Cost Planner
Our client is a large and well established main contractor that carries out a range of design and build contracts up to GBP30 million typically.
Due to ongoing growth they have approached us with the requirement to recruit a Cost Planner on a permanent basis.
Reporting to the Commercial Director (Pre-Construction), the Cost Planner will provide early cost advice to their customers and their in-house Development Team, speeding up the time it takes for the company to evaluate potential development sites.
The Cost Planner will be responsible for successfully delivering project cost estimates for stages 1 and 2, in accordance with defined Business objectives and to achieve the required profit margin as well as ensuring that project cost estimates are carried out in accordance with the design/specification intent and that risk is managed and costed effectively to deliver profit targets.
Specific roles and responsibilities will involve:
Leadership & Management
• Ensure that projects in stages 1-2 are costed accurately in line with Customer and Company objectives and timescales and in accordance with Company Procedures.
• Develop and manage the Cost Plan Programme, ensuring alignment with the Pre-Construction Programme to successfully deliver cost outputs in line with Customer and Business objectives.
Customer Management
• Alongside the Bid Manager, lead the Customer through the costing process delivering cost advice to the Customer and their Agents to achieve an agreed build cost.
• Challenge and review proposals and present alternative cost options to deliver Customer objectives in line with design intent.
• Ensure that Customer design/specification is agreed and understood to enable accurate costs to be prepared.
• Maintain regular contact with Customers and their Agents both formally and informally during the costing process.
• Respond to and deal with Customer cost queries/issues in a timely manner.
• Support the Commercial Director Pre-Construction as a key contact for Customers throughout the costing process.
Cost, Budget & Tender Management
• Effective prioritisation and management of cost plans to deliver the Pre-Construction programme.
• Establish clear requirements for appropriate information levels to enable accurate costing for stage 1-2 pricing exercises, including tenders, and ensure these requirements are achieved.
• Preparation and agreement of all budget/cost plans in defined format.
• Critically evaluate project design and specification information provided to identify alternative options available to deliver best value budget and cost proposals to meet Customer and Business Objectives.
• Provide feasibility cost and design advice.
• Review design development and give cost advice to the team.
• Evaluate variations and value engineering, ensuring accurate recording, tracking and incorporation into cost schedules/bills of quantities.
• Ensure that stage 1-2 tenders accurately reflect the strategy established at initial cost plan stage
• Provide tender update reports as and when required.
Commercial Management
• Ensure project budgets and costs achieve defined profit margin for the Business.
• Protect the financial interests of the Company throughout the development of projects during the Pre-Construction process in stages 1-2.
• Manage clear project gateways including hand-over of information to enable costing exercises and hand-over of completed/agreed costs to Pre-Construction teams
• Achieve commercial sign off from Commercial Director Pre-Construction prior to release to Customer and/or their Agents.
• Ensure project costs presented at stages 1-2 accurately reflect bespoke contractual requirements/contract amendments and commercial terms required by Customers and/or Funders.
• Track and inform the process on cost changes and evaluated design development options during stages 1-2.
• Presentation of estimates as required to all levels of Management.
Risk Management
• Working alongside the Bid Manager, deliver risk management by identifying, evaluating and tracking risk through the cost plan process.
• Ensure accurate costs of all projects risks are captured, identified and managed in stage 1-2 cost plans and are communicated effectively during hand-over to Pre-Construction teams to enable effective management.
To be eligible for this role, candidates will be able to meet the following criteria:
Exemplary customer management skills.
Experience of multiple project management at a senior level in an estimating related discipline.
Excellent planning and programming skills.
Working knowledge of JCT design & build contracts.
Working knowledge of Health Safety & Environmental legislation.
Commitment to customer satisfaction through achievement of quality.
Ability to lead the costing process within project parameters, including budgets.
Experience of partnering relationships: customer and supply chain collaboration.
Experience of cost control and cost planning.
CSCS card registration.
Excellent working knowledge of project management approaches e.g. Agile, APM or Prince Methodologies.
Desirable skills and experience will also include:
Care Home/Extra Care experience.
Chartered member of a construction related discipline e.g. RICS, CIOB, RIBA
Formal qualification in project management
Working knowledge of the development process to include 'site finding' through to 'starting on site'.
Candidates may come from a consultancy, engineering or contractor background.
