Graduate Cost Manager 2025

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

11/20/2024

Are you due to graduate in 2025 and looking for your first role in Cost Management?

Do you want to work in a supportive, collaborative environment, that allows you to exercise autonomy and grow your skill set?

Do you want to work on an exciting range of projects across sectors?

If you answered yes to the above questions, we want to hear from you!

We are Pick Everard, delivering better together for over 160 years. We deliver exceptional places for people across sectors including commercial, retail, residential, defence and more. Client focus is our strength, and culture is our passion. We are proud to work with prestigious clients on a range of projects across the built environment, helping to create a sustainable future for all.

As part of our ambitious growth strategy, we are looking to appoint a Graduate Cost Manager to be based at our Manchester office. Joining a supportive network as part of a national team, you can expect to receive valuable training, guidance and genuine scope for career development.

You can expect to become involved in:

• A major flagship scheme with national presence.
• Projects within the commercial, education, and defence sectors amongst others.
  
  
  

Your core duties will include:

• Providing general support in the cost management and financial reporting of construction projects
• Preparation of interim valuations of construction
• Working on own projects as appropriate
• Provision of accurate arithmetical checks of calculations
• Assisting in the preparation of Cost Estimates, cost plans and tender documents
• Attending meetings to provide QS input, review project progress and present project data as appropriate
• General administration assistance in connection with Quantity Surveying duties.
  
  
  

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You will be committed to enhancing our positive working culture, by having a compassionate attitude and always treating others with respect.

In order to be considered for this role, you must have:

• Achieved a degree of 2:1 or above in Cost Management/Quantity Surveying or a related subject
• A professional attitude, providing you with the ability to effectively liaise with clients
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• A strong interest and desire to work within the Construction industry
  
  
  

In order to stand out from the crowd, it is desirable for you to have:

• An interest in looking to work towards achieving chartership
• The ability to work effectively in a team to achieve a common goal
• Strong analytical skills with a keen attention to detail
  
  
  

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.

We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues.

We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What We Offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

• Agile working
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
• Professional subscriptions
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Stakeholder pension
  
  
  

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.