An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Life Sciences division for a Cost Engineering Lead to support in the delivery of construction and manufacturing projects for our Real Estate team. We are seeking applications from Cost Controllers with experience in working on major construction projects for the Pharmaceuticals or Biotech sector or similar highly regulated fields i.e., Nuclear, Oil & Gas etc.
Job Objectives
- Pre and post-contract duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
- Completing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
- Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
- Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents
- Taking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations
- Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
- Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
- Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
- Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts
- Maintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating
Skills Required
- Technical knowledge of Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech, or other related facility asset types for period of 5 years+
- Good knowledge of all methods of construction and procurement.
- Experienced with or managing team that uses multiple estimating tools and applications.
- Strong experience with spreadsheets and databases.
- Collaborative approach, able to develop strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, internally and externally.
- Good organization skills with the ability to multi-task.
- Demonstrated strong listening and communication skills.
- Proven cost and/or commercial management experience, ideally within a consultancy environment.