Cost Management Director

Associate Director - Cost / Commercial Management with extensive MandE experience within Critical infrastructure environments for an expanding ''End Client'' Datacentre organisation based in London. This role will lead into running the Commercial Department. Reporting to the Programme Delivery Director, the Associate Director - Cost / Commercial Management (Projects and Commercial) will provide in house Quantity Surveying service on all infrastructure projects / programmes. This involves initial estimating / budget forecasting, cost plan management, consultant and contractor selection, preliminaries drafting, tendering, contractor negotiation, valuations, variation control, cost reporting and final accounting. Additionally, to support the financial management functions normally carried out in an end operator construction business including internal Purchase Order reconciliation and cash flow. More than 5 years experience in running construction projects, ideally within the data centre industry or those with a very complex services content. Extensive experience in an environment where front end activities such as project estimating and cost planning are routinely carried out. Able to provide all the quantity surveying input necessary to run construction contracts of £10m-30m, where external quantity surveying firms are not appointed Excellent communication skill with the ability to explain technical matters in a way that can be clearly understood by a ..... full job details .....