The Cost Manager is responsible for managing building project costs from design to completion, ensuring client satisfaction and effective stakeholder management.
Title: Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager
Discipline: Cost Management
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (With Hybrid Working)
Reporting To: Associate / Partner
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (With Hybrid Working)
Reporting To: Associate / Partner
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.
Role Overview
RLB is proud to have had a presence in Northern Ireland for over five years, servicing and delivering for UK clients across a range of sectors.
Our Cost Management Team proactively manage the cost of a building project, from the initial design stages through to the building’s completion and sometimes even the costs incurred through maintenance and operation, once the building is up and running.
Due to continued growth, we have an exciting opportunity available for a Cost Manager or Senior Cost Manager to join our growing team in Belfast. The role involves working with key clients of RLB’s gaining valuable experience on infrastructure and buildings projects, including but not limited to commercial, healthcare and higher education schemes.
Candidate Profile
Candidate Profile
Experience:
- Proven technical delivery experience on similar projects.
- Previous experience in a Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager role in a consultancy environment.
- Client facing, ensuring a high standard of technical delivery.
- Stakeholder management with a clear focus on developing client accounts.
Qualifications:
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar technical discipline (RICS Accredited).
- Chartered / Professionally Qualified or studying toward.
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
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with either hidden or physical disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role. This guarantees an interview, not an offer of employment.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with either hidden or physical disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role. This guarantees an interview, not an offer of employment.
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.
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