Senior Cost Manager - Commercial Developer

Description

The company is a management consultancy serving the commercial developer sector, delivering services built on its skills, processes and knowledge. Its work covers hotels, residential schemes and commercial offices.

Projects range from small, complex initiatives to large new builds, so you will build knowledge, experience and skills across a varied portfolio.

The company is a global professional services firm with more than 22,000 people in over 60 countries. It works across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, offering programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls, procurement, supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. It is majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., with partners holding a significant minority stake.

Responsibilities

• Support feasibility studies and procurement reports.
• Estimate and plan costs, then present the final cost plan.
• Run tendering, including pre-qualification, the tender list, preliminaries, analysis and reports.
• Manage post-contract cost variances and change control.
• Carry out cost checks and valuations, keeping them accurate.
• Produce and present monthly post-contract cost reports.
• Contribute to value engineering.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts.
• Liaise with clients and consultants at every project stage.
• Lead the cost management team and keep its members accountable.
• Find new business with existing clients.
• Help prepare bid documentation.
• Improve cost management procedures, templates and products.
• Record key information and lessons learned in the internal database.
• Track financial management using FMS.
• Spot and refer process improvement ideas.
• Review the quality and efficiency of commission management.

Requirements

• A degree in Quantity Surveying.
• MRICS qualification.
• 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 working face to face with clients.

Conditions

The company is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes applications from all parts of the community.

Applicants should never pay a fee at any stage of recruitment; this is company policy and applies to all recruitment agencies working with it.

Benefits

• The company promotes a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that supports work-life balance.
• You will have the chance to shape change at work.