Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Life Sciences Construction
Core
Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor ensuring client objectives are achieved through value-added cost management for complex Life Sciences construction projects.
Role type
Senior IC cost manager / quantity surveyor
Builds
Manufacturing, laboratory, R&D, and related capital projects
Domain
Life Sciences construction
Required skills
Estimating and negotiating change orders, cost planning, reconciling changes, coordinating cost information, managing cost checks and valuations, post-contract cost variance management, contingency management, funding data presentation, value engineering, contractor pricing review, quantity surveying, cost controls, final accounts negotiation, built cost estimate compilation, financial management, business management systems implementation
Preferred skills
RICS accreditation, leading cost management on medium to large complex projects, construction consultancy experience, knowledge of procurement routes and value management
Technologies
Internal software for margin tracking, Business Management Systems
Responsibilities
Estimating and negotiating change orders, providing estimate and cost planning, reviewing and participating in cost estimate development with design and general contractor teams, reconciling changes and ensuring data accuracy, preparing written comments and executive summaries for contractor submissions, coordinating cost information sources, driving engineering priorities based on cost impact, resolving scheduling issues with minimal supervision, managing cost checks and valuations, participating in post-contract cost variances and change control processes, managing cost impact and commitment tracking logs, preparing funding data presentations and coordinating value engineering sessions, developing cost plans through design phases, providing commercial input to design optioneering, reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing, performing quantity surveying and cost controls, ensuring effective cost auditing and valuation processes, compiling monthly cost reports, negotiating final accounts, compiling built cost estimate records, identifying and mentoring talent, implementing business management systems, adhering to SOX control responsibilities
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership and mentorship