CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS)
MEP Cost Manager
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About the Role
CBRE Project Management is seeking an experienced Cost Manager to join our team supporting one of our largest global financial services clients. Working as part of a dedicated account team, you will play a key role in delivering strategic cost management across a diverse portfolio of projects.
This is a client-facing position with a strong emphasis on pre-construction cost management, partnering closely with project managers, designers, consultants, and stakeholders to influence project outcomes from the earliest stages. Whilst the role is heavily front-end focused, you will remain involved throughout the full project lifecycle, providing commercial oversight from initial feasibility through to project close-out.
This is an excellent opportunity to work within a collaborative, high-performing team on complex workplace and corporate real estate projects across a prestigious global banking portfolio.
Pre-Construction
- Provide commercial input into the 'Corporate Services Capital Plan' (CSCP) for the MEP Asset Replacement across their EMEA Portfolio for the next 5 years.
- Produce high-level Rough Order of Magnitude budgets using market knowledge and scope provided by CBRE Engineering Team for approval by the client.
- Implement Value Management and Value Engineering processes to ensure design is aligning to budget.
- Support the project approval process by engaging with the client's finance team to calculate the P&L to determine financial viability.
- Lead procurement of project team (Architect, PM, CM, Engineer) and use the in-house procurement system to issue and review RFPs. Following analysis of the submissions, provide a recommendation to the client.
- Produce Purchase Order and Task Orders for Consultants and General Contractors against existing Framework Agreements, liaising with internal stakeholders to ensure compliance and timely approval.
- Ad Hoc MEP Support - i.e. budgetary advice for cost estimates, producing tender packs as well as reviewing tender returns for MEP specifically.
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Post Construction
- Support the Scope Revision process when a material change in Scope is required.
- Produce monthly client cost reports using information provided by local cost consultant for presentation to client.
- Utilising 'In House' cost reporting system to oversee projects (including change management), ensuring these align with the monthly client cost report.
- Review and manage variations.
- Review and approve invoices ensuring these are completed in accordance with CBRE's account KPI timescales.
- Project Final Account and Close Out within KPI dates to ensure compliance with CBRE's account KPI timescales.
- Collate benchmarking information from previous projects to support future Stay v Go Strategies.
- Ad Hoc MEP Support - i.e. reviewing variations and budgeting for potential Scope Revisions.
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What You'll Need
- Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
- At least 3 years of MEP experience.
- Ability to exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
- Willingness to take a new perspective on existing solutions.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
- Organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.
- Sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate mildly complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.
Disclaimer
Please be advised that effective January 1, 2025, CBRE Project Management and Turner &Townsend were consolidated into a single global business entity. As a candidate applying for a position, you should be aware that while your initial employment may be with CBRE GWS, you will subsequently transfer directly to Turner & Townsend at a date to be determined.
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