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Cost Manager - Retail

Employer
Deverell Smith
Location
England, London
Salary
£30000 - £50000 per annum
Closing date
14 Aug 2018
Reference
30254

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Sector
Property
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Specialism
Quantity Surveyor

Job Details

Cost Management requirements and responsibilities:

  • Applies knowledge and experience intelligently to produce high quality work, practical and commercial solutions which meet client objectives
  • Communicates clearly and concisely to clients on a range of complex issues and has the ability to produce high quality reports
  • Manages multiple projects at any given time and delivers work steadily and within stated deadlines
  • Contributes own views and ideas in a respectful manner and is receptive to those of others
  • Identifies opportunities to add value and deepen the client relationship
  • Ability to talk knowledgeably and confidently about the business capabilities and what differentiates the company from competitors
  • Channels own and others energy toward achieving business and practice group strategy
    • Prepare and conduct cost plans, feasibility studies, tender documentation and pre-tender estimates.
    • Provide advice on procurement and contracts
    • Represent the company by attending client, site and design team meetings throughout the life of each project and actively contribute at these meetings
    • Prepare robust contract documentation, including Letters of Intent, for execution by our clients and their main contractors.
    • Actively carry out the post contract quantity surveying activities on schemes, including:
      • Preparing cost reports and discussing them with the clients project manager prior to submission.
      • Agreeing monthly valuations with the main contractors.
      • Valuing scheme variations.
      • Agreeing scheme final accounts
      • Analysing scheme construction costs for the client's taxation purposes
    • Manage relationships with various people, including clients, project architects, services engineers, project managers, suppliers, contractors, as well as the internal teams
    • Actively support business objectives and deliver value for money in all circumstances
    • Act as a mentor to support and provide guidance to more junior members of staff within the team

This is a great opportunity for a Cost Manager with 2-4 years of experience to step up and take more responsibility, while working in a fun, vibrant environment.

Salary: 30,000 - £45,000

Company

Deverell Smith are the UK’s fastest growing property recruitment firm offering strategic recruitment services across all disciplines of the property industry both domestically and internationally. We cater for all levels of seniority and provide individuals on a permanent, temporary, contract and interim basis. 

People are our business so whether you are a Deverell Smith client, candidate or employee, you are always our top priority and we promise to make a positive and tangible difference. Like you, we love property. Most, if not all, of our staff have joined us from the property industry and this gives us the insight, understanding and credibility to make lasting and value-adding placements. Ultimately, we believe – and can prove – that we can make a career and change the course of a business. 

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44(0)20 7291 0900
Location
2nd Floor
Cannon Green
1 Suffolk Lane
London
London
EC4R 0AX
GB

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