Operations Director - Cost Consultancy - MEP

Mace

The Role

Overview

Lead MEP cost consultancy services for large manufacturing & tech projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • cost reporting
  • cost variance
  • value management
  • cost estimating
  • procurement
  • client interface

Tasks

-Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client. -Ensuring that post contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively. -Applying value management techniques at the outset of a project. -Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively. -Conducting feasibility studies, business cases and writing procurement reports. -Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan. -Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including prequalification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively. -Marketing and business development duties, particularly in your sector of experience including being mindful of the need to support the consultancy team in promoting Mace in the region. -Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed. -Being a key interface with client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Requirements

  • mrics
  • degree
  • cost modelling
  • mep
  • team leadership
  • communication

What You Bring

-Professional membership i.e. MRICS/RICS. -Experience of leading high performing teams within a consultancy commercial environment -Good working knowledge of contracts, estimating, valuations, cost reporting and financial modelling. -Excellent communication skills both verbal and written. -A degree in quantity surveying/cost management/engineering or equivalent. -Demonstrable experience of delivering service excellence to clients within the M&T sector. -A track record of winning and delivering MEP cost consultancy work for blue chip clients. -Good negotiating, influencing and communication skills to command professional respect at all levels is essential.

Benefits

-Safety first - Going home safe and well

The Company

About Mace

-Founded in 1990 by ex-Bovis professionals aiming to overhaul a confrontational construction sector. -Headquartered in London. -Delivers iconic projects such as skyscrapers and transport networks. -Known for projects like the London Eye, The Shard, and Dubai’s record-breaking Ferris wheel. -Specializes in sectors including arts, defence, energy & utilities, transport, and stadiums. -Blends consultancy services with hands-on construction delivery. -Managing programs such as Ontario’s Metrolinx rail tunnel.

Sector Specialisms

Buildings

Infrastructure

Transport

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Logistics

Energy

Mechanical

Electrical

Public Health

Defence and National Security

Health and Life Sciences

Mobility

Resilience

Technology

Manufacturing

Renewable Energy

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