Senior Cost Consultant

Mace North America Limited•Houston, TX

23h•Onsite

About The Position

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are re-sponsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site . Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project. The Project: Mace North America is seeking a talented senior cost consultant for life science and industrial and manufacturing projects. In this pivotal role you’ll have the opportunity to work directly with clients delivering iconic major capital projects. Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are: Safety First - Going Home Safe And Well Client Focus - Deliver On Our Promise Integrity - Always Do The Right Thing Create Opportunity - For Our People To Excel

Requirements

Degree in construction management, engineering, quantity surveying or related field (MS, MBA preferred).
Professional membership i.e. MRICS/RICS (or equivalent) and moving towards fellowship, or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
Excellent communication (written, verbal and presentation) skills, along with the ability to assure service delivery and provide meaningful/actional insights.
Knowledge of value engineering, life cycle costing, contract law and contractual frameworks relating to con-struction.
Experience in managing relationships with key senior stakeholders.
Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
Experience in pharma/life science sector or other similar manufacturing.
Experience leading cost management on large-sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
Oracle Unifier or other project management system.

Responsibilities

Manage all aspects of cost planning, including ownership of and presentation of cost plans to clients and internal stakeholders.
Manage the procurement process, ensuring stages including prequalification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.
Support the delivery of cost management services to delivery key strategic outcomes and KPIs, directly influencing strategic development of plans.
Serve as a client-facing senior cost consultant lead who assists with strategic, tactical, and technical ad-vice.
Manage and grow cost management teams or accounts.
Interface with clients, external and internal consultants at all project stages.
Conduct feasibility studies and produce procurement reports.
Produce ROMs for new and pipeline projects for a project budget to be based on.
Day to day cost management of medium-large scale client projects including procurement, pay requests, change management and cost reporting.
Apply value management techniques at the outset of a project involving existing protocols and systems.
Managing, estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership and presenting the final cost plan.
Manage the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including, pre-qualification, enquiry, evaluation, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.
Ensure post contract cost variances, change control, cost checking and valuation processes are managed effectively.
Ensure the production of monthly post contract and cost reports and present them to the client.
Provide value engineering life cycle costing.
Manage the final account negotiation and agreement.
Update benchmarking efforts as new projects are executed to provide real cost data to client.