Senior Cost Intelligence Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Assume day‑to‑day delivery support for projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks without supervision.

Strengthen our service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.

• Prepare budget estimates, cost plans, cost reports, and client reports.
• Provide cost assurance services through data analysis, cleaning, estimating and benchmarking.
• Prepare cost and benchmark estimates, cost rates, cost models, and engineering definitions.
• Create cost hierarchies, break‑downs, and methods of measurement for bespoke cost calculations.
• Produce dashboard reports for external clients and manage related data capture, storage, analysis and reporting.
• Maintain the cost database, develop costing tools, and manage the internal cost intelligence database systems.
• Monitor industry and economic cost trends and maintain the index register.
• Deliver all work outputs accurately and on time to a high standard of quality.
• Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service and sector levels.
• Ensure service delivery in accordance with company policies, particularly Health and Safety and Quality Assurance.
• Provide services in compliance with the client’s corporate governance procedures where applicable.
• Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
• Work to deadlines set by the Project Team Leader and maintain filing of project correspondence in accordance with requirements.
• Mentor and support team members, ensuring staff and new starters develop to support business growth.
• Ensure change control processes for the services we provide.
• Populate and submit accurate timesheets with useful descriptions weekly.
• Manage the delivery of work through proactive involvement and performance management of personnel.
• Support forecast of work through proactive management of the CI Programme.
• Provide costed risk, Monte Carlo simulations, and optimism bias assessments.
• Contribute to bid and tender preparation and business development.

• Communicate effectively and negotiate confidently with all levels of stakeholders.
• Cope with demanding and changing time frames.
• Excellent team worker, contributing own thoughts and ideas.
• Work independently and provide progress updates.
• Dependable in high‑pressure situations.
• Passionate about adding value to cost intelligence services.
• Comfortable working with multiple sources of data and information.
• Driven to continuously improve and provide innovative solutions.
• Present complex information to senior management.
• Self‑learner, sharing knowledge verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
• Prioritise and self‑manage in high‑pressure environments.
• Manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads with the appropriate Director.
• Lead a team and deliver results in a client‑facing role.
• Strong interpersonal and team‑building skills.
• Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and aptitude for forward planning.
• Excellent oral and written communication, and developing presentation skills.
• Excellent knowledge of construction industry technical matters with circa 5 years plus post‑qualification experience.
• Good awareness of construction contracts, best practice and cost estimating systems.
• Advanced IT skills, including MS 365, Excel and automating processes.
• Meticulous in reviewing and validating cost data, ensuring accuracy and identifying discrepancies.
• Experience of managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.

• Preferably degree‑qualified in construction, cost management, engineering, quantity surveying or another RICS‑accredited degree.
• RICS/MRICS/CaSA or other equivalent qualification or experience.
• Excellent core technical skills and a highly motivated, conscientious and inquisitive attitude.
• Objective, evidence‑based decision‑making skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with both staff and clients.
• Strong ability to think clearly and make reasoned decisions, explaining the logic employed.
• Energetic and motivated with natural drive, innovative flair and…