Assistant Project Cost Manager​/Cost Manager Rail

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Assistant Project Cost Manager/Cost Manager - (Rail Sector)

Start here. Grow here.

Are you a cost/commercial management (Infrastructure) professional looking to work on projects that make a difference and enhance the world around us? If so, we are looking to attract the finest talent to be part of this journey.

We are looking for Assistant Project Cost Managers and Project Cost Managers (Infrastructure) to join our teams across our North, Midlands and Scotland Region operating from 8 regional offices, to work on a variety of interesting and challenging projects, both nationally and locally. You will be joining a growing team of like‑minded people that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions.

• Lead or support Project cost/commercial Management commissions, taking responsibility for their successful delivery.
• Help ensure commissions are managed and completed efficiently, on time budget and to the client’s satisfaction.
• Accountable for the cost/commercial management delivery of projects in a safe & environmentally responsible manner to time, cost and quality, in accordance with the GRIP or PACE.
• Manage multi‑disciplinary teams including commercial, programme controls, engineering, and others to deliver the client requirements.
• Support the project sponsor in preparing and maintaining definitions of the project requirements.
• Help identify and monitor project risks (threats and opportunities), plan and implement mitigations to them, and respond to other issues that affect the project.
• Assist in the management of stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests.
• Provide the required reports and attend managing project reviews at appropriate points throughout the project lifecycle which will inform governance decisions of projects by providing evaluations of progress, performance, risk, contingency, and continuing relevance.
• Accountable for managing the safe and effective delivery of all projects from low complexity single discipline through to high complexity multi‑disciplinary projects to meet client requirements to time, cost, quality, and performance.
• Consolidate and document the fundamental components of projects (scope, schedule, resource requirements, budgets, risks, opportunities and issues, and quality requirements).
• Understand the value of the programme/project beyond the financial impact, coordinating multi‑discipline teams to agreed and achievable objectives.
• Establish, and implement, where necessary, cost/commercial management protocols to change the scope of projects and update configuration documents as required.
• Accountable for the production and maintenance of project documentation, including timelines, resource allocation, project execution strategies and reports.
• Provide support to SPM project manager on contract management services on NEC4 contracts, administering through a contract management system.
• Ensure compliance with the Construction Design Management Regulations Act of 2015.
• Advise the client on procurement strategies and review tender documentation.
• Provide effective support and mentoring to Graduates and Apprentices.

Approach to all projects requires a high degree of…