Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Maidenhead
We are working with a leading property and construction, multi-disciplinary consultancy that has been around for over 200 years and working on world-renowned projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day delivery of projects
- Positively engaging with clients and developing, growing, and maintaining client relationships
- Developing the cost management strategy and delivery
- Establishing effective processes and systems to be utilized throughout the project
- Producing cost plans, feasibilities, and optioneering
- Collation and issue of cost reports
- Change management assessment, tracking, and reporting
- Managing risk processes and value management
- Working with the supply chain and implementing effective procurement
- Liaising with clients, contractors, and designers
- Managing sub-consultants and construction managers
- Attending and chairing meetings
Skills & Requirements:
- Minimum of 4+ years' experience
- Self-motivated and confident in a client-facing role managing multiple projects and clients within the residential, education, and healthcare sectors
- Extensive pre- and post-contract experience
- Knowledge and experience of working with residential developers, local authorities, universities, and healthcare trusts
- Excellent verbal, numerical, and report/proposal writing skills
- Excellent people skills and communicator, both with client teams and team-based
- Commercially astute with good negotiation skills
- Flexible and able to work to deadlines
- Ability to successfully manage and prioritize multiple projects and different stages of delivery
- Conversant in large project delivery (up to £100m)
- Experience with JCT and NEC contracts
- Build-to-Rent (BTR) experience
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary organization
- Assisting in the development of new business opportunities with existing and new clients
- Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office