Cost Management Specialist

4 days ago

Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom ChandlerKBS Full time
Job Title: Cost Manager

ChandlerKBS is seeking a highly skilled Cost Manager to join our Utilities team, working on projects across South Wales. As a Cost Manager, you will play a key role in delivering our clients' projects on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide support for day-to-day delivery responsibility for small to medium projects, support larger projects/programmes of work, and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision.
  • Develop our business by networking and developing client relationships.
  • Support knowledge capture, sharing, and innovation, as well as the implementation of strategic initiatives at service and sector level.
  • Prepare budget estimates, cost plans, and client reports.
  • Support the evaluation of tenders, contractor selection, and contract documentation.
  • Support risk and value management.
  • Contract administration, including the preparation of valuations, forecasts, cost reports, and attendance at project meetings.
  • Preparation of bills of quantities, schedules of rates, or other methods of work evaluation.
  • Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality.
  • Support the delivery of work through proactive involvement where appropriate and through performance management of personnel to ensure work is completed in a timely manner to a high quality standard.
  • Undertake service delivery in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Practice, particularly Health and Safety and Quality Assurance.
  • Provide services in compliance with the client's corporate governance procedures where applicable.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
  • Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
  • Work to deadlines set by the Project Team Leader.
  • Filing of project correspondence in accordance with requirements.
Requirements:
  • Ideally degree qualified in construction, cost management, engineering, quantity surveying, or other RICS-accredited degree.
  • Working towards MRICS/other equivalent qualification or experience.
  • Good core technical skills.
  • Developing interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
  • Good analytical skills, sound judgement, and an aptitude for forward planning.
  • Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
  • Experience of industry-standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC.
  • Basic pre- and post-contract technical cost management skills.
  • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters with circa 1 year's plus post-qualification experience.
  • Good IT skills, including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
What We Offer:
  • 24 days' annual leave (with the ability to purchase up to 10 extra days).
  • Private health insurance.
  • Life assurance.
  • Critical illness cover.
  • Pension scheme.
  • Car allowance (subject to role).
  • Annual professional membership fees.
  • Bespoke training and development plans.
  • Health and wellbeing initiatives (cycle to work scheme/gym discounts/EAPs).

ChandlerKBS is an equal opportunities employer, an accredited Investor in People (IIP), and has a RICS-approved APC programme.

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