Posted 14 days ago
Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager (MEP) - Real Estate
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Manages Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) cost deliverables on real estate projects, including budgeting, estimating, tendering, change control, and post-contract reporting, while mentoring junior cost managers.
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Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager (MEP) - Real Estate
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Intermediate MEP Cost Manager to join our busy Real Estate team in Cambridge. You will play a key role in supporting a longstanding, high-profile account.
- Lead on Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) deliverables within larger projects or manage direct MEP commissions, such as asset upgrade works.
- Establish early budgets, provide early estimating, and develop cost plans.
- Manage design teams to budget, oversee tendering and procurement (single and two-stage), and deliver post-contract reporting.
- Mentor Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the MEP team.
- Collaborate with contractors and MEP supply chains, ensuring robust and effective relationships.
- Support the development of MEP digital systems and tools, and promote best practices within the business and wider MEP community.
Qualifications
- A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
- Professionally qualified (RICS or similar) or working towards
- Degree or HNC level qualification
- Ability to level and negotiate initial tender returns and issue recommendations
- Experience running change control processes, including cost negotiations
- Reviewing payment applications and preparing recommendations
- Managing final account reconciliations
- Reviewing and validating cost build-ups and rate analysis
- Capability to undertake basic counts using Cost X
- Proactive in engaging with contractors and clients when required
- Ability to perform benchmarking using available data
- Updating and tracking the Client Workbook, which records all submitted change orders
- Willingness to take on detailed, process-driven tasks to support the client’s objectives when required
Additional Information
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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.
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