Cost Manager

What This Job Involves:

1. Collaborate with stakeholders to establish and track project budgets.
2. Work with stakeholders to maintain project cost control reports, including tracking actual costs against estimated budgets.
3. Assist in the reviewing and assessment of all scope of works for all stakeholders to ensure that appropriate descriptions and detail are given, ensuring no gaps in work and that all costs are accounted for.
4. Identify and analyze potential risks that may impact project deliverables, timelines, or budgets.
5. Prepare detailed and accurate construction cost and project cost estimates from conceptual design through final construction documents.
6. Research local market pricing for material, labor, and equipment using published documents, historical data, and performing market studies.
7. Assist in developing risk mitigation strategies and monitor their implementation.
8. Coordinate with project stakeholders to gather data and provide accurate and timely project status updates.
9. Assist in reviewing and analyzing project documentation to ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.
10. Collaborate with project teams to implement lessons learned and best practices on future projects.
11. Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices related to project controls.

Required Qualifications:

1. 2 - 5 years as an Estimator, Cost Manager, or similar role.
2. Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, preferably in Quantity Surveying, Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management.
3. Ability to regularly communicate analyzed data to clients and teams to achieve project goals.
4. Strong working knowledge of architectural drawings and planning concepts.
5. Highly organized with strong analytical skills.
6. Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with executive-level external and internal clients as well as external team members (architects, contractors, client's representatives, etc.).
7. Ability to generate AACE level 1-5 cost evaluations; capable of working conceptually and qualifying unknowns; expertise in estimating software and benchmarking tools.
8. Ability to work collaboratively, independently, and through ambiguity to create structure and consensus.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Knowledge of Cost-X, On-Screen Takeoff, or other estimating software.
2. Professional certification in project management (e.g., AACE, RICS).
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
4. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
5. Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
6. Intermediate to Expert level in Excel, Project, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Smartsheet.
7. Expert understanding of building systems (MEPFS and architectural).
8. Familiarity with procurement and tendering processes.