Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team of engineers, cost specialists and industrialisation experts, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining detailed cost breakdowns, developing cost models, and processing cost data into a presentable format for senior decision makers. The role includes preparing reports to capture supply chain feedback and integrating supplier intelligence accurately within cost models, cost plans, and product selection assessments. You will collaborate across a national programme and require a strong understanding of healthcare project delivery, including the cost and performance implications of relevant health technical memoranda and health building notes.

Your responsibilities will include conducting comprehensive cost analysis across products, developing related product documents, and contributing to digital initiatives; identifying and quantifying opportunities for cost efficiencies and savings through procurement route analysis and detailed cost modelling; developing cost bases for industrialisation options, including enhancements to existing tools or new tooling solutions; collaborating with product leads to understand cost and performance drivers and recording areas for optimisation; supporting the evaluation of commercial and procurement strategies to ensure value for money; advising on funding models and high-level principles of implementation for procurement and architecture integration from a cost perspective; providing cost and commercial insights to support strategic decision-making regarding industrialisation initiatives; providing cost advice to acquisitions teams to prioritise key products through optimised procurement strategies; interfacing with pre-contract cost and commercial management and estimating teams for cross-collaboration; and analysing supply chain costs including logistics, manufacturing, and supplier relationships to identify efficiency gains.

Experience
- Operating in a delivery partner/infrastructure programme environment with multiple directorates and functions
- Alliance procurement/contracting
- Major programme mobilisation
- Strong understanding of Industrialisation principles and related terms, including modern methods of construction (MMC), design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA), or offsite manufacturing
- Experience working on healthcare or hospital construction projects
- Understanding of supply chain management and integration in an industrialised construction context

About you
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience working in multidisciplinary teams and with supply chain partners
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to tight deadlines
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on continuous improvement

Qualifications
- Professional accreditation such as chartered engineer or membership of a relevant professional body