About the Company

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

- Assume day‑to‑day delivery responsibility for projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision.
- Strengthen our service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.
- Prepare budget estimates, cost plans and client reports.
- Provide risk and value management.
- Contract administration including preparation of valuations, forecasts, cost reports and attendance at project meetings.
- Preparation of bills of quantities, schedules of rates, or other methods of work evaluation.
- Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality.
- Manage the delivery of work through proactive involvement where appropriate and through performance management of personnel to ensure work is completed in a timely manner to a high‑quality standard.
- Undertake service delivery in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Practice, particularly Health and Safety and Quality Assurance.
- Provide services in compliance with the client's corporate governance procedures where applicable.
- Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
- Work to deadlines set by the Project Team Leader.
- Filing of project correspondence in accordance with requirements.
- Support bid and tender preparation and business development.
- Develop our business; networking and developing client relationships.




- Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
- Administer change control processes for the services we provide.
- Provide advice on procurement and contracts.
- Prepare and evaluate tenders, contractor selection and contract documentation.
- Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service and sector level.
- Assist in providing leadership to the staff, where required.
- Resolve conflicts of priorities and personalities relating to work with the appropriate Director or Associate.
- Assist in mentoring and coaching team members, ensuring that staff and new starters are developed to support the successful growth of the Practice and development of their career.

Knowledge & Skills Required

- Confidently respond to a client request and understand when to elevate client issues to senior members of the team.
- Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
- Show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.
- Commit to outperforming client expectations.
- Lead stakeholder management.
- Deal diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment, subject to change.
- Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
- Show a high degree of integrity.
- Exhibit strong leadership skills and the ability to lead, motivate and manage teams,



including the supply chain.
- Manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.
- Prioritise and self‑manage, working effectively in a high‑pressure environment.

Preferred Education and Experience

- Ideally degree qualified in construction, cost management, engineering, quantity surveying or another RICS accredited degree.
- MRICS or other equivalent qualification or experience.
- Some formal leadership development training.
- 5‑10 years of experience.
- Strong knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
- Good experience of industry standard forms of contract.
- Strong pre‑ and post‑contract technical cost management skills.
- Strong core technical skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong IT skills for the role including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Developing interpersonal skills with both clients and staff.
- Good analytical skills, sound judgement and an aptitude for forward planning.
- Energetic, motivated with a natural drive and an innovative flair, resourcefulness and adaptability to change.
- Ability to think clearly and make reasoned decisions, explaining the logic employed.
- Experience managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race (includes nationality, national/ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.

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📌 Senior Cost Manager (Milano)
🏢 Cumming Europe Limited (CEL)
📍 Milano