Senior Cost Manager
Core
Lead strategic cost management and commercial delivery for a prestigious corporate occupier account, ensuring financial governance and value optimization across a portfolio of workplace, fit-out, and capital projects.
Role type
Senior Cost Manager (Client-facing leadership)
Builds
Robust financial governance, cost certainty, and value optimization for corporate real estate programmes
Domain
Real Estate / Construction / Quantity Surveying
Required skills
MRICS qualification, cost planning, procurement, contract administration (JCT/NEC), financial forecasting, tender management, risk mitigation, value engineering, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Experience in multi-disciplinary consultancy, large-scale corporate real estate programmes, mentoring junior professionals
Technologies
JCT, NEC
Responsibilities
Lead cost management activities across a project portfolio, develop and manage budgets and cost plans, provide strategic commercial advice, prepare feasibility estimates and procurement strategies, manage tender processes and contractor evaluations, oversee contract administration, review valuations and final accounts, produce monthly cost reports, identify and mitigate project risks, drive value engineering initiatives, mentor junior Cost Management professionals
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities