MEP Cost Manager / Senior MEP Cost Manager
Liverpool / Manchester
£45-65k DOE

Kenton Black International is excited to be supporting one of the world's leading consultancies in the expansion of their UK Cost Management team. There currently exists an opportunity for a degree qualified MEP Cost Manager in either of their North West offices.

We're keen to hear from people with a strong consultancy background and with a proven track record of of delivering high quality MEP cost management/quantity surveying/scheduling across the full lifecycle of schemes. Opportunities exist on a variety of projects, and the successful candidate can expect to gain experience in the exciting and incredibly buoyant Data Centres sector.

A snapshot of some of the responsibilities -

- Pre & post-contract duties, including preparation of cost estimates, RFPs, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
- Completing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
- Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
- Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents
- Taking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations
- Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
- Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
- Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
- Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts
- Maintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a genuine market leader and gain experience in an exciting and innovative sector.

If you have a stable career history and can demonstrate a collaborative and outgoing approach, please get in touch - dave.butler@kentonblack.com .