Cost Manager

Cost Manager – Eltham

Baily Garner LLP is a leading multidisciplinary construction consultancy with nearly 50 years of experience and over 250 employees across Eltham, Manchester, and Birmingham. The firm offers a full suite of services including architecture, building surveying, quantity surveying, project management, M&E engineering, sustainability consulting, and more.

The Cost Manager will play a pivotal role in administering target cost models across projects, ensuring robust cost planning, risk management, and commercial governance. The role is based within the XXX group in Eltham and may involve hybrid working. You will work with a multi‑skilled team alongside internal and external partners on projects such as residential and social housing.

• Support Senior Cost Managers and Commercial Directors on key accounts and strategic relationships, assisting with day‑to‑day project work and contributing to a collaborative team environment within BG/4i.
• Administer target cost models, prepare budget estimates and cost plans, and produce tendering documents.
• Act as a trusted adviser to client organisations, offering strategic insights on cost, value, and risk.
• Provide quantity surveying and strategic cost management services to the LLP, including commercial assessments and audits of contractor submissions.
• Prepare recommendations for interim payments, assess final costs, measure work, adjust for variations, and agree final accounts with contractors.
• Attend strategic meetings, resolve commercial issues with clients, contractors and team members to deliver successful outcomes.
• Produce detailed reports using Excel, Power BI and BG/4i bespoke database systems.
• Client liaison, present schemes, manage project programming and address matters affecting service delivery.
• Act as the Contract Administrator or Employer’s Agent, appoint and manage the performance of the professional team.
• Prepare and present initial appraisals, feasibility reports, contract documents and fee proposals.
• Delegate duties while retaining overall responsibility for achievement.

• Proven experience as a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor (3+ years) in a consultancy and/or contractor environment.
• Experience delivering large‑scale construction projects.
• Understanding of a Target Cost Model approach and collaborative contracting.
• Chartership desired but not essential.
• Residential, education, existing buildings and retrofit experience.
• RICS Accredited Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying or Cost Management.
• Strong attention to detail and proactive problem‑solving skills.

• Flexible working hours (choice of start/finish based around a 7.25‑hour day, core 10am–4:15pm).
• Hybrid working: office and home.
• Medicash health plan – money back on dental, optical, physiotherapy appointments and more.
• Life assurance cover (four times annual salary).
• In‑house mental health first aiders.
• Birthday leave.
• Long‑service leave.
• Biannual pay reviews.
• Scottish Widows pension and salary sacrifice (4.5% contribution matched).
• Professional development scheme and sponsorship of professional fees.
• Two paid corporate social responsibility days.

Baily Garner LLP are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitable candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/paternity needs. We are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage, please let us know.