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Senior / Associate Cost Manager

Location: Reading
Location Reading
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Are you a Senior / Associate Quantity Surveyor seeking your next career move? We need someone to join our growing cost management team in our Reading office.

You’ll work across an exciting and varied portfolio across the Thames Valley and London, including projects for prestigious independent schools, £10m+ high-end residential developments, new-build industrial schemes, and specialist projects supporting our Motorsport Track Design team. 

This is a role where no two projects are the same. You’ll join a collaborative team of 10, with the opportunity to play an important role in the continued growth of our team, while being supported to develop your own career.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

The role will be varied and include day to day lead on a variety of projects specifically including:

  • Cost Planning at various RIBA stages including producing preliminary and detailed cost estimates (from feasibility through to detailed design)
  • Pre-Contract services, including:
    • Providing advice on procurement strategy and the overall tendering process
    • Provide advice on contract arrangements
    • Negotiation / agreement of a Contract Sum (experience of two stage tendering an advantage)
    • Prepare tender documents
    • Advising clients on tenders when received
    • Prepare contract documentation
  • Post Contract services, including:
    • Providing advice on contractual matters / procedures
    • Valuing completed work and approving progress payments
    • Monitor changes in design and measure, value and negotiates variations
    • Budget management and cost reporting to the client
    • Negotiate final accounts
  • Working closely with the Team and mentoring / working with graduates
  • Client facing
  • Developing existing and new Client contacts and relationships

The skills and experience you need to have for this role

  • Relevant degree
  • MRICS preferred but not essential
  • Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor (consultancy) with extensive experience you can evidence
  • Articulate, capable of establishing and maintaining strong client relationships
  • Commercially aware with excellent negotiation and organisational skills.
  • Sound knowledge of JCT Contracts
  • Working collaboratively within a team

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,400+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They’re the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you’re hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you’re motivated by ingenuity and if you’re always aspiring to be the very best.

  • Quality
  • THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR BUSINESS.

From concept to execution, our work is driven by passion, technical expertise and an uncompromising commitment to excellence - delivering solutions that stand the test of time. We don’t need - or want - to be the biggest. Just the best.

  • Ingenuity
  • AS STANDARD.

We question assumptions and look beyond the obvious - applying technical depth and creativity to solve problems that matter. We find better ways today, then improve on them tomorrow.

  • Partnership
  • BUILT ON TRUST. GROWN OVER TIME.

Since 1946, strong relationships have shaped everything we do. We listen, challenge with care, and stay with you for the long haul - turning shared goals into lasting impact.

  • Aspiration
  • THE FIRE IN OUR BELLY.

We start with a vision - then push the boundaries of what’s possible. With bold ideas and a clear view of the future, we turn ambitions into meaningful outcomes.

The benefits package we have put together for you supports every aspect of your life.

Annual
leave

A healthy holiday allowance that starts at 25 days pa, plus the option to buy, carry over or sell.

Community
spirit

You can take three volunteering days each year to spend time on causes close to your heart.

Mental
health

Mental Health First Aiders are here to support you, backed up by Unum’s Help@hand app.

Financial benefits

A path to peace of mind: life assurance, pension scheme and income protection.

Physical
wellbeing

Your health is a priority for us too, so we offer medical insurance, private GP access and discounted gym membership.

Flexible
working

Our flexible approach to hybrid working is there to suit you, your family and your team.

Career development

A pathway at Ridge that’s focused on your professional, personal or educational aspirations.

Extra
benefits

Performance bonus, car allowance and more based on your role - and progression.

We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If you’d like to discuss accessibility, accommodations or adjustments during your application and selection process, please contact us at workwithus@ridge.co.uk and we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.

A polite note to Recruitment Agencies
We enjoy great relationships with our agency partners within our framework, and fully believe in the value of a blended approach to finding the best talent. However, we are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from agency partners at this time – any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownerships on any introduction that you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

We are committed to nurturing strong partnerships within our agency framework, but there are occasions where we looking to enlist the help of others. If you would be interested in working with us in the future, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

A polite note to recruitment agencies

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

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