Senior Cost Manager

Overview

You join our Edinburgh team to advance your career in cost management on major infrastructure projects across transportation, utilities and highways. In this senior role, you will shape cost control, forecasting and value delivery while collaborating with client and contractor teams to meet programme objectives. You’ll lead cost management activities, manage contracts and change, and support professional development within a dynamic, cross-functional environment. This position offers strong training and progression toward qualifications within a globally connected firm.

Pay / Benefits

• great place to work
• healthy, productive and flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• opportunity for training and advancement in qualifications
• equal opportunity employer
• inclusion and diversity commitment

Responsibilities

• Establish client relationships and maintain professional communication across project teams
• Administer contracts aligned with project objectives and policies
• Provide accurate cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion
• Monitor cost variances and cash flow; ensure timely applications
• Collaborate to manage deliverables, KPIs, and value engineering
• Manage contract changes within governance and best-practice
• Improve forecast and budget accuracy
• Provide commercial support to stakeholders; negotiate final accounts
• Lead people and commissions as needed

Key requirements

• Excellent communication
• Contract Management (NEC3, Option C preferred)
• Cost Management
• Change management and control
• Valuation
• Risk Management
• Procurement
• Estimating
• Pricing
• Reporting
• Collaborative approach and best-for-project attitude
• Sharing best practice
• People management
• Commission management
• Identifying and driving efficiencies through the project life cycle
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters (procurement routes, value management, value engineering)
• Ideally Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
• Ideally hold or be working towards professional body membership or equivalent

• Collaborative mindset
• Proactive communication
• People management
• NEC3 Contract (Option C)
• Cost management and forecasting
• Contract change management

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