Assistant Cost Managers Real Estate

Turner & Townsend alinea are looking for Assistant Cost Managers to join our dynamic award winning Cost Management team in our Cambridge Office working within Turner & Townsend alineas Real Estate team.There are long term secured frameworks with national and regional organisations within the following sectors - Retail Commercial Industrial Education Healthcare and Defence.You will have a fantastic opportunity to progress within our business and receive professional investment from the company as well as a competitive salary and benefits package including buying or selling up to five days annual leave. There will also be the opportunity to support internal business initiatives and development in order to offer our people an all-round exposure to the business. You must be able to demonstrate consultancy experience and have professional membership of the RICS (or working towards this). Job ObjectivesAssisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost planTendering and procuring including managing the pre-qualification stage producing the tender list putting the preliminaries together tender analysis producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documentsDealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes where applicable referring major changes to line managerTaking 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 Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the clientInputting into value engineeringNegotiating and agreeing final accountsInterfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stagesWhere appropriate leading a cost management team ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilitiesQualifications :  Good technical grounding in all of the main areas of cost management and contractor a backgroundExperience of acting as Commission Manager on small to medium sized projects or at least sufficient related experience to enable a step up to performing the role of Commission ManagerGood knowledge of the main procurement methods and their application with respect to the tactical procurement of small to medium sized buildingsKnowledge and understanding of value engineeringExperience of utilising a range of industry standard processes and systems (IT and other) in order to effectively deliver a project.Working towards ChartershipDegree or HNC level qualificationAbility to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.Additional Information : Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.Please find out more about us at  control responsibilities may be part of this role which are to be adhered to where applicable.Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: TwitterInstagramLinkedInIt is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited by the Recruitment Team to submit candidates for review. Remote Work : NoEmployment Type : Full-time Key Skills EAM,Economics,IT Business Analysis,Information Security,Android Development Department / Functional Area: Real Estate Experience: years Vacancy: 1