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AECOM Senior Cost Manager - Mixed-Use/Residential in London, United Kingdom
Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
Are you a Senior Cost Manager looking to work on building projects that can change the world? Projects that are always more complex and innovative than the last?
If so, we are looking for a Cost Manager to join our team in London. You will be joining a team of like-minded professionals who have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting-edge solutions.
About Us:
AECOM plays a critical role in the conceptualisation and creation of amazing spaces, delivering projects and landmark buildings that define skylines and communities. AECOM Buildings & Places is made up of dedicated teams delivering projects in Commercial, Residential, Workplace, Hospitality, Sports Venues, Education, Government and Healthcare.
We are friendly, busy and motivated with an established track record of successfully delivering local and overseas projects. Some of our flagship work in recent years includes;
Landmark projects include mixed-use commercial developments such as Soho Place, 1 Triton Square, White Collar Factory, Bloomberg HQ, Battersea Power Station Phase 3, Greenwich Peninsula, the Sky Campus in Osterley and residential scheme at the old Lots Road Power Station.
We deliver workplace and retail schemes for numerous Clients such as Citibank, JPM, Apple, M+S and John Lewis. We have delivered some of the most prestigious international projects including Commercial Towers in Bogota and the new Abu Dhabi International Airport Terminal.
We are fortunate enough to be on numerous Public Sector frameworks , giving us access to a wide variety of both Central Government and Local Authority schemes together with a wide mix of Health and Education projects.
Our team is augmented MEP Specialists , Utilities and façade QS’s to ensure we deliver all our Clients a first service in the market.
About Our Team:
Our Team in London consists of 120 cost managers, working across sectors and is part of our wider 500-strong UK+I Cost Management team.
You will also have access to AECOM’s industry-leading personal development programme via AECOM University and leadership courses such as Evolve, through our structured Performance + Reward system as we are committed to supporting career development post qualification.
Job Responsibilities:
Provide full suite of Cost Management duties to AECOM clients.
Support and lead Cost Management commissions, taking responsibility for their successful delivery.
Provide effective support and mentoring to Graduates and Apprentices.
Ensures commissions are managed and completed efficiently, on time and to the client’s satisfaction.
Develops strong reciprocal relationships with clients and members of the project team.
Be the primary interface with AECOM clients (new and existing).
Ensure all staff members reporting to you have current and relevant training.
Delivery of cost management outputs, in accordance with agreed timescales and quality standards.
Minimum Requirements:
Proven experience in a consulting environment providing the full spectrum of CM services including Pre-Contract Estimating; Procurement; Contract Administration, Cost Reporting and Final Account resolution.
Proven ability to advise clients and design teams on cost, value and risk, not just cost in isolation.
Excellent IT Skills and the ability to utilise digital measurement, cost planning and tender document tools shall be essential.
Understanding of a variety of project types/sizes/sectors. Residential and/or Commercial/Mixed-Use sector experience would be advantageous
Able to work under own initiative where appropriate working closely with the Senior Cost Managers and Associates in the delivery of some of our projects.
Qualifications
Degree Qualified – BSc or MSc – in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management.
Professionally Qualified – ideally Chartered Quantity Surveying Status with the RICS, CIOB or other equivalent institution.
Additional Information
Your Benefits Will Include:
Helping our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance is important to us. If you join AECOM, as well as receiving a competitive salary, you’ll also have the opportunity to explore flexible working arrangements.
Core benefits include 25 days’ annual leave, company pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and one paid annual professional institution membership fee. You can also choose from a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.
You’ll also be able to give back to communities with up to two paid CSR days each year. Through our charity, The AECOM Foundation, you can volunteer to support children in developing countries. And if you’re a member of the Reserve Forces you’ll receive an additional 15 days paid leave for training commitments.
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com
At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!
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About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10099758
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Survey & Estimation
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited