Team Leadership & Development
- To take line management responsibilities and develop cost managers and team members through structured guidance, feedback, and performance reviews.
- Hold the highest level of professional integrity and business ethics.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture that supports continuous learning and professional growth.
- Motivate team members, and drive towards positive client outcomes and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Responsible to manage the team’s resource against the business pipeline and projects
- Conduct interviews for vacant positions in line with the company’s recruitment process and resource requirements
- Critically analyze, challenge and brainstorm project requirements and deliverables, in order to find creative solutions and alternatives on behalf of clients.
Client & Stakeholder Engagement
- Lead multidisciplinary project teams including clients, consultants, contractors, and suppliers.
- To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value-added cost management service.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across all stakeholders through structured meetings, reporting, and documentation.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful project outcomes.
Project Strategy & Planning
- Develop and lead cost benchmarks to support the overall project execution strategy, defining critical success factors and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Critically analyze, challenge and brainstorm project requirements and deliverables, in order to find creative solutions and alternatives on behalf of clients.
- Establish robust cost reporting structures and control mechanisms.
Project Controls & Reporting
- Act as Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions or multiple commissions.
- Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final revisions of cost plans.
- Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
- Leading value engineering and life cycle costing exercise.
- Implement and maintain cost controls mechanisms incorporated into projects’ schedule, cost, risk, and change management.
Financial and Risk Management
- Monitor project budgets and financial performance in collaboration with cost management team.
- Analyze cost drivers, manage variations, and report financial progress against budget.
- Lead commercial negotiations and contract administration on projects alongside the cost management team
- Responsible for managing internal risk management procedures and systems, including client care processes and the contract database.
- Manage invoicing processes using D-365, including:
- Reviewing and validating invoice data for accuracy and completeness.
- Coordinating with finance teams to ensure timely submission and approval.
- Tracking invoice status and resolving discrepancies.
- Ensuring compliance with client billing requirements and internal financial controls.
Business Development
- Contribute to business development initiatives, including proposal writing, client presentations, and market engagement to support growth and positioning.
- Collaborate with internal teams to identify new opportunities, develop tailored solutions, and respond to client needs with agility and insight.
- Demonstrate strategic thinking and commercial awareness in identifying trends, client priorities, and competitive differentiators.
- Capture and share lessons learned, benchmarking data, and best practices to drive continuous improvement across projects and teams.