Mace Group
Job title:
Cost Consultant
Company
Mace Group
Job description
The opportunity
Be a part of our cost consultancy business that spans our five global hubs, where you can oversee work for world leading organisations across the public and private sectors.
Project Scope:
We have been appointed to a complex, 10-15 year, multi £bn programme to redevelop a campus in the London / South East area.
We are the Delivery Partner, carrying out a similar role to CLM for the London 2012 Olympics, delivering design and construction of enabling, infrastructure and building projects in a live environment on a site of national importance maintaining logistics and operations with technical and construction partners.
Our client is looking to transform their campus and how they operate while maintaining a world-class science and research capability, retaining and developing specialist expertise, in a collaborative and health and safety conscious way.
Cost Consultant
Typical duties will include:
- Conducting feasibility studies, advising on procurement strategies and contract selection, writing and undertaking procurement reports. Applying the value management techniques at the outset of a project.
- Managing, estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.
- Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
- Being a key interface with client, stakeholders and other consultants at all project stages.
- Handling of contractual frameworks and standard form of contract.
- Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates, products and hence improve the services provided to the clients.
- Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.
Your knowledge, experience and skills need to include:
- Previous experience in a cost consultancy practice in a similar role.
- Previous experience working with private and public sector property and infrastructure clients beneficial
- JCT form of contract experience essential with some knowledge of NEC.
- Cost planning, budgeting and estimating experience.
- Previous experience of managing people and risk management.
- Knowledge of contract law and contractual frameworks relating to construction.
- Sound knowledge and ability to undertake and advise on Contract Administration
- Knowledge of value engineering and life cycle costing.
- Strong understanding of industry best practice.
- Understanding of hot topic issues such as Sustainability, Social Value, Carbon Reduction impacting Public Sector
- Capex V Opex Cost Analysis/ advice
Qualifications
Qualifications
- A degree in quantity surveying/cost management or equivalent.
- Professional membership i.e. MRICS/RICS.
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria below, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization. We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
Expected salary
Location
London
Job date
Sun, 04 Feb 2024 04:34:03 GMT
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