Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects is focused on transforming how capital projects are planned, managed, and executed. The Cost Manager will prepare cost estimates, develop value engineering options, and manage financial performance while collaborating with project teams and clients.
Responsibilities:
- You'll prepare cost estimates and cost plans, incorporating benchmarking data for review
- You'll develop value engineering and life cycle costing options to optimize project efficiency
- You'll identify potential risks and help maintain the project’s Risk Register
- You'll contribute to pre-contract process meetings, offering cost-related insights
- You'll create and manage cost control reports to track financial performance
- You'll attend client meetings with senior colleagues and document key discussion points and actions
- You'll participate in design team meetings, assess cost implications, and implement agreed outcomes
- You'll assist in developing standardized project templates for consistent documentation
- You'll prepare and manage change order logs, invoice logs, and detailed cost reports
- You'll oversee measurements and pricing research for development appraisals and qualification reviews
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent - in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, Data Analytics or another cost / construction focused
- 2+ years of minimum cost management experience
- Experience working in hyper-scale data centers is a plus
- Thorough and complete knowledge of the construction process and management techniques, methods, and materials
- Proficient in the use of advanced functions in CostX to produce estimates, bills, etc
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint) at an appropriate level
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Outlook
- Organized and detail oriented