Cost Manager A national leading consultancy in Milton Keynes have an opening for a Cost Manager to join their team. Working on a range of industry leading schemes, they operate within a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, leisure, retail and residential. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector Lots of benefits: * £45-60,000 * 27 days holiday plus bank holidays. * 6% pension * All expenses covered for work purposes * Hybrid working – 2-3 days office & home * 8.30 to 5 – again flexible – you can start earlier/ finish earlier if you prefer * Private health insurance and can add your family * Open plan office * Informal working environment * Trust people – manage your own workload * Casual dress * Regular social events * Plenty of room to progress * RICS support The role - Cost Manager You will be joining a team of 25 and will enjoy working in a collaborative working environment in a modern, open plan office. You will focus on works for 1 large client undertaking refurbishment and fit out works ranging from £2-15m, and alongside this, you will be looking after looking fitout and refurbishment works for vetinary practices with values up to £1.8m Office/ home based, out seeing clients roughly once a week. Job Objectives: * Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and be an extension of their team * Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs. * Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget. * Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner. * Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering. * Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed. The right person. Cost Manager You will either be an experienced Cost Manager, or a Quantity Surveyor. Main contractor or consultancy experience Refurbishment experience is key (walls, ceilings, floors, M & E) You will used to working at pace on fast turnaround projects Cost Manager / Cost Management / Quantity Surveyor