Senior Cost Manager

About the Role

As a Senior Cost Manager at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us, lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role, you will:

• Actively participate in the tender/bid process--from initial tender/bid documentation through analysis and reporting
• Manage the change management process - identifying, analyzing, approving, and implementing changes that affect the project cost
• Analyze tenders/bids to ensure client value for money
• Assist in the preparation and agreement of final accounts, including the handling of any claims to ensure the client gets best value from works undertaken
• Create estimates and cost plans for key client developments
• Oversee project spend by creating valuations and cost reports, and clearly communicate variations to your team
• Support nimble project management and clear decisions through excellent cost documentation and timely communication
• Support the settlement of construction disputes/loss and expense claims with transparency
• Foster top performance and growth for your employees via excellent mentorship and leadership

What We're Looking For

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have experience as a Senior Cost Manager, ideally from a consultancy background
• Have experience working on High Rise commercial construction projects
• Have experience in pre-contract cost management while being experienced in budget control, cost planning, preparing and initiating change forms for discussion with other project stakeholders while being knowledgeable on alternative construction materials
• Are chartered or are on the path to complete it. We can help
• Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun

Work Environment

The preferred candidate will be local to the New York area and comfortable working a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite/2 days remote). This role will support a remote candidate in the surrounding eastern region, however must be comfortable with up to 25% travel to project sites in New York, NY.

Key skills/competency

• Cost Management
• Project Management
• Construction Cost Planning
• Tender Analysis
• Change Management
• Valuations
• Cost Reporting
• Claims Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Leadership