Title: Cost Manager

Overview of Role

The Cost Manager is responsible for oversight of cost estimation and adhering to the company s quality standards and the client s satisfaction. Employees in this position will interface with clients, consultants, and designers to achieve the project s goals and ensure that all project activities are consistent with Company policy. The Cost Manager should have the ability to identify opportunities within a project that will add value and help successfully accomplish the client s desired project outcome.

Essential Functions

• Review construction plans and specifications during preconstruction to complete quantity take-offs and prepare estimates for all architectural, structural, and civil scopes from schematic through final design for new construction and renovation projects.
• Prepare value engineering, cost option and cost strategy estimates.
• Prepare independent post contract estimates, including reporting differences in scope, quantities, and pricing from contractor s estimate.
• Work as integral part of our Estimating Team to perform plan and specification analysis, takeoff, and pricing of various types of construction projects.
• Review estimates prepared by Estimating Team, prior to supervisor final review.
• Compiles and analyzes data on all factors that influence costs, such as material, labor, equipment, and profit margins.
• Evaluates cost estimating deliverables prepared by architects and engineers, for cost containment.
• Acquires and evaluates historical and vendor cost data for the development of cost estimates and price recommendations.
• Accurately forecasts costs of future projects and changes to existing projects.
• Prepares technical evaluations, cost estimating draft reports, memos, and letters and presents recommendations to management and client.
• Participate in design charrettes and design workshops, including presenting estimates to the client and AE team.
• Participate in Value Engineering studies, reconciliations, and negotiations with contractors.
• Prepare valuations of work in progress reports from contractor draw requests.
• Undertake other cost-related tasks as directed by supervisor, including review of estimates prepared by others.
• Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
• Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to adds value to accomplish the desired outcomes.

Requirements

• The Cost Manager shall demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role, and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results.
• Minimum Education (or substitute experience) required: 4-year college degree in quantity surveying, construction management, architecture, or engineering science.
• Minimum Experience required: 2-6 years relevant experience of management of staff including project and cost professionals and/or technicians, managing major projects including development of project scope, goals, work plans, timeliness, and implantation strategies, developing measurement processes/methods for assessing progress toward goals and project outcomes. Prior experience with developing and monitoring contracts required.
• Skills Required: Expert in quantity surveying, cost management, or project management, including planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of large, complex projects. Good communication skills required.