Senior Cost Consultant

Overview

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The project: We are currently looking to recruit talented and motivated team members to support a number of leading pharmaceutical clients based in Switzerland. This is an exciting opportunity to work on complex, high‑profile projects within a regulated and fast‑paced environment. Successful candidates will join a collaborative team and play a key role in maintaining the highest standards of delivering quality, compliance, and operational excellence to clients portfolios, programmes and projects.

Provide cost management services from inception to completion for commissions in various different sectors. Responsible for (area/discipline/specialism), using advanced technical capabilities/discipline expertise.

• Accountable for feasibility studies, advising on procurement strategies and contract selection, writing and undertaking procurement reports.
• Utilises expertise and applies the value management techniques at the outset of a project.
• Manages, estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.
• Contributes to the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including prequalification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.
• Supervises the preparation of the contract documents, warranties, bonds and licenses and assist formal execution by the appropriate parties.
• Advises on administration of the terms of the building contract.
• Accountable for the measurement of valuations of the work carried out and ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively.
• Ensures adequate cost control and reporting services during the contract and the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Identifies all costs associated with design changes, contract awards, construction activities and client charges.
• Oversees and engages in the evaluation of claims for delay and additional costs made by the contractor and any nominated subcontractors/suppliers.
• Provides comprehensive advice on the issuing of certificate of making good defects and final completion in accordance with any requirements relating to completion, submissions and approvals.
• Advises on the issue of certificates of practical completion and ensure that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
• Manages team of Cost Consultants, providing guidance, direction and coaching and performance management.
• Delivers improvements in systems and processes, driving transformational change.
• Provides mentoring/training to members of the team.
• Shares technical/functional/domain expertise to upskill capabilities. Develops and maintains a series of both internal and external relationships.
• Manages and influences key/senior stakeholders. Identifies and implements continuous improvement plans/identifies key business improvements. Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

• Demonstrable experience of delivering service excellence to clients in highly regulated industry, preferably in pharmaceutical.
• +10 years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience cost planning, budgeting and estimating experience.
• Good negotiating, influencing and communication skills to command professional respect at all levels is essential.
• Sound understanding of costs and timescales of work undertaken and implications of risk of failure to deliver.
• Proven experience of different types of contracts including the method of measurement.
• Knowledge of BIM techniques and applications.
• Negotiation skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Digitally Competent.
• Recognised accreditation with professional bodies in country.

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