Assistant Cost & Contract Manager

About the role

Bureau Veritas is looking for an Assistant Cost & Contract Manager to support its Building & Infrastructure team on cost, contract and commercial matters. The role works closely with Operations, Finance and the administrative team, and offers the chance to grow progressively into broader management responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor project costs, revenue and profits, work-in-progress, claims, invoicing and payment matters across projects.
• Work with Operations and Finance to keep commercial and cash-flow visibility strong.
• Draft, negotiate and manage cost-related agreements such as contracts, subcontracts and vendor agreements.
• Help identify, evaluate and engage subcontractors, vendors and suppliers, and ensure their compliance with legal, company and project requirements.
• Coordinate and guide administrators on claims, billing, invoicing and the internal cost-administrative system.
• Support commercial cost processes and systems, including improving workflows.
• Give management timely visibility of key commercial cost matters, risks and opportunities.

Required profile

• Degree in a related field such as Business Administration, Accounting, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or Engineering.
• 2-4 years of experience in cost monitoring, project costs, revenue, profits, WIP, claims, invoicing, payments and subcontractor procurement and management; more years may be considered for managerial capacity.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfortable working across matrix-functional teams such as Operations and Finance.
• Positive attitude, willingness to learn and to take ownership, with ambition to move into a broader management role.