The Role
Provides cost management and quantity surveying services across multiple built-environment projects, acting as the main client liaison and supporting project delivery. Responsibilities include regional property and infrastructure budget control, operational and resource planning, quality and health and safety audits, revenue and profit management, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement. The role requires strong technical delivery experience across healthcare, education, and commercial sectors, along with client account development and professional collaboration.
Summary Generated by Built In
Title: Associate Cost Manager
Discipline: Cost Management
Location: Reading (With Hybrid Working)
Location: Reading (With Hybrid Working)
Why RLB?
At RLB, we live by four simple ideas: Truth, Trust, Together, Tomorrow. Four values that live at the heart of RLB. A place where People Make Progress.
We value your skills, talents and unique perspectives – we think they are priceless.
Bring them to RLB and you’ll be empowered to shape our future and your career in new and meaningful ways.
We’ll give you opportunities to work on some of the most ambitious and exciting projects currently being designed and developed in the built environment sector.
You’ll continue to learn and advance as everyone who works for us is provided with a tailored training programme. Our mentoring and reverse mentoring schemes will enable you to share your expertise while gaining fresh insights.
What makes RLB unique is our inclusive culture. As an independent, employee-owned business, teamwork and collaboration lies at the heart of everything we do. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies are just some of the ways we invest in employee wellbeing.
Join us and you will thrive personally as well as professionally.
Role Overview
This role presents an excellent opportunity for a proactive individual to take responsibility for providing all core Cost Management services on a number of interesting projects while acting as main client liaison as well as providing support to the existing team in the delivery of projects.
Role Responsibilities:
- Manage property and business support issues in the Region, promoting efficiency, effectiveness and best practice.
- Control the budget for property and infrastructure in the Region.
- Promote the use and continuous improvement of Intelligence, carry out local QA and H&S audits within the Region to ensure conformance.
- Participate in the development of Rider Levett Bucknall strategy.
- Operational management, responsible for ongoing revenue, costs and profit and delivering annual and medium-term business plans.
- Resource planning - establish and maintaining adequate resources to deliver customer satisfaction profitably.
- Take responsibility for all aspects of the delivery of projects. Be aware of our technical performance on projects, regularly review projects with staff and customers.
- Keep up to date with current thinking and best practice within your discipline.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar technical discipline.
- MRICS or membership of other relevant professional body.
Experience
- Strong experience in Healthcare, Education and Commercial sectors.
- Strong technical delivery experience.
- Previously employed by a consultancy or end user client.
- Stakeholder management with a clear focus on developing client accounts.
Behaviours
- Recognised as a client focused, positive collaborator who shares knowledge freely and offers support to their peers and seniors. Recognised as a team player with a strong willingness to learn.
- Demonstrates a positive and proactive approach to the role, and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results.
RLB Employee Benefits
Our culture is built around enabling you to fulfil your potential, so you can look forward to benefits that include:
Hybrid Working - Working patterns to support your work-life balance. As well as competitive maternity and paternity packages.
Well-Rewarded - A competitive salary and generous holiday entitlement. As well as the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days.
Focus On Wellbeing - We offer a number of health and wellness options, including gym membership and cycle to work schemes.
Healthcare Packages - Private healthcare insurance and medical support, including dental insurance and eyecare vouchers.
Personal Development - A continuous learning and development programme, including established APC and in-house mentoring schemes.
Additional Benefits - We offer a wide range of benefits including a season ticket loan and professional membership subscriptions.
Exceptional Exposure - You’ll have the opportunity to work on diverse projects across different sectors and regions.
Social Responsibility - We hold team and social events as well as charity fundraising and volunteering activities.
Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Commitment
We believe in building a diverse and inclusive environment where each person can be themselves, feel valued for their contribution and be challenged and supported to reach their full potential. We have a responsibility to support the communities in which we live and work, and that our workforce should reflect these communities and our clients. Our talent strategy should enable us to overcome bias in the construction industry by recruiting, retaining, developing, and promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce. Find out more here: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - RLB | Europe.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during any stage of the application or interview process, please contact our recruitment team at: [email protected].
About
With a network that covers the globe and a heritage spanning over two centuries, Rider Levett Bucknall is a leading independent organisation in cost management and quantity surveying, project management and advisory services.Our achievements are renowned: from the early days of pioneering quantity surveying, to landmark projects such as the Sydney Opera House, HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong, the 2012 London Olympic Games and CityCenter in Las Vegas.We continue this successful legacy with our dedication to the value, quality and sustainability of the built environment. Our innovative thinking, global reach, and flawless execution push the boundaries. Taking ambitious projects from an idea to reality.
Skills Required
- Degree in Quantity Surveying or a similar technical discipline
- MRICS or membership of another relevant professional body
- Strong experience in healthcare, education, and commercial sectors
- Strong technical project delivery experience
- Previous employment with a consultancy or end-user client
- Stakeholder management experience with a focus on developing client accounts
- Client-focused, collaborative, proactive, and team-oriented approach
- Commitment to customer service excellence and commercial results
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The Company
What We Do
Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) is a global independent construction, property, and management consultancy specializing in cost management, quantity surveying, project and programme management, and asset advisory services.
