Property Works Cost Manager

Are you an experience Quantity Surveyor or Cost Manager looking for an exciting new opportunity? If so, come and join EDF as a Property Works Cost Manager. There’s never been a more exciting time to join the EDF Property Services team!

The Opportunity

As a Property Works Cost Manager, you will play a key role managing the financial analysis of property projects supporting business change within EDF UK. You will be responsible for ensuring cost efficiency, analysing property cost data and providing insightful financial advice to support the success of our projects.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a salary of circa £50,000 (DOE) and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.

We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you’ll be doing

As part of the EDF Property Services commercial team, you’ll have a truly unique role in supporting the analysis of strategic business property decisions.  By collating key data, facilitating multiple stakeholders, and running cost modelling to allow comparison of business change case options, you will be providing the information to support leaders in making key strategic decisions. 

Key responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive cost analysis for property business change projects
• Manage and further develop cost models to support cost analysis
• Develop benchmarking to assist in setting accurate budgets
• Collaborate and coordinate key stakeholders such as architects, project managers and the wider property teams to ensure accurate financial analysis
• Support development of project stage gate packs
• Provide cost management support to a diverse range of projects across the UK, ranging from simple refurbishment to complex large multi-site projects

Who you are
 

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ambitious and a positive mindset
• Relevant qualifications in Quantity Surveying or a related field is desirable but not essential

We’re looking for somebody who can demonstrate an analytical mindset and a strong, numerical ability. Somebody who can demonstrate effective communication skills, the ability to build relationships at all levels of seniority and deliver accurate information and working under pressure.

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date for applications: 3rd November 2024

Location: National (Home based but with travel)

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