Cost Manager, Construction

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide expert advice to clients regarding procurement strategies while overseeing vendor prequalification, proposals, bids, bid leveling, interviews, and appointments.

• Oversee comprehensive project estimating for construction, fees, direct work, and various associated costs.

• Evaluate estimates from junior team members and deliver estimates, value engineering suggestions, and risk evaluations to clients.

• Examine, validate, and contest vendor costs by utilizing benchmark data from other projects.

• Create cost-reporting timelines and assess as well as present cost reports and forecasts.

• Review project budgets and spending projections with clients while maintaining commercial risk registers.

• Facilitate regular meetings with project teams and vendors.

• Oversee cost control activities, including payment application evaluations, contractor entitlements, change orders, payment requests, and contractual disputes.

• Manage and track invoicing processes.

• Compare performance against successful commissions.

• Handle final accounting, post-contract audits, and account closures.

• Conduct post-contract reviews, document lessons learned, and develop training materials.

• Establish project handover procedures.

• Utilize and prepare Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.

• Comply with relevant SOX control responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related construction field.

• A minimum of 3–5 years of pertinent experience in a cost management role within the construction industry.

• RICS accreditation or progress towards RICS accreditation is advantageous.

• Background in supporting cost management for medium to large-scale building construction, renovation, retrofit, or capital improvement projects.

• Experience in construction consultancy is highly preferred.

• Strong understanding of technical aspects of the construction industry, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Capability to utilize or create Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.

• Ability to comply with applicable SOX controls.

🏝️ Benefits

• Potential for bonuses.

• Comprehensive benefits package offered.

• Flexible working environment.

• Support for work-life balance.

• Opportunity to create meaningful change.

• An inclusive and diverse workplace.

• Confidentiality maintained in accordance with EEO guidelines.