Cost Manager

Company Overview

Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) is an award‑winning international firm that provides property and construction consultancy advice at all stages of the construction cycle. With over 20 offices in North America and the Caribbean, more than a hundred global offices, and around 4,000 staff worldwide, RLB balances a truly global reach with a local presence for its clients. The firm is committed to customer care, leading‑edge service provision, and is driven by outcomes, creating tailored solutions that deliver successful projects.

RLB’s culture is built on truth, trust, teamwork, and doing good for clients and communities.

Cost Manager

Exempt

Office Director

The Cost Manager provides cost management services including invoice validation, cost forecasting and reporting, change management, close‑out administration, procurement management, earned value and value engineering. The role identifies opportunities within a project that add value and help successfully accomplish the client’s desired project outcome.

• Prepares and issues periodic cost reports to senior technical staff.
• Reviews the cash flow prepared by junior technical staff and forwards it to senior technical staff.
• Reviews all change orders in accordance with the client’s approval process with minimal supervision.
• Reviews all invoices for the project, ensures junior staff code invoices where applicable, and forwards them to the client’s accounts payable department.
• Provides procurement services for the client, including preparing RFPs and bid analysis, with minimal supervision.
• Oversees and reports contractor buyout of subcontract bid packages, where applicable.
• Attends the bi‑weekly cost meetings to review procurement status and change order status with contractors and engineering teams.
• Provides cost information on value‑engineering analysis, with minimal supervision.
• Conducts an earned value analysis of the project on a periodic basis, with minimal supervision.
• Reviews the contractor’s close‑out administration and ensures compliance with contractual requirements.
• Contributes to team performance through collaboration and effective communication.
• Understands the client’s desired project outcomes and identifies opportunities to add value.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Quantity Surveying, or a related field, plus four years’ relevant experience.
• Highly articulate with a clear and analytical approach to problem solving and strong decision‑making abilities.
• Experience in people management.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Thorough understanding and utilization of Excel.

• Indoor office environment; occasional on‑site work may be required.
• Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines.
• Essential physical tasks include computer work and telephone communication; ladder use may be required on occasion.

• Seniority level - Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type
  
  - Full‑time
• Job function - Finance and Sales
• Industries - Construction

RLB is an Equal Opportunity Employer. RLB does not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above‑listed items.