Assistant Cost Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Opportunity Employer

On-site Kolkata office

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated is seeking an experienced Cost Manager to lead cost planning, benchmarking and value engineering for projects in Kolkata. You will coordinate with design, procurement, and site teams to drive commercial success.

The role requires strong English communication, client liaison, and a proven track record in cost management within construction or consulting. On-site work in Kolkata is required and JLL promotes equal opportunity employment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cost management teams across multiple projects.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills with clients and vendors.
• Excellent understanding of procurement routes, value management and cost controls.

Responsibilities

• Develop cost plans and estimates through design stages.
• Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering.
• Review contractor pricing and lead negotiations for fair contracts.
• Perform quantity surveying, cost controls and change management across the project lifecycle.
• Prepare monthly cost reports and ensure robust cost validation processes.
• Coordinate with client, contractors, designers, and site teams.

Skills

Cost management

Leadership

Negotiation

English communication

Budget planning

Education

Degree in Cost Management

Tools

BOQ

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. To be stationed in (region/country), you'll work side-by-side with the senior project manager to ensure the success of a project—from its pre-design phase to its completion. You'll assemble and lead various project teams; and monitor the teams' performance, and bring out the best in every team member. You're also in charge of creating the organisational structure, project objectives and working procedures for the teams. Your Cost management skills will also be of great value, as you set up clear project cost plans and allot sufficient budget to achieve optimal results and meet the company's target profits. Also part of your job is to attend project meetings as required, develop monthly reports and carry out contract administration. Furthermore, you'll oversee negotiations, analyses and promotions of quality control systems.

Your task is to fully understand, coIIect and deliver clients requirements. The JBS team will depend on you to help schedule or plan establishment, value engineer, and design change management. You'll also assist the contract manager in all related procurement and Tender management. On top of that, you'll support the construction manager in all related installation, site inspection and contractor management, Prepare BOQ's, Quantity Survey & Quantity Take Off, Cost Analysis foreach of the line items in the BOQ as required for project to project, Benchmarking, Review & Standardize of Specifications, Sound Technical Knowledge on Civil/ MEP aspects as applicable, Procurement from Cost Management perspective, Finalise Commercials with vendors, Rate Contracts as applicable, Boosting client relationships Helping clients achieve success is what JLL does best—and your role is an extension of this tradition. To effectively help our clients, you'Il identify their needs and constraints, and workaround these challenges. You also have to effectively represent our clients throughout the whole duration of the projects. Do you have an enormous talent for promotion? If so, this is the perfect job for you, as you'll represent and promote the company throughout the project.

Key Responsibility

• Conducting background research, data collection and benchmarking
• Estimating and producing cost plans
• Compiling and amending the tender list
• Drafting the procurement documentation
• Checking and analysing the tenders
• Drafting tender reports
• Dealing with variations and the change control processes, negotiating less financially significant or complex matters
• Conducting cost checks and valuations
• Drafting monthly reports
• Analyzing the numbers for the final accounts
• Liaising with the client, contractors, designers, etc
• Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively
• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place
• Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner
• Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes

Additional Information

• People management experience, particularly in the context of managing a cost management team delivering multiple commission in parallel.
• Candidates with prior experience of supporting their overseas offices in their respective organisation or worked in India markets.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, with demonstrated negotiation and influencing skills, and the capability to relate and communicate with people from a variety of diverse backgrounds at all levels of the industry.
• Should have relevant experience of working preferably for a construction consultancy in India/abroad, hold a graduate degree preferably in Cost Management and possesses good technical and communication skills.
• Experience in multiple sub sectors within the property projects will be added advantage.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.

Key Deliverables

• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.
• Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
• Compiling as built cost estimate records for bench marking purposes.
• Submission of Monthly Cost Report Bill Certification Tracker with Variation Report.

The ideal candidate is no neophyte—you should exhibit high-level management skills, and should hold a degree in relevant property-related discipline. Likewise, you should have established yourself as a professional within design, construction and cost management. Moreover, you should have a proven track record in profit planning, business development, networking and marketing. An effective communicator Are you considered a natural communicator? Alongside your native tongue, do you have a strong grasp of written and spoken English? You'll need it in this role - strong communication skills will surely land you the job. Likewise, you'll be in charge of creating an environment where all team members are encouraged to contribute; as well as managing company staff to achieve enthusiastic and effective contribution to the project. Furthermore, you will actively search for improvement opportunities, and empower the team to implement them.

Location: On-site –Kolkata, WB Scheduled Weekly Hours: 48

Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may email us at [e-mail]. This email is only to request an accommodation. Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL.