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Assistant Cost Manager
A national leading consultancy in Milton Keynes have an opening for an Assistant Cost Manger to join their team.
Working on a range of industry leading schemes, they operate within a range of sectors, including commercial, education, healthcare, leisure, retail and residential. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector
Lots of benefits:
- £Neg
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- 6% pension
- All expenses covered for work purposes
- Hybrid working (once established in the business)
- 8.30 to 5 again flexible you can start earlier/ finish earlier if you prefer
- Private health insurance and can add your family
- Open plan office
- Informal working environment
- Trust people manage your own workload
- Casual dress
- Regular social events
- Plenty of room to progress
- RICS support
The role - Assistant Cost Manager
You will be joining a team of 19 and will enjoy working in a collaborative working environment in a modern, open plan office.
You will be working on one of their most prestigious retail framework accounts, undertaking a full range of construction projects, largely fit out and refurbishment, ranging from £50,000 - multi-million pound works.
You will be working on fast paced / fast turnaround projects
Office based in the main, out seeing clients roughly once a week.
Job Objectives: You will assist with:
- Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and be an extension of their team
- Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs.
- Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
- Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
- Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
- Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
The right person. Assistant Cost Manager
You will have some form of construction experience, and 1 years plus experience working as an Assistant Cost Planner, or an Assistant Quantity Surveyor.
