Cost Manager

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: • Provide support for day-to-day delivery responsibility for small to medium projects, support larger projects/programmes of work and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision. • Support knowledge capture, sharing and innovation. Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service and sector level. • Prepare budget estimates, cost plans and client reports. • Support risk and value management. • Contract administration including preparation of valuations, forecasts, cost reports and attendance at project meetings. • Preparation of bills of quantities, schedules of rates, or other methods of work evaluation. • Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality. • Support the delivery of work through proactive involvement where appropriate and through performance management of personnel to ensure work is completed in a timely manner to a high-quality standard. • Undertake service delivery is in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Practice, particularly Health and Safety and Quality Assurance. • Provide services in compliance with the client's corporate governance procedures where applicable. • Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process. • Work to deadlines set by the Project Team Leader. • Filing of project correspondence in accordance with requirements. • Support evaluation of tenders, contractor selection and contract documentation. • Develop our business; networking and developing client relationships. • Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement. Knowledge & Skills Required: • Deliver results in a client facing role including: • Confidently respond to a client request; as well as understanding when to escalate client issues to senior members of the team. • Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery. • Ability to show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges. • Commitment to outperforming client expectations. • Support stakeholder management. • Demonstrate a high degree of integrity. • Dealing with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment. • Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines. • Show good leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, motivate and manage teams including the supply chain. • Starting to manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director. Preferred Education and Experience: • Ideally degree qualified: construction, cost management, engineering, quantity surveying or other RICS accredited degree. • Working towards MRICS / other equivalent qualification or experience. • Developed understanding of leadership techniques and ideally some formal leadership training. • 4+ years’ experience. • Experience in the Real Estate sector is desirable. • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters. • Experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC. • Basic pre and post contract technical cost management skills. • Good core technical skills. • Strong oral and written communication skills. • Good IT skills for the role including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. • Developing interpersonal skills with both client and staff. Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief. Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.