Overview In this role you serve as the primary client interface to deliver value-driven cost management for construction projects. You will lead cost planning, estimation, and monitoring, collaborating with design teams, contractors, and clients to keep projects on budget. You'll influence decision-making through cost insights, valuations, and change management, shaping outcomes across the project lifecycle. This position offers impact at scale within a global firm focused on real estate, infrastructure, and related sectors.
Responsibilities- Estimate and negotiate change orders through the construction lifecycle
- Produce and present final cost plans and oversee cost planning
- Review cost estimates with design services and general contractor teams
- Reconcile changes and ensure data accuracy for contractors
- Coordinate cost information from multiple sources for discussions and updates
- Prepare executive cost summaries and comments on submissions
- Drive cost information gathering from NPA, subs, and A/Es
- Inform engineering priorities based on cost impact
- Manage cost checks, valuations, and post-contract variances
- Coordinate funding data presentations and VE sessions with stakeholders
- Develop cost plans during design phases and update at milestones
- Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering
- Review contractor pricing and lead client negotiations for fair pricing
- Produce monthly cost reports and ensure timely final accounts
- Mentor and coach talent to realize potential and promote excellence
Key requirements- Bachelor degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field
- 5-7 years in a cost management role within construction
- RICS accreditation or working towards it (preferred)
- Experience leading cost management on medium to high complexity projects
- Construction consultancy experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of procurement routes, value management, and value engineering
- Excellent communication skills
- client-facing experience
- communication
- client-facing
- self-motivated
- cost management
- cost planning
- change management
