Senior Cost Manager - Data Centres/MEP

Turner & Townsend; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Brisbane is seeking an experienced MEP Senior Cost Manager to lead cost management for complex mechanical, electrical and plumbing projects. You will work with clients, manage budgets, and guide a design team.

The role requires strong MEP knowledge, a client-facing approach, and the ability to deliver cost plans, tendering, and post-contract reporting across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering cost management/quantity surveying across full project lifecycle.
• Professionally qualified (RICS or AIQS) or working towards.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience delivering MEP elements for clients.
• Knowledge of the MEP supply chain (tier 1 and below).
• Experience using digital software for cost management.
• Commercially astute with strong negotiation.
• Excellent communicator, client facing and team oriented.

Responsibilities

• Assisting on feasibility studies and procurement reports.
• Estimating and cost planning including presenting final cost plan to internal & external clients.
• Tendering (single and two stage) and procuring, including handling pre-qualification.
• Managing post-contract cost variances and change control processes.
• Carrying out cost checks and valuations on larger projects.
• Producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Leading a cost management team where appropriate.

Skills

Cost management

MEP knowledge

Client facing

Negotiation

Team leadership

Education

RICS or AIQS accreditation

Tools

Digital cost management software

Job description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an MEP Senior Cost Manager, to join our busy Real Estate team in our Brisbane office. Supporting ourclients to deliver projects and programmes across a variety of sectors.

The position will be to lead on the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP)specific deliverables within a larger project or leading direct MEP commissions, such as asset upgrade works.

The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement (single and two stage) and post contract reporting to the Client.

A good knowledge of MEP systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work both collaboratively but robustly with any main contractor and their MEP supply chain.

The successful candidate will be expected to mentor colleagues, help develop and advance our MEP digital systems & tools, promote MEP within Turner & Townsend and engage with the MEP community (engineers, contractors, manufacturers etc)

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Commission Management, to include the following, either as part of a larger project or leading an MEP direct commission:

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to internal & external clients
• Tendering (single and two stage) and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

Qualifications

Experience and Skills:

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveyingservices across the full project lifecycle
• Professionally qualified (RICS or AIQS) or working towards
• Ability to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.
• Experience in delivering MEP elements of work for clients
• Knowledge & contacts within the MEP supply chain (tier 1 and below)
• Utilising digital software for delivery of cost management services
• Commercially astute with good negotiation skills
• Excellent people person and great communicator, both client facing and team based

Additional Information

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We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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