Cost Manager

Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia

About the role

Gleeds is seeking an ambitious Cost Manager to join our team, working on large-scale, high-impact projects with our Natural Gas and utilities client. The ideal candidate will be a good communicator and team player with a sound foundation in construction, particularly relating to cost management activities.

Responsibilities

• Managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending bid interviews, and managing appointment processes.
• Estimating services for full projects by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work, and other costs), presenting estimates to the client, preparing value engineering recommendations and risk assessments.
• Meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
• Cost reporting by establishing a reporting schedule, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget and spend forecast, developing and maintaining a commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with the project team and vendors.
• Reviewing payment application assessments, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors.
• Using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
• Managing and monitoring the invoicing process.
• Final accounting process and post-contract audits and account close-outs.
• Establishing a lessons-learned document for further professional development and creating training material.
• Performing all the above duties through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.

Requirements

• Minimum 2-8 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• Experience working in construction cost management roles such as Estimating, Cost Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Cost Controls, etc.
• Thrives in a client-facing role.
• Experience supporting program-level cost management for medium to large-scale construction projects.
• Good knowledge of the construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Strong communication skills.
• Prior estimating tools and software experience required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or other field related to construction.

About us

A world of opportunity. Gleeds is a place to be part of something bigger. We take pride in our diverse and supportive culture that empowers you to make a difference while creating connections with brilliant people – colleagues and clients alike. Enjoy doing work that shapes our collective future, while steering your own journey in a trusting environment. Benefit from our rich heritage and global opportunities as you construct a career with purpose.

We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, or gender. We recognize the importance of work/life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.