Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Corporate Construction (Anticipated Opening)

Description

• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
• Develop procedures governing handover of project.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.
• Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
• Manage & monitor invoicing process.
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.
• Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
• Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.

Requirements

• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance