Assistant Cost Manager / Cost Manager (MEP)

Turner & Townsend; Cikarang; On-site; IDR 300,000,000 - 460,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Indonesia is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management on major projects across public, industrial, data center and hi-tech sectors.

You will oversee cost estimates, BOQs, value engineering, tendering, contract knowledge and change orders, ensuring accurate final accounts and robust cost control. The role requires strong communication in English and a collaborative, consultancy-minded approach.

Qualifications

• Excellent technical knowledge across cost management duties, including estimates, BOQ, VE, tendering, contracts, change orders and close-out.
• Experience on projects across sectors including public, industrial, data centers, hi-tech and life sciences.
• Consultancy background with exposure to mechanical and electrical (M&E) work.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Perform cost management activities on site, including tendering and procurement responsibilities.
• Vet Packages Bid Form, bidders qualifications and bidders lists.
• Provide regular reports on procurement progress and cost tracking.
• Develop implementation plans to achieve identified savings.
• Advise contingencies and cost escalation for labour and materials.
• Drive negotiations for change orders and track outcomes.
• Conduct sourcing events (RFQ/RFP) and draft Tender Recommendation Reports.
• Validate GC cost of works, change orders and monthly claims.

Skills

Cost management

Tendering & Evaluation

Contract knowledge

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

• Perform cost management activities on site including but not limited to the following activities
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents
• 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.
• Perform measurement of works and develop Notes On Pricing.
• Vetting of Packages Bid Form.Bidders qualifications and bidders list proposal for each procurement package.
• Perform general procurement (commercial and contractual) administration, management, and support.
• Provide regular report on procurement progress and cost tracking.
• Develop implementation plan, including timing, resources, and program management necessary to achieve the identified savings per assigned work/project.
• Advising % of contingencies & projected cost escalation for labour + material.
• Participation during design meeting, bid interviews and negotiation.
• Determine Contractor’s Basis Of Estimate and provide professional advice.
• Drive for negotiations for change order and track the negotiation effort.
• Conduct sourcing events, including request for quotations (RFQ) or request for proposals (RFP), negotiations with bidders, bid awards with Decision Analysis (DA), and draft Tender Recommendation Report, as needed.
• Validating GC Cost of Works, Change Orders, Monthly Claim Recommendation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 3-8years' experience in related fields
• Excellent technical knowledge and experience across the full range of Cost Management duties including Cost Estimates, Bills of Quantities, Value Engineering, Tendering and Evaluation, Contract Knowledge, Change Orders and Final Account close-out
• Experience working on a range of projects across industry sectors particularly in public sector,mixed development, industrial, semiconductor, lifescience/pharma, data center, hi tech, infrastructure etc
• Experience from consultancy background, well versed with mechanical and electrical (M&E) work experience.
• Team player with excellent leadership and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills in English

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

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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