Cost Manager and Senior Cost Manager

Role: Cost Manager and Senior Cost Manager
Location: Germany
Hybrid model: Onsite or Remote, with travel to Frankfurt 2 x per month
Employment type: Permanent
Language skills: English C1, German C1 (desirable)
You must be a German national/resident or have the necessary permits already in place to work in Germany.
 
Our client, a privately owned, leading global construction and consultancy firm are interested in meeting with highly skilled and experienced cost consultant professionals to work on a number of high-profile construction projects in Frankfurt, Germany.
 
Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing expert cost consultancy services across a range of projects.
• Managing cost planning, budgeting, and estimating processes.
• Undertaking and advising on Contract Administration, particularly under JCT and NEC forms of contract.
• Leading value engineering and life cycle costing initiatives.
• Analysing and advising on Capex versus Opex costs.
• Ensuring projects adhere to industry best practices and address hot topics such as Sustainability, Social Value, and Carbon Reduction.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with key senior stakeholders.
• Contributing to business development activities.

 
About you:

• Previous experience in a cost consultancy practice in a similar role.
• Experience working with private and public sector property and infrastructure clients is beneficial.
• Proficiency in cost planning, budgeting, and estimating.
• Demonstrated ability in managing people and risk management.
• Knowledge of contract law and contractual frameworks relating to construction.
• Strong capability in Contract Administration.
• Familiarity with value engineering and life cycle costing.
• Solid understanding of industry best practices.
• Awareness of hot topic issues such as Sustainability, Social Value, and Carbon Reduction impacting the Public Sector.
• A degree in quantity surveying/cost management or equivalent.
• Professional membership, such as MRICS/RICS.

 
My client offers competitive salary and benefits package. If you are interested in this role, please apply by sending a copy of your CV to buse.alisanoglu@peoplegroup.com