Cost Planning Manager

Job Title: Cost Planning Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cost Planning Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for a professional with a passion for cost planning and leadership to take on a key role in shaping the future of our business.

About the Role:

The successful candidate will be responsible for supervising and coordinating cost planning staff and operations, driving implementation and guiding the delivery of cost planning procedures and processes to ensure compliance and alignment with organisational objectives. The role requires the ability to deliver accurate, timely, and strategic cost advice throughout the project lifecycle from feasibility through to final account.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise and manage cost planning team and activities, including evaluating the work of analysts and overseeing less experienced staff, mentoring and supporting team members and providing appropriate training and feedback to develop internal capabilities and ensure that staff are adequately resourced to perform.
• Implement, monitor and execute cost planning activities and programs and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure delivery of cost planning outcomes.
• Coordinate cost planning reviews to record and inform decision making and to ensure ongoing compliance with reporting requirements; reviewing of all cost plans and estimates within delegated limits prior to submission.
• Understand local market conditions with regards to applicable rates, subcontractors and competitors; maintain genuine relationships with key subcontractors to source reliable market pricing.
• Be fully accountable for all cost planning and estimating within the business unit from conversion through to delivery.
• Actively engage and provide support to other business units as required.
• Promote digital technologies through cost planning.
• Encourage and promote performance reviews and development discussions with team members to actively plan key resource sessions for future leadership.
• Establish and maintain a business-specific historical escalation forecasting cost model.
• Ensure assistance is available for delivery teams with significant head contract variations as required; regularly attend project reviews to understand actual costs and receive feedback.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• Accountability, big picture thinking, clarity in communication, customer driven, developing future leaders, focus, judgement, team building, verbal communication, written communication, interpersonal ability, planning & organising, technology & process, analytical thinking & problem solving, decision making, influencing & negotiation.
• Advanced knowledge regarding the technical side of building construction and design intent and design metrics.
• Sound understanding of quantity surveying, estimating and cost planning principles and techniques.
• Demonstrate commercial astuteness in decision making.
• Sound understanding of the principles of 'cost x' estimating software.
• Proficiency in escalation modelling.
• Use and encourage the use of cost planning 'workspaces'.
• Ability to understand/review PBF cost reports.
• Written and verbal communication skills to persuade, facilitate decision making, manage expectations, influence and build relationships with key stakeholders.

Benefits of Working with Us:

• We offer a health and well-being program, including well-being leave to relax and recharge, health assessments, and gym/exercise discounts.
• We balance your career and personal life with work flexibility, purchase additional annual leave and extensive family support benefits.
• We provide 26 weeks paid parental leave.
• We offer three extra wellbeing days per year (on top of annual leave).
• We have a large pipeline of project work for career development and growth opportunities.
• We offer a bonus scheme, employee share acquisition program and options for salary sacrificing.

Why Choose Us:

• We promote a positive team environment and collaborative approach to problem solving.
• We mentor and facilitate opportunities for career development.
• We participate in industry bodies, such as property councils and construction associations.
• We inspire by example and support other team members to perform to their full potential, be creative and work independently, including promoting wellbeing and workplace flexibility.