Cost Manager
A national leading consultancy in Milton Keynes has an opening for a Cost Manager to join their team.
Working on a range of industry leading schemes, they operate within a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, leisure, retail, and residential. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector.
Lots of benefits:
1. £40-65,000
2. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
3. 6% pension
4. All expenses covered for work purposes
5. Hybrid working - 2-3 days office & home
6. 8.30 to 5 - flexible start and finish times
7. Private health insurance with family option
8. Open plan office
9. Informal working environment
10. Trust to manage your own workload
11. Casual dress
12. Regular social events
13. Plenty of room to progress
14. RICS support
The role - Cost Manager
You will be joining a team of 19 and will enjoy working in a collaborative environment in a modern, open plan office.
You will focus on works for one large client undertaking refurbishment and fit-out works, alongside managing condition improvement works on education schemes, such as re-roofing works and fire upgrades.
Office based in the main, with client visits roughly once a week.
Job Objectives:
1. Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and being an extension of their team.
2. Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs.
3. Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting, and reporting to completion in line with budget.
4. Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
5. Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
6. Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
The right person - Cost Manager
You will either be an experienced Cost Manager or a Quantity Surveyor/Estimator looking to move into Cost Management.
Main contractor or consultancy experience is essential.
Refurbishment experience is key.
You will be used to working at pace on fast turnaround projects.
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