Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Construction Management

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on cost and procurement strategies, manage prequalification of vendors, assess proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, make final recommendations to the client, attend and chair bid interviews, and manage the appointment process.
• Manage estimating services across full project lifecycles by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work, and other costs), review estimations prepared by junior team members, present estimates to clients, provide value engineering recommendations and risk assessments, meet with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and utilize benchmark data from comparable projects.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedules, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budgets and spend forecasts with the client, developing and maintaining commercial risk registers, and hosting periodic meetings with project teams and vendors.
• Manage cost control processes by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing change order requests from vendors and making recommendations to the client, and applying dispute prevention, management, and resolution procedures across contractual matters.
• Manage and monitor the invoicing process to ensure alignment with project delivery and financial controls.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions and comparable projects to drive consistency and best practice.
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post-contract audits and account closeouts.
• Hold post-contract reviews with clients to establish lessons learned documentation and apply insights toward continuous improvement.
• Develop procedures governing project handover and closeout across a range of delivery environments.
• Perform all duties through the preparation and use of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 2–3 years of relevant experience working in a cost management or quantity surveying role within the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working toward accreditation is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium to large-scale construction projects across varied project types.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.