Job Description:

What You'll Do

Support the Big Picture: Assist in delivering independent cost management across a diverse portfolio of projects, supporting cost planning, procurement, and financial oversight from early design through construction and closeout.

Maintain Financial Control: Establish and maintain structured cost management processes, ensuring accurate cost tracking, forecasting, and reporting to support informed decision-making and prevent budget drift.
Lead Cost Planning & Estimating: Prepare cost plans, estimates, and benchmarking analysis across all project stages, ensuring alignment with client budgets and market conditions.

Manage Cost & Budget: Monitor project budgets, track expenditures, and validate contractor applications, variations, and change orders to ensure all costs are accurate, justified, and aligned with approved controls.

Facilitate Commercial Coordination: Act as a key liaison between clients, consultants, and contractors, supporting commercial discussions, procurement activities, and contract administration to maintain alignment across all stakeholders.

Ensure Accuracy & Compliance: Conduct cost audits and reviews of contractor pricing, ensuring all financial aspects of the project align with contract requirements, industry standards, and best practices.

Mitigate Cost Risk: Proactively identify cost risks and opportunities, providing analysis and recommendations to manage financial exposure and maintain budget certainty throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities Include

• Prepare cost plans, estimates, and quantity take-offs across concept, design, and construction phases
• Analyze drawings, specifications, and market data to develop accurate pricing and cost benchmarks
• Support procurement activities including tender documentation, bid analysis, and contractor selection
• Administer contracts, including review and validation of progress claims, variations, and change orders
• Monitor project budgets and track expenditures against approved cost plans and forecasts
• Identify cost risks and opportunities, supporting value engineering and cost optimization initiatives
• Prepare and contribute to cost reports, financial forecasts, and client presentations
• Utilize CostX and other digital tools to support measurement, estimating, and reporting activities
• Undertake site visits as required to assess progress, validate quantities, and support commercial oversight
• Collaborate with project managers, designers, and contractors to ensure integrated and aligned project delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience working as a Cost Estimator or QS in a client-facing role
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CostX
• Accreditation with AIQS and/or RICS is preferred
• Strong understanding of cost planning, contract administration, and commercial management principles
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in client-facing environments
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting
• Experience across multiple sectors or complex project environments is advantageous

This is a hybrid position for local candidates but remote will be considered for candidates as a greater distance.