Senior Cost Consultant - Workplace Sector

Position status: This is a Talent Pool requisition for potential opportunities throughout the UK. If you would like to be considered as we progress trying to secure work, please click to apply.

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

The project:

An exciting opportunity to join the Cost & Commercial Management team working with a small selection of our key strategic Workplace sector clients. The role will involve advising across a full range of cost planning, project budgeting, forecasting, and strategic procurement services.

Our values:

• Safety first: Going home safe and well
• Client focus: Deliver on our promise
• Integrity: Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity: For our people to excel

You'll be responsible for:

• Conducting feasibility studies and benchmarking
• Applying the value management techniques at the outset of a project
• Managing, estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan
• Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively
• Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively
• Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed
• Being a key interface with client and other consultants at all project stages
• Marketing and business development duties including being mindful of the need to support the consultancy team in promoting Mace in the region
• Knowledge of the standard form of industry contracts
• Assisting in the development of new business opportunities with existing and new clients

You'll need to have:

• Previous experience in a cost consultancy practice undertaking a similar role
• Previous experience working with blue chip and corporate Workplace Sector clients
• Sound knowledge and ability to undertake and advise on capital planning, forecasting and strategic procurement
• Strong understanding of industry best practice
• Previous experience of managing people and risk management
• Experienced in the use of Excel including sortation formulas, pivot tables, graphs, etc.
• Understanding of the impact of wider industry hot topic issues such as Sustainability, Social Value, Carbon Reduction

You'll also have:

• A degree in quantity surveying/cost management or equivalent
• Professional membership i.e. MRICS (Desirable)

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.