Cost Manager - Intermediate or Senior Level A leading national consultancy in Milton Keynes has openings for a Cost Manager or Senior Cost Manager to join their growing team Working on a range of industry-leading schemes, they operate within a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, leisure, and retail. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector Lots of benefits: 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 workload Casual dress Regular social events Plenty of room to progress RICS support The roles You will be joining an established team and will enjoy working in a collaborative environment in a modern, open-plan office. You will focus on work for 1 large client undertaking refurbishment and fit out works, and alongside this, could be looking after improvement works on education schemes, such as re-roofing works, fire upgrades, etc. Office/home-based in the main, out seeing clients roughly once a week. Job Objectives: Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and being an extension of their team Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs. Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with the budget. Proactively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and promptly. 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 You will either have experience working as a Cost Manager or a Quantity Surveyor. Main contractor or consultancy experience Refurbishment experience is key (walls, ceilings, floors, M & E) You will be used to working at pace on fast turnaround projects Cost Manager / Cost Management / Quantity Surveyor