge to work with client and delivery teams to help them understand and utilise your knowledge and insight to support major project delivery. You will be experienced working with ambiguity from a Cost Management perspective, being able to navigate through potential conflict of interest situations and know how to apply rigour to maintain independence from a cost advice perspective.
In addition, an important part of this role will be empowering, coaching and mentoring others helping to share your knowledge and expertise, and developing the next generation of Cost Managers. Supporting others development and verification of their cost management estimates will be important, providing credibility with client deliverables. Engaging and representing Beca in the external market will be important as well, including working with the other Cost Manager leaders at Beca such as with NZIQS, RICS and other similar industry organisations.
As a senior figure, you will have career path opportunities within the cost management and quantity surveying discipline, enabling you to build your career over time with scope to be part of Beca’s share ownership opportunities within an employee‑owned business.
You’ll join a nationwide team of cost professionals with the support of New Zealand’s largest multidisciplinary consultancy business, drawing on technical experts to deliver significant and complex projects. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from specialists across the country, gaining exposure to a wide range of consulting services in a highly collaborative business.
Learn more about our Cost Management practice here: https://www.beca.com/what-we-do/services/advisory/cost-advisory.
In this role, you will have plenty of scope for success and we are looking for a high performing professional with a real passion for cost management, who understands logical costing methods, as well as having a client first focus. You will have a demonstrated ability to apply first principals estimating, use composite rates and benchmark data, set initial workable budgets at project inception, and manage cost processes through to completion of a project. You will thrive when working with ambiguity especially in early project planning stages.
You will enjoy working in a team and have strong relationship building skills with others based in different offices, as well as being confident working with contractor and design teams. You will be known for your ability to understand and describe complex methods in simple terms. You will enjoy building relationships and understand key project requirements and display commercial and financial judgement.
This role may suit candidates from a broad range of backgrounds however does require consulting and advisory abilities and a demonstrated ability to work with others to solve complex client problems. This role can be scoped to enable you to apply and focus on your infrastructure, infrastructure, power and energy, transport or industrial market. We invite applicants from a broad range of backgrounds, with different sector experience, based throughout New Zealand to consider and apply for this role.
Beca is one of Asia Pacific’s largest independent advisory, design, and engineering consultancies. After a century of operation, we have grown from a family‑owned business to one of the most progressive, client‑centric professional services consultancies in our region. We have more than 4,000 employees in 25 offices around the world and have delivered projects in more than 70 countries.
‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose – to make everyday better. We create value through understanding and delivering successful solutions, exceptional service and our enduring relationships helping our clients shape communities, optimise their assets and streamline their operations. Find out more about us at www.beca.com.
To apply for this role, please follow the online instructions.
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