We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.
About the team
Property looks after one of Australia's most dynamic portfolios. Coles Group has over 2,500 retail locations around Australia—and we're growing every day. Our team manages every one of these locations. And we work side-by-side with our business units on all things in the property lifecycle, from site acquisition through to asset management.
About the role
A brand-new opportunity has opened for a National Freehold Cost Manager to join our thriving property team in Victoria.
What you’ll do
Reporting to the National Development Manager, you’ll be empowered to control and ensure the cost management of the National Freehold Development team to delivery for new or improved Coles stores & mixed-use developments.
You'll also
• Set frameworks, timelines, and ensure monthly reporting is timely accurate.
• Co-ordinate feasibility modelling for all developments proposals for approval.
• Control all approval, DOA, governance and process for administration of projects
• Develop and maintain all contract documents for contractors and consultants
• Compile all projects reporting from DMs into monthly report summaries
• Assist the Freehold & Finance team with Estimating requirements.
• Manage and take accountability of forecast and actual costs incurred to developments across the portfolio.
About you and your skills
You'll be an experienced Consultant/Quantity Surveyor or Analyst coming from a property development / construction background.
Energetic and innoviative in your thinking, you're able to inject ideas on value extraction across projects and stay continuously up to date on market conditions via benchmarking/ competitor data.
With exceptional stakeholder management skills, you easily navigate a complex environment and bring a rigorous approach to commercial governance.
You’ll also have:
* Experience leading teams, instructing & briefing consultants/lawyers/and other external parties.
* Good financial acumen and cost plan management skills for a portfolio of capital works projects and developments.
* Working knowledge of construction contracts & consultant agreements.
* Excellent organisation and planning skills with strong attention to detail.
* Financial knowledge to prepare and validate development feasibility models in Estate Master (or similar) computer packages.
* Key knowledge of BCA, Planning, Legislative requirements to deliver property development projects.
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