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Copy of Senior Cost Manager

Cambridge, United Kingdom, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead commercial management, contract administration, and cost control for large-scale UK infrastructure projects including airports, utilities, and transport.

Role type

Senior IC quantity surveyor / cost manager

Builds

Commercial plans, cost estimates, and contract outcomes for infrastructure programmes

Domain

Construction / Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

quantity surveying, NEC contract frameworks, procurement, cost estimation, value engineering, post-contract payment management, change management

Preferred skills

chartered status (MRICS), degree qualification, experience with large-scale infrastructure projects

Technologies

NEC contracts, cost management tools

Responsibilities

Lead commercial management activities across the project lifecycle, manage contracts and procurement processes, oversee post-contract activities including payment approvals and change management, identify value engineering opportunities, prepare estimates from early-stage forecasts to detailed cost plans

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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