Cost Manager

Overview

As a Cost Manager in Edinburgh, you will support high-profile infrastructure projects by ensuring accurate cost monitoring, forecasting, and governance-aligned delivery. You’ll work within the Cost Management team to manage budgets, cash flow, and change control while collaborating with client and contractor teams. This role offers hybrid working and opportunities for career progression within a growth-focused practice. You’ll contribute to value engineering and programme performance in a dynamic, inclusive environment.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• flexible working environment
• supportive and inclusive culture
• career development opportunities
• work-life balance
• growth-focused team

Responsibilities

• Administer contracts to align with project objectives
• Provide cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to budget completion
• Monitor cost variance and contract cash flow; ensure timely, correct applications
• Collaborate with client and contractor teams on deliverables, KPIs, and objectives
• Manage contract change within governance and best practice
• Drive improvements in forecast and budget accuracy

Key requirements

• Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
• Ideally professional body membership or equivalent
• Contract Management NEC3 (Option C preferred)
• collaboration
• communication
• problem-solving
• cost management
• forecasting
• budgeting

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