Senior Cost Planner

The Senior Cost Planner shall be responsible for Estimating and Cost Planning, working closely and directly with the Cost Planning & Estimating Director, and other members of the Cost Planning team, as well as interfacing with external clients, other disciplines, and teams from project inception, accountable and responsible for all estimating / cost planning aspects of the projects. **Summary -** - Primarily involved with Estimating for external bids from inception at feasibility stage inputting into and/or developing conversion strategies, to presentation to the Leadership Team or the appropriate Limits of Authority at Commitment Review, including reviews and sign off in compliance for approval on the internal Bovis systems. - The Senior Cost Planner will be required to lead on a bid, or work as part of a wider commercial team, depending on the bid stage, scale and complexity. - You will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of the bid including prelims book, cost plan, cost plan commentary, fees and value engineering in coordination with the Bovis bid / project team. - They will work closely with the Cost Planning & Estimating Director in developing cost planning and delivery strategies and ensuring these are appropriately resourced and managed to successful outcomes, as well as, mentoring and supporting other members within the Estimating / Cost Planning team, supporting them with their projects, goals and personal objectives. - You will be required to challenge the design teams to design efficient buildings within the cost plan parameters. - Continual analysis of the design metrics against the cost plan and best practice benchmark examples. - Support the development of best practices / standards, knowledge base, sector expertise including industry trends, yardsticks, or benchmarks etc. - Ensure knowledge sharing and skills transfer to train, develop, and upskill the wider cost planning team. **Key Responsibilities (Some not all)** **General:** - Totally accountable for all of your work, possess the right attitude, show interest, work to the best of your ability and to display initiative within and beyond your roles and responsibilities. - Accountable for all financial inputs into the project cost plan. Review and analyse all inputs received from other members of the project team and assess their appropriateness. - Have experience of working on large scale, multi-phase developments with an excellent knowledge of costing, pricing and benchmarking within the Construction and Development industries, with particular experience in the Commercial and Public sector. - Utilise company preferred Cost Planning software and Cost Planning tools. Prior experience of CostX is desirable but not essential. - Bidding and Strategy: - A champion of transparency must seek to understand the broader development / project context and seek to bring design and build solutions that help to achieve successful outcomes for Bovis. - Responsible for setting and establishing the cost planning strategy and timeframes and assessing resource requirements for agreement by Management. - Ensure that other disciplines such as, Project Management, Procurement, Design Management, Planning, Legal, Insurance, Construction and Commercial Management are providing the appropriate input into the cost planning process. - Ensure cost plan compliance with the brief / authority / financiers / customer requirements during the conversion stage. - Governance: - Ensure all required peer and manager reviews are completed prior to Bovis governance gateways. Attain cost plan endorsement by Cost Planning Director. - Responsible for all inputs into the cost sections of the relevant governance review documentation. - Ensure internal governance process is robust with independent input on cost management. - Production of documents for Management reviews at required milestones in accordance with Bovis Governance. - Present cost plans at Commitment / Business Unit Reviews. - Cost…