Check Estimate and Deep Dive Trend Lead

🌟 Position: Check Estimate and Deep Dive Trend Lead London/Suffolk

📍 Location: Hybrid with 2-3 office days alternating between London and Suffolk

💼 Type: Full-time

📅 Start Date: Immediate

💰 Salary: Competitive

We are currently seeking an experienced Check Estimate and Deep Dive Trend Lead to join a dynamic, award-winning team. This role will support one of the most complex and high-profile infrastructure programmes in the UK today, providing structured cost assurance, estimate review and trend analysis across a highly regulated, technically complex environment.

As a Check Estimate and Deep Dive Trend Lead, you’ll play a key role within a nationally significant infrastructure programme that will shape the UK’s long-term energy landscape. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a landmark project from the inside out—providing robust cost insight, challenging estimates, identifying trends, and supporting informed commercial and project controls decision making at scale.

About us: CMR is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided. We are a progressive & dynamic consultancy offering tailored project controls services across a range of industries.

Our Purpose (Why we exist): Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry.

Our Ambition (What we want to achieve): Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.

🔹 What’s in it for you?

· At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before.

· If you demonstrate the capability, our merit based system will enable you to develop fast.

· We use our in-house capability matrix to transparently track your progression and highlight development areas.

· Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference.

· We believe in rewarding our team for their achievements, celebrating our successes but equally helping each other when things are tough.

🔹 You'll

· Lead the review and assurance of check estimates across the Programme, ensuring cost information is robust, evidence-based and aligned to agreed governance requirements.

· Undertake deep dive trend analysis to identify cost movements, emerging issues, risks and opportunities across key areas of programme delivery.

· Support the collation, interpretation and challenge of cost and estimate information in accordance with Cost Management Policy and Procedures.

· Work closely with project controls, commercial and delivery teams to provide clear insight on estimate variance, trend drivers and cost performance.

· Provide assurance and review of Contractor Cost submissions, with the ability to challenge information where required to support realistic project updates and informed decision making.

🔹 About You

Essential

· Ability to communicate estimate, cost and trend information clearly to peers/managers.

· Good attention to detail and skilled in interpreting and analysing cost data.

· Experience of identifying, analysing, and solving problems.

· Strong understanding/ working knowledge of cost estimating, cost assurance and trend analysis.

· Experienced in working within Project Controls in a Major Programme environment.

· Strong understanding/ working knowledge of Cost engineering/ forecasting tools (such as PRISM/ EcoSys/ Cobra).

Desirable skill:

· Knowledge of engineering, procurement, forms of contracts and construction generally.

· Knowledge of engineering and construction management customarily acquired over time through specialised instruction or practical experience.

· Knowledge of risk / schedule functions and understanding of interface with cost.

· Educated to professional standard and membership of an appropriate body and to degree level or equivalent.

🔹 At CMR we have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that have the same beliefs as we do! You can find out more about us here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/

📍 Requirements and Location:

· Full right to work in the UK

· Hybrid with 2-3 office days alternating between London and Suffolk

📦 Salary & Benefits

· 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

· Comprehensive Private Healthcare (Inc Dentist and Optician)

· Life Assurance (x4 Salary)

· Pension: employers' contribution of 4%

· Company and personal performance-based bonus

· Salary Sacrifice Scheme

· Long Service Leave

· Training and professional development

· Regular social events

· Perkbox – employee experience platform

➡️ Next Steps

To apply to our vacancy please submit a copy of your CV for consideration. As we receive many applications to our roles, please include a short summary explaining why you want to join us and what you think you can bring to the team.

We look forward to hearing from you!

CMR welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. CMR is Disability Confident Committed and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives.