Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager specialising in Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) to join our busy Real Estate team in London. You will play a key role supporting a longstanding, high-profile account with a leading technology and telecommunications organisation operating a large national estate. You will lead on MEP deliverables within larger projects or manage direct MEP commissions such as asset upgrade works. Responsibilities include establishing early budgets, providing early estimating, developing cost plans, managing design teams to budget, overseeing tendering and procurement (single and two-stage), and delivering post-contract reporting. You will mentor Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the MEP team, collaborate with contractors and MEP supply chains to ensure robust relationships, support the development of MEP digital systems and tools, and promote best practices within the business and wider MEP community.

Experience
- Proven track record of delivering high quality cost management and quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
- Experience in levelling and negotiating initial tender returns and issuing recommendations
- Experience running change control processes including cost negotiations
- Reviewing payment applications and preparing recommendations
- Managing final account reconciliations
- Reviewing and validating cost build-ups and rate analysis
- Capability to undertake basic counts using Cost X
- Proactive engagement with contractors and clients
- Ability to perform benchmarking using available data
- Updating and tracking client workbooks recording all submitted change orders

About you
Detail-oriented and process-driven with a willingness to support client objectives. Strong communication and mentoring skills to guide junior team members. Collaborative approach to working with contractors, supply chains, and internal teams. Committed to promoting best practices and continuous improvement within the MEP cost management community.

Qualifications
Professionally qualified (RICS or similar) or working towards Degree or HNC level qualification.