Construction Cost Manager

Cost Manager

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Cost Lead (CIVIL)- (Residential, Commercial, Fit-out experience)

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Job Description

JLL are seeking a Cost Lead and/or Quantity Surveyor with experience working on large-scale real construction projects, to support and execute an array of strategic and operational real estate development efforts across our client’s mixed use district development portfolio as well as ground up workplace office projects.

Responsibilities:

• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.

• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.

• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.

• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.

• Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.

• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.

• Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct.

• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.

• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.

• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.

• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.

• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.

• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.

You will also be responsible for:

Pre-Contract

• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.

• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.

• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

Post-Contract

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

• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.

• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.

• Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.

• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.

• Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a construction cost management role.

• College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a field related to construction.

• Full life cycle cost management experience working on commercial real estate construction projects.

• RICS accredited or working towards is valuable, but not required.

• Experience working on large-scale real estate or data centre projects.

• Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.

• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering

Location:

On-site –Hyderabad, TS

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

48

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

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