This is the ideal opportunity to work with a large and well established award winning business that can offer long term career progression. Contact Giles Wilson on (Apply online only)/(Apply online only) for further details
Due to ongoing growth they have approached us with the requirement to recruit a Cost Planner on a permanent basis.
Reporting to the Commercial Director (Pre-Construction), the Cost Planner will provide early cost advice to their customers and their in-house Development Team, speeding up the time it takes for the company to evaluate potential development sites.
The Cost Planner will be responsible for successfully delivering project cost estimates for stages 1 and 2, in accordance with defined Business objectives and to achieve the required profit margin as well as ensuring that project cost estimates are carried out in accordance with the design/specification intent and that risk is managed and costed effectively to deliver profit targets.
Specific roles and responsibilities will involve:
Leadership & Management
• Ensure that projects in stages 1-2 are costed accurately in line with Customer and Company objectives and timescales and in accordance with Company Procedures.
• Develop and manage the Cost Plan Programme, ensuring alignment with the Pre-Construction Programme to successfully deliver cost outputs in line with Customer and Business objectives.
Customer Management
• Alongside the Bid Manager, lead the Customer through the costing process delivering cost advice to the Customer and their Agents to achieve an agreed build cost.
• Challenge and review proposals and present alternative cost options to deliver Customer objectives in line with design intent.
• Ensure that Customer design/specification is agreed and understood to enable accurate costs to be prepared.
• Maintain regular contact with Customers and their Agents both formally and informally during the costing process.
• Respond to and deal with Customer cost queries/issues in a timely manner.
• Support the Commercial Director Pre-Construction as a key contact for Customers throughout the costing process.
Cost, Budget & Tender Management
• Effective prioritisation and management of cost plans to deliver the Pre-Construction programme.
• Establish clear requirements for appropriate information levels to enable accurate costing for stage 1-2 pricing exercises, including tenders, and ensure these requirements are achieved.
• Preparation and agreement of all budget/cost plans in defined format.
• Critically evaluate project design and specification information provided to identify alternative options available to deliver best value budget and cost proposals to meet Customer and Business Objectives.
• Provide feasibility cost and design advice.
• Review design development and give cost advice to the team.
• Evaluate variations and value engineering, ensuring accurate recording, tracking and incorporation into cost schedules/bills of quantities.
• Ensure that stage 1-2 tenders accurately reflect the strategy established at initial cost plan stage
• Provide tender update reports as and when required.
Commercial Management
• Ensure project budgets and costs achieve defined profit margin for the Business.
• Protect the financial interests of the Company throughout the development of projects during the Pre-Construction process in stages 1-2.
• Manage clear project gateways including hand-over of information to enable costing exercises and hand-over of completed/agreed costs to Pre-Construction teams
• Achieve commercial sign off from Commercial Director Pre-Construction prior to release to Customer and/or their Agents.
• Ensure project costs presented at stages 1-2 accurately reflect bespoke contractual requirements/contract amendments and commercial terms required by Customers and/or Funders.
• Track and inform the process on cost changes and evaluated design development options during stages 1-2.
• Presentation of estimates as required to all levels of Management.
Risk Management
• Working alongside the Bid Manager, deliver risk management by identifying, evaluating and tracking risk through the cost plan process.
• Ensure accurate costs of all projects risks are captured, identified and managed in stage 1-2 cost plans and are communicated effectively during hand-over to Pre-Construction teams to enable effective management.
To be eligible for this role, candidates will be able to meet the following criteria:
Exemplary customer management skills.
Experience of multiple project management at a senior level in an estimating related discipline.
Excellent planning and programming skills.
Working knowledge of JCT design & build contracts.
Working knowledge of Health Safety & Environmental legislation.
Commitment to customer satisfaction through achievement of quality.
Ability to lead the costing process within project parameters, including budgets.
Experience of partnering relationships: customer and supply chain collaboration.
Experience of cost control and cost planning.
CSCS card registration.
Excellent working knowledge of project management approaches e.g. Agile, APM or Prince Methodologies.
Desirable skills and experience will also include:
Care Home/Extra Care experience.
Chartered member of a construction related discipline e.g. RICS, CIOB, RIBA
Formal qualification in project management
Working knowledge of the development process to include 'site finding' through to 'starting on site'.
Candidates may come from a consultancy, engineering or contractor background.
This is the ideal opportunity to work with a large and well established award winning business that can offer long term career progression. Contact Giles Wilson on (Apply online only)/(Apply online only) for further details