Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor

Leland Saylor Associates; Walnut Creek (CA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

100% employer paid premiums

Job summary

Leland Saylor Associates is seeking a mid-level Cost Manager or Quantity Surveyor to provide cost management, cost control and cost planning/estimating services on client office and manufacturing projects with a Bay Area team. This is mostly remote with occasional travel around the Bay Area for client needs.

Candidates should have strong communication skills and the ability to work in a client-facing environment, with authorization to work in the United States or visa within 90 days.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction cost management or cost planning.
• Degree in construction management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field.
• Full lifecycle cost management on commercial real estate projects.
• AACE, ASPE, RICS or CIQS accreditation is valuable but not required.
• Experience leading cost management on medium to large projects of medium to high complexity.
• Software proficiency in CostX, OST or Bluebeam; Power BI and HCSS are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide estimate and cost planning including final cost plan.
• Review design team and GC cost estimates and develop pricing.
• Reconcile changes and ensure data accuracy with contractors.
• Meet GC and owner PM to gather status info for cost estimates.
• Prepare executive summaries and comments on submissions.
• Estimate and negotiate change orders through construction lifecycle.
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Manage cost checks and valuations on larger projects.
• Participate in post-contract cost variances and change control.

Skills

Cost management

Cost planning

Client communication

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in construction management / quantity surveying / engineering

Tools

CostX

OST

Bluebeam

Power BI

HCSS

Job description

Job Description

Leland Saylor Associates is seeking a mid-level Cost Manager or Quantity Surveyor to provide cost management, cost control and cost planning/ estimating services on our client’s office and manufacturing projects in collaboration with our San Francisco Bay Area based team. This is a mostly remote role, though travel to and around the Bay Area may be required for client needs.

To be successful in this role you must have great communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing role. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States or obtain visa authorization within 90 days.

Daily Duties

• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.
• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.

Pre-Contract Duties

• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

Post-Contract Duties

• Performing quantity surveying, cost controls, estimating and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience working in a construction cost management or cost planning role.
• College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, quantity surveying, engineering or a related field.
• Full life cycle cost management experience working on commercial real estate construction projects.
• AACE, ASPE, RICS or CIQS accreditation is valuable, but not required.
• Experience working on large, high value Infrastructure or building projects.
• Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
• Software proficiency in Cost X, OST or Bluebeam required, Power BI and HCSS are value add.

Featured Benefits

Salary: The salary range for this full-time role is $110K-$160K per year.

401(k), Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, 100% employer paid premiums

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Leland Saylor Associates is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.lelandsaylor.com