Associate Cost Manager - Health, Science & Education

Description

• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, creating preliminaries, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.
• Actively contributes and supports technical thought leadership and contributes to IP
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager.
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• To perform the role of the Associate Cost Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery or acting as a key element of a wider project team on larger or more complex projects
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place.
• To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover.
• Inputting into value engineering.
• Where appropriate, leading junior members of the cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on their project accountabilities.

Requirements

• Ability to effectively negotiate and agree final accounts
• Knowledge of contract administration, value engineering and lifecycle costing
• Experience managing high value and complex projects within a consultancy environment
• Experience of using CostX or similar measurement software
• Commercially aware with excellent negotiation, communication and organisational skills
• Ability to lead clients through different stages of projects from feasibility through to completion
• Experience of managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
• Experience of working with JCT and NEC contracts
• Accredited MRICS member
• The candidate will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the risks, challenges and opportunities facing public-sector healthcare bodies
• Demonstrable experience of interfacing with key stakeholders and being “client-facing” in the role of Associate Cost Manager
• Batchelors degree or Masters in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
• Experience of producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Experience of working on projects delivered via Two-Stage tendering
• Knowledge of and experience in the healthcare and/or education sectors

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance