Cost and Commercial Manager

The post holder will have specialist cost, commercial and risk management expertise and be responsible for the effective commercial management of the University's sponsored City Deal Projects being delivered under the Belfast Region City Deal (BRCD) Programme.

On all three University sponsored City Deals Projects the post holder will be responsible for supporting the Estates Managers in relation to:

• Capital costs, commercial management
• Life Cycle Costing
• Risk management

The role will primarily involve acting as Cost and Commercial Manager to provide support from RIBA Stage 4 onwards. The role will involve robustly analysing, challenging and understanding all cost, commercial and risk matters across all three projects and reporting both internally and externally to BRCD partners.

About the person:

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• Undergraduate degree in Quantity Surveying or undergraduate degree with Post Graduate qualification in Quantity Surveying or Cost Management.
• Professional Chartership Achievement to a relevant professional body (e.g. RICS, CIOB)
• Substantial recent relevant professional experience in an estates/building project environment:
• Clear, demonstrable evidence of successful financial management of projects over £15m
• Experience of NEC contracts Option B and Option C
• Experience of change management for NEC contracts.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information document on our website.

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