Mattinson Partnership
Cost Manager

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Cost Manager – UK Infrastructure (Transportation & Utilities)
Join a growing UK Infrastructure team delivering some of the country’s most significant and complex programmes across highways, rail, utilities, and transportation. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping major projects that directly impact communities and the future of UK infrastructure.
As a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor, you will work across the full project lifecycle, partnering with leading clients, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams to drive successful commercial outcomes. You will be trusted to take ownership of cost control, forecasting, and contract management, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently, transparently, and to the highest standards.
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This role offers the chance to work across multiple sectors within infrastructure, giving you exposure to highways, rail, utilities, and transportation projects, while continuously developing your expertise and broadening your experience.
- Responsibilities:
- Administering NEC3 contracts (Options A, C, and E)
- Managing change control, compensation events, valuations, and final accounts
- Proactively monitoring cost performance
- Managing risk
- Supporting procurement and value engineering activities to drive efficiency and commercial success


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