Senior Cost Consultant

Company: Mace North America Limited
Location: Houston
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

. At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are re-sponsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site . Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project. The Project: Mace North America is seeking a talented senior cost consultant for life science and industrial and manufacturing projects. In this pivotal role you’ll have the opportunity to work directly with clients delivering iconic major capital projects. Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are: • Safety First - Going Home Safe And Well • Client Focus - Deliver On Our Promise • Integrity - Always Do The Right Thing • Create Opportunity - For Our People To Excel You’ll Be Responsible For: Manage all aspects of cost planning, including ownership of and presentation of cost plans to clients and internal stakeholders. Manage the procurement process, ensuring stages including prequalification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively. Support the delivery of cost management services to delivery key strategic outcomes and KPIs, directly influencing strategic development of plans. Serve as a client-facing senior cost consultant lead who assists with strategic, tactical, and technical ad-vice. Manage and grow cost management teams or accounts. Interface with clients, external and internal consultants at all project stages. Conduct feasibility studies and produce procurement reports. Produce ROMs for new and pipeline projects for a project budget to be based on. Day to day cost management of medium-large scale client projects including procurement, pay requests, change management and cost reporting. Apply value management techniques at the outset of a project involving existing protocols and systems. Managing, estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership and presenting the final cost plan. Manage the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including, pre-qualification, enquiry, evaluation, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively. Ensure post contract cost variances, change control, cost checking and valuation processes are managed effectively. Ensure the production of monthly post contract and cost reports and present them to the client. Provide value engineering life cycle costing. Manage the final account negotiation and agreement. Update benchmarking efforts as new projects are executed to provide real cost data to client. This role has an on-site minimum of 3 days per week. Work is primarily conducted on an active construction site with heavy equipment and machinery. In addition to other essential functions, applicants will generally need to be able to perform the following essential functions, with or without reasonable accommodation\: - Lift and carry a minimum of 25lbs. - Walk and stand extensively throughout each shift, often walking more than 5 miles a day. - Climb and walk on scaffolding. You’ll Need To Have\: Degree in construction management, engineering, quantity surveying or related field (MS, MBA preferred). Professional membership i.e. MRICS/RICS (or equivalent) and moving towards fellowship, or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development. Excellent communication (written, verbal and presentation) skills, along with the ability to assure service delivery and provide meaningful/actional insights. Knowledge of value engineering, life cycle costing, contract law and contractual frameworks relating to con-struction. Experience in managing relationships with key senior stakeholders. Minimum 10 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry. Experience in pharma/life science sector or other similar manufacturing. Experience leading cost management on large-sized construction projects of medium to high complexity. Oracle Unifier or other project management system. Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all of the criteria, please apply, as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization. We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role. Apply now for a confidential discussion. LI-Onsite

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