Graduate Cost Intelligence Manager in Cardiff

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 delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.
• Prepare budget estimates, cost plans and cost reports.
• Support cost assurance services through data analysis, data cleansing, estimating and benchmarking.
• Preparation of cost and benchmark estimates.
• Support the preparation of bespoke cost hierarchies, cost break downs and methods of measurements.
• Maintain dashboard reports for external clients.
• Provide input and assistance for data capture, storage, analysis and reporting.
• Support cost database management and maintenance.
• Support costing tools development and management.
• Support and maintain internal cost intelligence database systems.
• Support the maintenance of the index register.
• 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.
• Undertake service delivery in accordance with the policies and procedures of the business, 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.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
• Work to deadlines set by the Project Team Leader.
• Ensuring filing of project correspondence is maintained in accordance with requirements.
• Populate and submit accurate timesheets with useful descriptions weekly.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Dealing with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment.
• Cope with demanding and changing timeframes.
• Good team worker able to contribute own thoughts and ideas.
• Able to work independently and provide progress updates.
• Dependable in high pressure situations.
• Passionate about adding value to cost intelligence services.
• Comfortable working with multiple sources of data and information.
• Driven to continuously improve and provide innovative solutions.
• Able to present information in a logical and intuitive format.
• Self-learner and able to share knowledge verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Ideally degree qualified: construction, cost management, engineering, quantity surveying or other RICS accredited degree.
• Working towards relevant qualification or experience.
• Good core technical skills.
• Highly motivated, conscientious and inquisitive.
• Developing skills in handling and investigating data.
• Developing objective, evidence-based decision-making skills.
• Developing interpersonal and team building skills.
• Good interpersonal skills with staff.
• Good analytical skills, sound judgement and aptitude for forward planning.
• Energetic and motivated with natural drive and an innovative flair, resourcefulness and ability to adapt to change.
• An ability to think clearly and make reasoned decisions, explaining the logic employed.
• Good oral and written communication and developing presentation skills.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters with circa 1 years plus post qualification experience.
• An awareness of construction contracts and best practice within the industry.
• Good IT skills including MS 365.
• Developing an awareness of cost estimating systems, project databases and measurement systems.
• Developing the skills & knowledge to enable review and validation of cost data.

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.