Cost Manager

Job Description

Job Profile

We are looking for an experienced Cost Manager to lead our project teams and oversee our construction sites. The ideal candidate will bring leadership, precision, and a deep understanding of the construction industry to ensure projects are completed within budget. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all project costs are accurately vetted recorded, monitored, and reported, providing key insights to support effective planning, decision-making and project cost control.

At Mott MacDonald, we are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that's defining our future. It's our people who power that performance. We employ brilliant people, and we trust them to do brilliant things.

Main responsibilities include

• Create and maintain detailed budgets for construction projects, ensuring all costs are estimated properly.

• Track and control project expenses, ensuring they remain within the budget and identifying cost overruns.

• Prepare regular financial reports and cost analyses for project stakeholders, highlighting any variances and providing recommendations for corrective actions.

• Work with the procurement team to manage contracts and negotiate with suppliers and subcontractors to obtain the best prices for materials and services.

• Identify potential risks related to project costs and develop strategies to mitigate them.

• Evaluate and manage changes to project scopes that may impact costs, ensuring all changes are documented and approved.

• Ensure all financial activities comply with company policies, industry standards, and relevant regulations.

The candidate must have

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

• Thorough understanding of contracts, plans, specifications, and regulations.

• Ability to remain flexible and efficient in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to make intelligent and quick decisions, working well under pressure, and when faced with unexpected occurrences.

• Ability to effectively multitask while analyzing and solving problems.

• Thorough understanding of engineering, architectural, and other construction drawings.

• Prior construction experience in industrial project.

• Knowledge of rate analysis , market analysis rates, escalation, ex-gratia and relevant cost management techniques.

Minimum qualification

• BE / BTech in Civil Engineering

• Experience: 15 to 17 Years.

• Industry: Industrial Projects

• Functional Area: As mentioned above.

With so many opportunities to learn, grow and excel, the possibilities are as varied as every individual to shape the career that's right for you. Whether you want to pursue excellence in a specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you're connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best.

As a proudly employee-owned business, we're here to benefit our clients, our communities, and each other. Our shared success enables us to invest in creating a platform for everyone to feel safe and valued, empowered with the right tools and right support, in a place where fairness and integrity run deep.

Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where everyone has the opportunity to be brilliant.

We can offer (subject to Company’s policy):

- Agile and safe working environment

- Competitive annual leave and sick leaves

- Group incentive scheme

- Group term life insurance, Workmen’s compensation and Group medical insurance coverage

- Short and Long-term Global employment opportunities

- Global collaboration and knowledge sharing

- Digital Innovation and Transformation

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.