The Role
The MEP Associate Cost Manager will lead Data Centre projects, manage cost and quantity surveying, and develop client relationships. Responsibilities include team management, financial performance oversight, and strategy development to ensure project success and high technical standards.
Summary Generated by Built In
Title: Associate Cost Manager
Sector: Data Centre
Sector: Data Centre
Discipline: Cost Management
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.
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.
Introduction to Advanced Technologies & Data Centre Team
Rider Levett Bucknall’s Advanced Technologies & Data Centre (DC) Team is one of the UK’s leading independent multi-disciplinary consultancies, supporting clients in the successful planning, procurement, delivery and operation of critical Data Centre infrastructure across some of the UK and Europe’s most complex and interesting projects. Our team works across the full project lifecycle, providing specialist expertise from initial feasibility throughout the lifecycle of the project through to completion working with Hyperscale and Co-Location Developers, and End-User Customers.
What sets us apart is our genuinely integrated approach. Rather than operating as individual disciplines, our professionals work collaboratively across three complementary service pillars to provide clients with seamless support throughout every stage of a project. This collaborative approach allows us to solve complex challenges quickly, share knowledge across disciplines and provide resilient support throughout the project delivery.
Working as part of our DC Centre of Excellence, the role will include:
- Providing strategic commercial advice
- Driving efficient procurement strategies
- Contract administration
- Cost Management through all RIBA Stages
- Change Management and driving commercial efficiencies
- Commercial Assurance and accurate cost forecasting
- Financial governance from early project development through to final accounts.
We pride ourselves on driving and supporting growth and development of the individuals within our team to empower you with a clear path for career progression with RLB. As our team continues to grow, we remain committed to fostering an inclusive, supportive and collaborative culture where individuals are encouraged to learn from one another, develop new skills and work across disciplines. Whether supporting a colleague on a technical challenge, assisting with commercial strategy or helping deliver a critical programme milestone, we operate as one team with a shared objective of delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients.
Joining RLB’s Advanced Technologies & Data Centre Team means becoming part of a high-performing, ambitious and supportive business that is helping shape the future of the UK’s critical infrastructure while offering genuine opportunities for professional development, career progression and exposure to some of the industry’s most exciting and technically challenging projects.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead the successful delivery of Data Centre projects, taking responsibility for all aspects of project performance and outcomes.
- Pre- and post-contract Quantity Surveying and Cost Management.
- Demonstrate leadership across people, projects and business activities.
- Build and develop strong client relationships, contributing to work winning and new business opportunities.
- Contribute to the financial performance of projects and the wider business, including revenue and profitability.
- Manage and develop team members, including mentoring and supporting career development.
- Promote efficiency, effectiveness and best practice across projects and teams.
- Participate in and contribute to the development of Rider Levett Bucknall strategy.
- Monitor technical performance across projects, reviewing delivery with teams and clients to ensure high standards.
- Keep up to date with current thinking and best practice within the discipline.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar technical discipline.
- MRICS or membership of other relevant professional body.
Experience
- Strong experience delivering Data Centres.
- CSA and MEP / Mechanical & Electrical packages.
- Strong technical delivery experience.
- Previously employed by a consultancy or end user client.
- Stakeholder management with a clear focus on developing client accounts.
- Demonstrable leadership capabilities across people, projects and business.
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 technical discipline
- MRICS or membership of other relevant professional body
- Strong experience delivering Data Centres and MEP / Mechanical & Electrical packages
- Strong technical delivery experience
- Previously employed by a consultancy or end user client
- Stakeholder management with a clear focus on developing client accounts
- Demonstrable leadership capabilities across people, projects and business
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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.
