Cost Engineering Lead

Overview

In this role you lead cost engineering for life sciences construction and manufacturing projects, ensuring accurate estimates, procurement, and cost control across the project lifecycle. You collaborate with clients and consultants to deliver reliable cost plans, tender documentation, and final accounts, while supporting value engineering and risk analysis. You will drive cost discipline, reporting, and learning to uphold best practices in estimating. This is a chance to shape major projects within a renowned global firm and make a measurable impact on project outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• great place to work
• flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• equal opportunity employer

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage cost estimates, procurement, tendering, contract administration, variations, and final accounts
• Conduct feasibility studies and write procurement reports
• Estimate and present final cost plans; manage cost planning lifecycle
• Lead tendering and procurement activities including pre-qualification, tender analysis and contract documentation
• Ensure timely, accurate cost checks and valuations; produce monthly post-contract cost reports
• Interface with clients and consultants at all project stages
• Participate in post-contract cost variances and change control processes
• Perform cost risk analysis and contribute to value engineering; assist with final accounts
• Maintain central feedback on cost estimating and update best practices in estimating

Key requirements

• 5+ years of technical knowledge in Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech or related facilities
• Good knowledge of construction methods and procurement
• Experience managing teams using multiple estimating tools
• Strong skills with spreadsheets and databases
• Collaborative with clients and stakeholders
• Good organizational and multi-tasking abilities
• Strong listening and communication skills
• Proven cost/commercial management experience, preferably in a consultancy
• Experience delivering cost engineering for major projects across project lifecycle
• Familiarity with cost management procedures and standards and interface with finance systems

• collaborative approach
• strong communication
• good listening
• estimating tools and applications
• spreadsheets and databases
• cost management systems like Prism and Ecosys

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