Cost and Change Lead

🌟 Position: 185CMR: Cost and Change Lead🌟

📍 Location: 2 Days London / 3 days hybrid

💼 Type: Full-time

📅 Start Date: Immediate

💰 Salary: Competitive

We are currently seeking an experienced Cost and Change Lead to join our dynamic award winning team The successful candidate will support and advise on the processes, governance and strategic application of change management across a major infrastructure programme, while also providing high-level cost oversight and strengthening the interface between Project Controls and Commercial functions.

This is a key PMO-facing role, suited to someone who can operate at both leadership and programme level, with a clear focus on process definition, control, communication and the bigger picture.

As a Cost & Change Lead, you will play a central role in ensuring change is effectively identified, managed, governed and communicated across the programme. You will be expected to drive consistency in approach, provide clear reporting and insight to leadership teams, and ensure that cost and change activities are aligned to wider programme objectives.

The role requires a strong background across both cost and change, combined with solid commercial understanding and the ability to provide confident oversight at a strategic level.

About us: CMR is an award winning project controls consultancy that is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided. Our approach and culture have been recognised globally, with CMR named Global Project Controls Small Business of the Year 2025 (Project Controls Expo UK Awards) and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2026 (Great Place to Work)

Our Purpose (Why we exist): Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry.

Our Ambition (What we want to achieve): Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.

🔹 What’s in it for you?

• At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before.

• If you demonstrate the capability, our merit-based system will enable you to develop fast.

• We use our in-house capability matrix to transparently track your progression and highlight development areas.

• Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference.

• We believe in rewarding our team for their achievements, celebrating our successes but equally helping each other when things are tough.

🔹 You'll

• Support the Baseline and Change lead to deliver a comprehensive Baseline and Change Management framework.

• Coordinate and facilitate change management activity across the Delivery Programme

• Assist in the development and implementation of the baseline management strategy, plans and procedures

• Coordinate inputs from schedule, cost, risk and commercial functions to facilitate end-to-end change to baselines, contracts and the wider programme

🔹 We’re looking for:

Essential

• Proven experience operating as a Cost and/or Change Lead within complex infrastructure or major project environments

• Strong experience in change management, including defining, implementing and governing change control processes within a programme or PMO environment

• Demonstrable cost management background, with the ability to oversee cost control, forecasting, reporting and performance at programme level

• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to align cost and change activities to contractual and commercial outcomes

• Experience integrating cost and change with wider Project Controls functions, including planning and risk

• Ability to provide clear insight and reporting on cost and change performance to senior stakeholders and leadership teams

• Experience operating in an oversight or assurance role, ensuring consistency, governance and best practice across a programme

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and communicate effectively across Project Controls, Commercial and Delivery teams

🔹 At CMR we have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that share our values and ambitions. We’re proud that 96% of our team say CMR is a “Great Place to Work” a reflection of our supportive culture, focus on people, and drive to do things differently.

• 👉 Learn more here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/

📍 Requirements and Location:

• Full right to work in the UK

• Working from home and 2 days across multiple locations

📦 Salary & Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

• Comprehensive Private Healthcare (Inc Dentist and Optician)

• Life Assurance (x4 Salary)

• Pension: employers' contribution of 4%

• Company and personal performance-based bonus

• Salary Sacrifice Scheme

• Long Service Leave

• Training and professional development

• Regular social events

• Perkbox – employee experience platform

➡️ Next Steps

To apply to our vacancy please submit a copy of your CV for consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!

CMR welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. CMR is Disability Confident Committed and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives