Associate Director – Cost Consultancy

Job title:

Associate Director – Cost Consultancy

Company

Mace Group

Job description

Associate Director Cost Consultancy

The opportunity

Project: A variety of university projects across London & Southeast region

This role is to work as part of the wider university UK team as part of the senior leadership team.

The UK university sector is undergoing continuous change as a result of the pandemic that will change the way the built environment meets the needs of its users, becoming more flexible and adaptable to blending ways of learning. Decarbonisation of the university estate continues more than ever to be a priority and in line with the Mace priorities, we continue to support universities in achieving their own ambitions in response to the climate emergency declarations.

At Mace, we have extensive experience delivering projects, estate strategies and supporting the decarbonisation of their estate for a wide range of university clients across the UK.

We are currently expanding our university team and are seeking an Associate Director to join us, this opportunity will support and grow our cost and commercial management services and will be instrumental in driving numerous high-profile projects, making it an essential addition to our team. The role will involve taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery, often with respect to large and complex commissions within the public and private sectors. To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value-added cost management service.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading Cost and Commercial Management service offering including feasibility studies, business cases and writing procurement reports.
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining standards across relevant subject matters.
• Taking the lead in developing, implementing, and maintaining bespoke benchmarking.
• Producing and managing cost advise and estimate, taking ownership and confidently presenting the outputs to Clients.
• Identifying opportunities and efficiencies within the capital plan and procurement methodologies.
• Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including prequalification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively.
• Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Being in attendance at meetings and active participation.
• Value engineering and life cycle costing.
• Acting as the client interface, delivering on client objectives and adding value to the service offering.
• Interacting regularly with clients to ensure that goals and objectives are established and achieved.
• Responsible for fee budgeting, forecasting and reporting on relevant client accounts.
• Providing line management and overseeing recruitment.
• Establishing strong working relationships with key stakeholders and ensuring that user requirements are captured and signed off and that approvals are in place to progress following published protocols.
• Marketing and business development duties, particularly in your sector of experience including being mindful of the need to support the consultancy team in promoting Mace in the region.
• Training and upskilling of delivery teams.
• Knowledge sharing and industry best practices.

Qualifications

About you

You have a degree in quantity surveying/cost management and are a member of a relevant institute. You have a track record of winning and delivering work for new build, refurbishment, and infrastructure works and experience in the delivery of complex HE projects. You have a good working knowledge of NEC3 and, estimating, valuations, cost reporting and financial modelling. You have experience in negotiating, influencing and communication skills to command professional respect at all levels.

You are digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships and lead high-performing teams within a commercial environment. You will have a cost consultancy practice and be hungry to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria below, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization. We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:45:38 GMT

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