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About the Role

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Responsibilities

• Assume day-to-day delivery responsibility for projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision.
• Strengthen service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing, and innovation.
• Prepare budget estimates, cost plans, and client reports.
• Provide risk and value management.
• Manage contract administration, including preparation of valuations, forecasts, cost reports, and attendance at project meetings.
• Prepare bills of quantities, schedules of rates, or other methods of work evaluation.
• Deliver all work outputs accurately, timely, and to a high standard of quality.
• Manage work delivery through proactive involvement and performance management of personnel.
• Undertake service delivery in accordance with the Practice's policies and procedures, particularly Health and Safety and Quality Assurance.
• Provide services in compliance with the client's corporate governance procedures where applicable.
• Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
• Work to deadlines set by the Project Team Leader.
• File project correspondence in accordance with requirements.
• Support bid and tender preparation and business development.
• Develop the business through networking and developing client relationships.
• Demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
• Administer change control processes for the services provided.
• Provide advice on procurement and contracts.
• Prepare and evaluate tenders, contractor selection, and contract documentation.
• Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service and sector level.
• Assist in providing leadership to staff where required.
• Resolve conflicts of priorities and personalities relating to work with the appropriate Director or Associate.
• Assist in mentoring and coaching team members, ensuring staff and new starters are developed to support the successful growth of the Practice and development of their careers.

Requirements

• Deliver results in a client-facing role.
• Confidently respond to client requests and escalate client issues to senior team members when necessary.
• Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
• Show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.
• Commit to outperforming client expectations.
• Support stakeholder management.
• Deal diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment, subject to change.
• Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
• Show strong leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, motivate, and manage teams, including the supply chain.
• Manage conflicting priorities and organize workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.
• Prioritize and self-manage with the ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
• Good experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC.
• Good pre and post-contract technical cost management skills.
• Good core technical skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong IT skills for the role including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
• Developing interpersonal skills with both clients and staff.
• Good interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
• Good analytical skills, sound judgment, and an aptitude for forward planning.
• Energetic and motivated with natural drive and an innovative flair, resourcefulness, and ability to adapt to change.
• Ability to think clearly and make reasoned decisions, explaining the logic employed.
• Some experience of managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.

Skills

• Project management
• Cost management
• Risk management
• Value management
• Contract administration
• Budget estimation
• Cost planning
• Client reporting
• Tender preparation
• Business development
• Networking
• Client relationship management
• Change control
• Procurement advice
• Contract advice
• Tender evaluation
• Contractor selection
• Contract documentation
• Strategic initiative implementation
• Leadership
• Mentoring
• Coaching
• Team management
• Supply chain management
• Stakeholder management
• Communication (oral and written)
• IT skills (MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Judgment
• Forward planning
• Adaptability
• Decision making

Experience Level

• 5+ years’ experience

Education Level

• Degree qualified: construction, cost management, engineering, quantity surveying or other RICS accredited degree.
• MRICS / other equivalent qualification or experience.
• Some formal leadership development training.

About the Company

• Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure.
• We have a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence.
• We support some of the world's most respected clients across a diverse range of sectors.

Equal Opportunity

• Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.