Cost Manager

Overview

Provide cost management and advisory services throughout project lifecycles.

Key Responsibilities

• cost management
• value engineering
• risk management
• cost planning
• tender docs
• procurement advice

Tasks

You’ll play a key role in delivering cost management and advisory services across all stages of the project lifecycle. Depending on experience, you’ll work independently or lead a small team - providing expert advice to clients and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. -Managing project budgets, value engineering, and risk management -Mentoring and supporting junior team members -Delivering post-contract administration and reporting -Preparing and managing cost plans, estimates, and tender documentation -Providing procurement and contract advice (JCT / NEC) -Building strong client relationships and supporting business development

Requirements

• analytical
• communication
• client-facing
• nec
• jct
• degree

What You Bring

-Strong analytical, communication, and client-facing skills -Confident working with NEC and/or JCT forms of contract -Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction, Cost Management, or similar -Cardiff-based (or commutable), with flexibility to travel to client sites

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Benefits

-24 days annual leave (plus option to buy up to 10 extra days) -Private health insurance -Pension scheme -Health & wellbeing initiatives (EAP, cycle to work, gym discounts) -Bespoke training and development plans -Life assurance & critical illness cover -Annual professional membership fees paid

About Cumming Group Uk & Europe

-Born from US roots in 1996, it expanded through strategic M&A to firmly establish a UK & Europe presence by merging several top regional firms. -Operating under unified branding since 2021, its London headquarters now coordinate a network of offices across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. -Delivers major projects like London Luton Airport expansion and international developments including Hilton hotels in Munich. -Blends deep sector expertise—from hospitality and industrial logistics to infrastructure, residential and mixed‑use schemes. -Provides fully integrated consultancy: project & cost management, building surveying, scheduling, dispute resolution and energy advisory. -Unusual strength lies in cross-border mergers—absorbing regional specialists like ChandlerKBS and Scollard Doyle to bolster infrastructure and quantity‑surveying capability.

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