AECOM are seeking a highly experienced Associate Director - Cost Management, to join our masterplanning and infrastructure cost team. The role will play a critical leadership position in shaping cost strategy from early concept through to pre-tender stages on large-scale, mixed-use and masterplanning developments. This position requires strong commercial acumen, strategic advisory skills, and the ability to engage confidently with clients, designers, and internal leadership.
Responsibilities
- Lead cost planning and commercial strategy for large-scale masterplanning, mixed-use, infrastructure-led and complex developments
- Provide strategic cost and commercial advice to support client decision-making at programe and portfolio level.
- Lead project set-up, scope definition, delivery strategy, and commercial governance from appointment through completion.
- Advise on phasing strategies, development yields, benchmarking, and cost-led masterplan optimisation
- Ensure alignment between design intent, development strategy, and cost outcomes
- Contribute to the growth and expansion of frameworks, key accounts, and priority market sectors.
- Support development of service offerings, cost tools, benchmarks, and thought leadership initiatives.
- Provide leadership and oversight to multiple project teams across a diverse portfolio.
- Plan, allocate, and manage resources to achieve delivery excellence within agreed fees, programes, and utilization targets.
- Provide senior technical leadership across feasibility, concept, schematic, and detailed design cost planning.
- Oversee and challenge cost models, benchmarks, risk allowances, contingency strategies, and value engineering proposals.