Senior Cost Manager in Exeter

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:

• Assume day-to-day delivery responsibility for larger project/programmes of work and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks without supervision.
• Strengthen our service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.
• Prepare budget estimates, cost plans and client reports.
• Provide 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.
• Manage 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.
• Ensure service delivery is in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Practice, particularly Health and Safety and Quality Assurance.
• Ensure 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.
• Ensure filing of project correspondence in accordance with requirements.
• Contribute towards bid and tender preparation and business development.
• Develop our business; networking and developing client relationships.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
• Ensure that change control processes for the services we provide are effectively managed.
• Provide advice on procurement and contracts.
• Prepare and evaluating tenders, contractor selection and contract documentation.
• Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service and sector level.
• Provide leadership to the staff, where required. Resolve conflicts of priorities and personalities relating to work with the appropriate Director or Associate.
• Mentor and coach team members, ensuring that staff and new starters are developed to support the successful growth of the Practice and development of their career.
• Monitor project fees and ensure resource and time inputs are in line with approved budgets.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• The ability to:
• 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.
• Deal diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment, subject to change.
• Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
• Show strong leadership skills and demonstrate ability to lead, creating a close- knit team. Motivate and mentor the team to work effectively in a dynamic environment, including the supply chain. Starting to manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.
• Manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.
• Prioritise and self-manage with ability to work in a high-pressure environment.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Preferably degree qualified: construction, cost management, engineering, quantity surveying or other RICS accredited degree.
• MRICS / other equivalent qualification or experience.
• Leadership development training.
• 7+ years’ experience.
• Proven experience in the Infrastructure sector.
• Extensive knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
• Extensive experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC.
• Excellent pre and post contract technical cost management skills.
• Strong core technical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong IT skills for the role including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong interpersonal skills with both client and staff. Good interpersonal skills with both clients and staff.
• Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and an 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 experience of managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.

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.