Cost Manager

Seven; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Seven is seeking a Cost Manager to provide regional capital planning, cost management, and commercial support for projects. The role entails preparing cost reports, forecasts, and decision-support materials for regional stakeholders, with a base in Santa Monica and four days per week in the client’s office.

The successful candidate will have proven experience in cost management or quantity surveying, strong estimating and forecasting skills, and the ability to communicate assumptions and risks

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in cost management or quantity surveying on design and construction projects.
• Strong estimating, cost planning, forecasting and budget reconciliation skills.
• Experience with procurement support, tender evaluations and contract governance.
• Ability to communicate assumptions, exclusions and risks clearly.
• Proven ability to prepare and present reports for diverse stakeholders.
• Organized and accurate, managing multiple projects and trackers.

Responsibilities

• Provide regional capital planning inputs and cost tracking.
• Prepare order-of-cost estimates and gateway cost reports.
• Support procurement strategy, tender documentation and negotiations.
• Review contract pricing and maintain risk and change trackers.
• Prepare cost forecasts, cashflows and variance commentary.
• Assess cost impact of design changes and value engineering.
• Support final account review and commercial closeout.
• Prepare and present commercial dashboards and reports.
• Contribute benchmarking data and process improvements.

Skills

Cost management

Estimating

Forecasting

Cashflow analysis

Final accounts

Job description

The Cost Manager will provide commercial and cost management support across regional capital planning, project estimating and cost planning, procurement, contract administration, financial reporting, change control and project closeout. The role will prepare clear commercial advice, reports, forecasts and decision-support materials for projects and regional stakeholders. This role will be based in Santa Moncia, 4 days a week in the Client’s office.

Responsibilities

• Provide regional capital planning inputs, capital forecasts, budget movement commentary, risk notes and tenant incentive or landlord contribution tracking where applicable.
• Prepare order-of-cost estimates, stage cost plans and gateway cost reports, including assumptions, exclusions, qualifications, risk allowances, opportunities and benchmarking.
• Provide commercial input to procurement strategy, supplier prequalification, tender documentation, tender queries, bid evaluation, recommendations and negotiations.
• Review contract particulars, pricing documents and commercial appendices, and maintain contract risk, change, claim and dispute trackers.
• Prepare anticipated cost reports, forecasts, cashflows, budget reconciliations, variance commentary, approval trackers and periodic reporting packs.
• Assess the cost impact of design changes and maintain value engineering schedules, savings logs and decision trackers.
• Support final account review, reconciliation and commercial closeout, including assessment of variations, claims, provisional sums and outstanding matters.
• Prepare and present commercial reports, dashboards and decision-support materials, attend relevant meetings and maintain resulting action trackers or commercial notes.
• Contribute benchmarking data, templates, lessons learned and process improvements across cost planning, procurement, reporting, change control and closeout.

Required Skills

• Demonstrable experience in cost management, commercial management or quantity surveying within design and construction projects.
• Strong capability in estimating, cost planning, forecasting, cashflow, budget reconciliation, variance analysis and final accounts.
• Experience supporting procurement, tender evaluation, commercial negotiation, contract administration and commercial governance.
• Ability to identify and communicate assumptions, exclusions, risks, opportunities and the commercial implications of design or scope changes.
• Confident preparation and presentation of reports, dashboards, recommendations and decision-support materials for varied stakeholders.
• Organized and accurate, with the ability to maintain commercial trackers, work across multiple projects and contribute to process improvement.

About the Company

At Seven we focus on being the project and program leaders of choice for our clients. We are a specialist business operating in the real estate sector for occupier clients with a client base comprising the world’s largest companies and recognizable brands. We are completely agile and independent. Our talented people are driven and thrive on responsibility. With freedom to innovate and influence the future of the business, we embrace technology to deliver successful outcomes for all clients. Our entrepreneurial and attitude enables us to lead change within our industry.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Seven is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse, inclusive and fully flexible workplace by actively recruiting and developing people from all walks of life. We believe a variety of backgrounds, beliefs and experiences makes us stronger. Whoever you are and wherever you’re from, you are welcome.