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Hybrid in Bristol·Full-time·Added 2 months ago (last checked 21 Oct)
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Our summary
- Work mode
- Hybrid, Bristol
- Contract
- Permanent, full-time hours
- Experience
- Senior level



Skills
Nice to have
Ridge & Partners is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in Bristol.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Significant infrastructure experience, with a strong focus on Water and Environment sector (this is essential), other sectors are also desirable (energy, transport, defence).
- Experience delivering cost management services across major infrastructure projects and programmes.
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Candidates will be associate or full members of RICS (or an appropriate professional institution) or be committed to obtaining chartered status.
- Have both site and office-based experience on a variety of infrastructure projects.
- Successful applicants will have a strong knowledge on pre and post contractual administration of the NEC3/NEC4 forms of contract. NEC Accredited is desired but not essential.
- A collaborative mindset with a proactive, solution orientated approach to problem solving.
- Have an understanding and have used cost software including, but not limited to CostX, CEMAR etc.
- Understand the Construction Playbook, Value Toolkit, Project 13 and Public Procurement regulations.
The role
Are you an experienced Cost Manager looking to make a real impact within the UK's infrastructure sector? We are expanding our commercial team and are seeking a Senior Cost Manager to support the delivery of major infrastructure programmes, with a particular focus on the Water and Environment sector.
The role can be based from any of our offices: Cardiff, Bristol, London, Winchester, Reading, Oxford, Cheltenham, Cambridge, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle.
What you'll do
- Lead the commercial and cost management delivery of complex programmes and projects from inception through to completion.
- Manage project commercial performance, risk and opportunities.
- Prepare and manage cost plans, estimates and benchmarks, applying whole-life costing principles where appropriate.
- Administer and take accountability for NEC3/NEC4 contracts, supporting both pre-contract and post-contract commercial activities.
- Lead cost assurance and governance activities, ensuring consistency, accuracy with compliance with client requirements.
- Provide data-driven cost and commercial insight to support informed decision-making.
- Produce high-quality commercial reporting, including performance metrics, earned value management (EVM) and outturn cost analysis.
- Contribute to bid submissions, framework opportunities and work-winning activities where required.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, delivery partners and industry stakeholders
- Support business growth through networking, market engagement and identifying new opportunities.
- Assist with developing Cost Managers towards professional qualification status.
- Actively contribute to a positive, collaborative and high-performing team culture.
Skills and experience you need to have for this role
- The aspiration to join a growing team where the prospect of contributing to something new excites you.
About Ridge & Partners
- Industry
- Built environment consultancy
In their own words
About the company & 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.