Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager (MEP) - Real Estate
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Turnertownsend · London, UKFull-timeOn-siteToday
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About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Intermediate MEP Cost Manager to join our busy Real Estate team in London. You will play a key role in supporting a longstanding, high-profile account with a household technology and telecommunications organisation that operates a large national estate .
Responsibilities
- Lead on Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) deliverables within larger projects or manage direct MEP commissions, such as asset upgrade works.
- Establish early budgets, provide early estimating, and develop cost plans.
- Manage design teams to budget, oversee tendering and procurement (single and two-stage), and deliver post-contract reporting.
- Mentor Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the MEP team.
- Collaborate with contractors and MEP supply chains, ensuring robust and effective relationships.
- Support the development of MEP digital systems and tools, and promote best practices within the business and wider MEP community.
- A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
- Professionally qualified (RICS or similar) or working towards
- Degree or HNC level qualification
- Ability to level and negotiate initial tender returns and issue recommendations
- Experience running change control processes, including cost negotiations
- Reviewing payment applications and preparing recommendations
- Managing final account reconciliations
- Reviewing and validating cost build-ups and rate analysis
- Capability to undertake basic counts using Cost X
- Proactive in engaging with contractors and clients when required
- Ability to perform benchmarking using available data
- Updating and tracking the Client Workbook, which records all submitted change orders
- Willingness to take on detailed, process-driven tasks to support the client's objectives when required
- Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
- We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
- Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
- Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
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- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
- Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
- It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
- Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
- It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
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