Associate Cost Manager Newport - ON SITE 5 DAYS A WEEK £90-115k Kenton Black International is excited to be supporting one of the world's leading consultancies in the expansion of their UK Cost Management team. There currently exists an opportunity for a degree qualified Associate Cost Manager to work on a major new Data Centre construction project in South Wales. We're keen to hear from people with a strong consultancy background and with a proven track record of of delivering complex Data Centre projects. Candidates should have strong client facing skills, ideally some MEP experience, and experience of projects such as hi-tech manufacturing, BESS, and pharma will also be of interest. Responsibilities will include - • Pre- and post-contract duties, including preparation of cost estimates, RFPs, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc. • Completing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports • Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan • Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents • Taking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations • Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client • Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages • Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes • Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts • Maintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating The ideal candidate will – • Be educated to degree level, ideally in Quantity Surveying (essential) • Be from a consultancy background (essential) • Be MRICS (preferable) • Have strong MEP experience (essential) • Have client facing/stakeholder management experience (essential) Please get in touch to apply - (url removed) / (phone number removed)