Senior Cost Manager (Quantity Surveyor)

Job Description

Position Summary:

This senior level role will manage all cost management activities of one or multiple complex projects. The role will make an immediate impact at a client by working with senior project managers, clients, and other key stakeholders to support high-level strategic cost plans to support the client through the early phases of the project lifecycle to the closeout. Will work with the Senior project manager and/or project controls manager to develop a plan for the long-term support of the project including building, managing and reporting cost reports and analysis. Must have exceptional organizational, analytical and problem-solving.

Essential Job Duties:

-Establish the cost management program and deliverables to be used on large scale capital programs (tools, technology, processes and procedures)

-Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle

-Integrate all third plans and cost components into integrated cost plan

-Lead effort to provide detailed analysis to the project manager, client, CM, engineering or other 3rd parties on cost risk, issues, and/or mitigations

-Drive the accruals and forecast process for the projects including detailed monthly, biweekly, and/or weekly as required

-Support the risk management process and plan

-Support facilitation of quantitative risk assessments when required

-Develop and lead the earned value component of complex manufacturing programs

-Support development of project control and project execution plan

-Review/approve invoices from subcontractors and third party

-Assist with the development of RFPs, RFQs and other project related contract negotiations

-Drive the development of project estimates

-Drive value engineering process

-Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle

-Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs

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Skills and Requirements

-Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or related field.

-8+ years of related experience in working as a cost management expert on capital projects, including design and construction phases.

-Direct experience working on teams within a complex, matrixed environment.

-Expertise using Excel

-Must possess exemplary communication skills - both oral and written. Lives on East Coast