Cost Manager

Atkins Search · Cambridge, East of England

Cost Manager at Atkins Search, based in Cambridge, East of England, paying £35,000 - £50,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.

Salary
£35,000 - £50,000 per annum
Location
Cambridge, East of England
Contract
Permanent
Posted
1 month ago
Closes
8 Sep 2026
Sector
Business Development

18% below the typical rate for business development

Reference 17bcfb84799a7973ac6c35733cc8cdeb03fd8387

About the role

Overview

​Atkins Search are currently recruiting for a Cost Manager to join a highly reputable, multi-disciplinary Consultancy based in Cambridge. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast growing, owner-managed Consultancy based in Cambridge delivering high quality consultancy services to valued infrastructure clients based in and around Cambridge.

Client

Our client is an award-winning Cambridge based Consultancy of Cost Managers and Project Managers who provide a variety of Quantity Surveying/Cost management services within rail, utilities, highways, water, public sector, defence and many more exciting sectors.

Born out of a desire to provide a high level of customer service to their clients and work in a collaborative culture, my client have found themselves in the enviable position where the majority of their work comes through repeat business.

Role

As a Cost Manager, you will be involved in working across a wide variety of large, exciting infrastructure projects. Due to continued growth and business development, our client is actively recruiting for a Cost Manager to join their team based in their Cambridge office.

Responsibilities

As an infrastructure Cost Manager with a Cambridge based Consultancy, you will be required to deliver and demonstrate a variety of Cost Management responsibilities across an array of Infrastructure Projects. As Cost Manager your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Cost planning
Cost management
Value engineering
Tender management
Financial reporting
Budget management
Employers agent
Valuations
Person

Employed by an award-winning, national leading Consultancy based in Cambridge, the ideal Cost Manager must be able to portray the following:

Be able to demonstrate a proven track record of cost management services
MRICS chartered or working towards
Strong commercial awareness
Have the ability to communicate effectively
Desire and motivation to succeed
Remuneration

As a Cost Manager within an Infrastructure Consultancy, you will be rewarded with a highly competitive package in return for your hard work and dedication. Our client will offer the Cost Manager:

A highly competitive salary
Car allowance
Bonus
Pension contribution
Laptop and mobile phone provided
Healthcare
Life Insurance
Flexible working
Clear profession opportunities to Senior Quantity Surveyor
Generous annual leave allowance
Professional fees expenses
Regular social events
Atkins Search act as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialise in Construction, Consultancy, Residential and Infrastructure recruitment and service the East and West Midlands, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Peterborough and Northern Home Counties regions.

Reference: 17bcfb84799a7973ac6c35733cc8cdeb03fd8387 · Posted 1 month ago · Closes 8 Sep 2026 · Listed via Atkins Search

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