Cost Manager/ Quantity Surveyor, Design & ConstructionSo that Amazon can deliver more for customers and colleagues, this role contributes to the implementation and continuous improvement of cost management within Design & Construction by ensuring control, accuracy, visibility and value is driven into all programmes & project activity. Delivering expertise on capital control, budget preparation and cost engineering.
The role will be based in Germany with 30% of time traveling either domestically or to other EMEA countries.
Key job responsibilities Contribute delivering construction and engineering cost aspects of a pan-EU and MENA specialist logistics building programImplement and improve means of tracking, interrogating and forecasting of capital spend accurately and to proactively guide the capital delivery programmesSupport project teams on implementing procurement strategies and guidelinesContribute to project cost reviews of risks and opportunities to minimize out-turn cost through Value engineering and cost avoidanceProvision of detailed and timely management information to the businessSupport Reporting, Validation & Tracking measures toward D&C cost out targets. A day in the life
A day in the life of this role will be meeting with the rest of Amazon cost team to develop and finalize the budget for new projects and then support through the approvals process with benchmarking and negotiation. You will support developing cost/benefit analysis and cost management roadmap of the live project. You will also work closely with our internal design team and construction managers to deliver best practices and lessons learned into future generations of projects. Process improvement is key, as we scale across countries, currencies, construction and engineering elements. You will dedicate time each day to finding ways to scale the solutions the team designs to work worldwide.
About the team
Our team is based all over Europe and has a culture of earning trust by delivering for our Customers. We are in the very center of Amazon, working with Customers all over the continent (and beyond!). Our vision is to take on the challenge of delivering high quality buildings and capacity, with less. We drive simplification and optimization understanding our costs and steadily questioning them to deliver both cost and time effectiveness. We encourage and inspire resourcefulness and invention, investing smartly to better serve our customers. We work hard, but we have fun while we make history.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- A completed Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, construction economics or comparable field
- Experience delivering construction cost management to retail and/or logistics industries
- Proficient across all MS office applications
- Highly proficient in English and German language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Working toward becoming a member of the RICS or AACE
- Ability to influence and negotiate
- French, Polish, Arabic, Turkish, Afrikaans and Zulu are considered preferred qualifications.
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