Job Description
- To conduct feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
- Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
- Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents
- Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager
- Responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
- Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
- Inputting into value engineering. Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
- Assisting in the production of bid documentation
- Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
- Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the internal database
- Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
Requirements
- Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years' experience in related fields
- Excellent technical knowledge and experience across the full range of Cost Management duties including: Cost Estimates, Bills of Quantities, Value Engineering, Tendering and Evaluation, Contract Knowledge, Change Orders and Final Account close-out
- Candidates with experience in industrial, data centers, commercial, infrastructure, hospitality & leisure, retail fit out experience are preferred.
- Experience from consultancy background, well versed with mechanical and electrical (M&E) work experience.
- Team player with excellent leadership and problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiation, influence and persuade others
