Cost Manager - Commercial Developer

Description

The company is a management consultancy in the commercial developer sector, offering market-leading services backed by skills, processes, industry knowledge and comprehensive data.

Projects range from small, complex initiatives to major new-build developments, including hotels, residential developments and commercial offices.

The company is a global professional services firm with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries, working across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources. Its capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

The company is majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with partners holding a significant minority interest. The two work together to offer clients programme, project and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Help prepare feasibility studies and procurement reports.
• Produce cost estimates and cost plans, and present the final cost plans.
• Run tendering, including pre-qualification, tender lists, preliminaries, tender analysis and reporting.
• Handle post-contract cost variations and change control.
• Carry out cost checks and valuations, keeping them accurate and consistent.
• Produce and present monthly post-contract cost reports.
• Take part in value engineering exercises.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts.
• Work with clients, consultants and project stakeholders at every project stage.
• Lead cost management teams and drive accountability and high performance.
• Find ways to grow existing client relationships and support business growth.
• Help prepare bid documents.
• Help improve cost management procedures, templates and service offerings.
• Make sure key project information and lessons learned are recorded in internal knowledge management systems.
• Track financial performance using FMS.
• Spot and escalate process improvement opportunities.
• Review the quality and operational efficiency of commission management.

Requirements

• A degree in Quantity Surveying.
• MRICS qualified, or working towards it.
• UK cost management experience in the real estate or property sector.
• Experience on larger projects.
• Experience on new-build and fit-out projects.
• Strong communication skills and comfort with client-facing work.

Conditions

The company is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

Recruitment fees are never charged to candidates, by the company or by any agency working with it.

Benefits

• The company supports a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
• Employees have the opportunity and a voice to affect change.