The Role
The Cost Manager will oversee key projects in logistics and manufacturing, supporting cost planning, financial management, and building client relationships while collaborating with a cost management team.
Summary Generated by Built In
Title: Cost Manager
Discipline: Cost Management
Sector: Logistics & Manufacturing
Location: London (With Hybrid Working)
Location: London (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.
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
The logistics and manufacturing industry is a crucial component of the UK economy, playing a vital role in the production and distribution of goods across the country and around the world, and we know warehouses are now often among the world’s most sophisticated and technology-rich assets.
We understand the unique complexities of the logistics and manufacturing industry. We understand how to repurpose, redesign, and reimagine logistics and manufacturing space. We excel in bespoke fit-outs, large logistic parks, multiple-level indoor farming, vast warehousing packed with automated technology, and temperature-controlled environments.
Our clients receive comprehensive advice through the entire life cycle of their assets; from conceptualisation to realisation, to operation, and eventual disposal. Through our specialists’ expertise and passion for the sector, we can deliver successful results, ensuring our clients’ investments are in safe hands.
Due to continued growth, we have an opportunity for an experienced Cost Manager to take responsibility for key projects within the logistics and manufacturing sector, a buoyant sector for RLB and our numerous clients, and one that is experiencing massive growth.
We are looking for future leaders to carry the sector forward. You will be joining an established and supportive team of cost management professionals, with extensive and diverse experience.
Role Responsibilities
We understand the unique complexities of the logistics and manufacturing industry. We understand how to repurpose, redesign, and reimagine logistics and manufacturing space. We excel in bespoke fit-outs, large logistic parks, multiple-level indoor farming, vast warehousing packed with automated technology, and temperature-controlled environments.
Our clients receive comprehensive advice through the entire life cycle of their assets; from conceptualisation to realisation, to operation, and eventual disposal. Through our specialists’ expertise and passion for the sector, we can deliver successful results, ensuring our clients’ investments are in safe hands.
Due to continued growth, we have an opportunity for an experienced Cost Manager to take responsibility for key projects within the logistics and manufacturing sector, a buoyant sector for RLB and our numerous clients, and one that is experiencing massive growth.
We are looking for future leaders to carry the sector forward. You will be joining an established and supportive team of cost management professionals, with extensive and diverse experience.
Role Responsibilities
- Supporting senior cost manager / associate on projects (multi-unit logistics developments).
- Pre and Post contract Quantity Surveying duties.
- Involvement in Pre-Construction cost planning and estimating
- Involvement in Post contract financial management
- The candidate will be an integral part of a team that is accountable for the commercial and contractual performance of a project.
- Building and maintaining client relationships.
- To support business objectives of delivering value for money in all circumstances.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar construction related technical discipline.
- MRICS or studying towards.
Experience
- Previously employed by a consultancy or contractor in a similar role
- Some experience of industrial, manufacturing, logistics projects desirable
- Experience in site earthworks, utilities, highways, and vertical build desirable
- Some experience / knowledge of JCT and NEC contracts
- A track record of working with teams to prioritise workloads and deliver to deadlines
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 qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar construction related technical discipline
- MRICS or studying towards
- Experience of industrial, manufacturing, logistics projects desirable
- Experience in site earthworks, utilities, highways, and vertical build desirable
- Knowledge of JCT and NEC contracts
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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.
