Cost Manager

A Cost Manager or Quantity Surveyor is needed to join a leading cost consultancy within their power and infrastructure team based in Solihull

Project Details

A Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor is needed for a leading Infrastructure team based from Solihull to work on a range of exciting projects across the power and infrastructure sectors in Solihull.

Responsibilities and Duties

•Able to operate effectively within a co-located environment with the Client’s, Consultant’s and Contractor’s project delivery teams.
• Ability to work within a partnering environment, form effective working relationships and make a positive outcome to the investment programme/sub-programmes.
• Undertake the commercial contract administration duties
• Commercial Administration of a portfolio of projects or one major project.
• Knowledge of the production of costs plans, estimates, benchmarking analysis of schemes.
• Knowledge of tendering and procuring, producing the tender list, compiling preliminaries, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.
• Support the production of commercial reports incorporating metrics (e.g. EVM, outturn analysis)
• Knowledge and understanding of change, risk and value management.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Construction or infrastructure background in Power  highly desirable
• The equivalent of at least 5 years’ experience in the Cost Management of multiple multi-discipline engineering design and construction projects (>£50m Capital Expenditure).
• Both site and office based experience on a variety of project types including Power infrastructure projects would be advantageous.
• Claims Management /Dispute Experience is required.

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Degree qualified in either a relevant engineering discipline, project management or ideally quantity surveying or commercial management.
• Full membership of an appropriate professional institution.
• CSCS card and IOSH Health and Safety Training would be desirable.

Employing Company Overview and Profile

This Cost Manager job is with a leading  independent company specialising in programme management, project management, cost management and consulting across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.