Trend and Change Manager

Position: 170

CMR:
Trend & Change Manager

Location:

3 Days Office / 2 days hybrid

Type:
Full-time

Start Date:

Immediate

Salary:
Competitive

We are currently seeking a Trend & Change Manager to join our dynamic award winning team. Our client is delivering a major terminal expansion programme at one of the UK’s busiest international airports, involving complex infrastructure upgrades and large-scale construction works within a live operational environment.

As a Trend & Change Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the management of change across the programme, ensuring emerging trends, cost movements, and scope changes are accurately captured, analysed, and reported. This role will work closely with cost, commercial, and project controls teams to maintain robust change control processes and provide insight into programme impacts. Candidates with a cost or quantity surveying background will be particularly well suited to this role.

About us: CMR is an award winning project controls consultancy that is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided. Our approach and culture have been recognised globally, with CMR named Global Project Controls Small Business of the Year 2025 (Project Controls Expo UK Awards) and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2026 (Great Place to Work)

Our Purpose (Why we exist):
Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry.

Our Ambition (What we want to achieve):
Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.

• At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before.
• If you demonstrate the capability, our merit-based system will enable you to develop fast.
• We use our in-house capability matrix to transparently track your progression and highlight development areas.
• Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference.
• We believe in rewarding our team for their achievements, celebrating our successes but equally helping each other when things are tough.

• Manage the programme trend and change processes, ensuring all potential changes are captured and assessed.
• Track emerging cost and scope trends, providing early visibility of potential impacts to the programme.
• Support the evaluation and documentation of change events and variations across the project.
• Maintain accurate change logs and ensure robust governance of the change control process.

• Work closely with cost management and commercial teams to assess financial impacts of changes.
• Support the integration of approved changes into programme budgets and forecasts.
• Assist with the preparation of change and trend reporting for project leadership and stakeholders.

• Provide clear reporting on trends, change events, and potential risks to programme delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve change management processes and reporting practices.
• Support project controls teams in maintaining transparency and consistency across programme reporting.

• 3-5 years’ experience within project controls, cost management, or commercial roles.
• Background in cost management, quantity surveying, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of change control and trend management processes on infrastructure or construction projects.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience working within engineering, procurement, and construction project environments.

• Experience working on major infrastructure or aviation projects.
• Familiarity with cost management or project controls tools.
• Understanding of NEC or similar contract frameworks.
• Qualifications & Experience
• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent project experience).
• Experience supporting project controls…