Graduate position - MEP Junior Cost Manager

Sccsinternational; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Graduate MEP Junior Cost Manager to join a major Data Center project in Milan. You will gain hands-on experience in cost planning, budgeting, reporting, and control for MEP works within an international team.

Recent graduates in engineering, construction economics, QS or related degrees, with a keen interest in project financial management, will thrive. Fluency in Italian and English is required, and strong Microsoft Office/Project skills are expected.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate in engineering, construction economics, quantity surveying or construction-related degree.
• Strong interest in project financial management and cost control.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cost planning, budgeting and financial reporting for MEP works.
• Review and analyze quotations from contractors and suppliers.
• Monitor costs, forecasts, variations and change orders; track KPIs.
• Support procurement and tendering activities and prepare cost reports.
• Collaborate with design, construction, procurement and client teams.

Skills

Microsoft Office

English language

Italian language

Education

Engineering, Construction Economics, QS or related degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Graduate position - MEP Junior Cost Manager

• Full-time

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

By working with our clients across the real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources sectors, we transform projects to deliver outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our collaborative partnership approach enables the delivery of some of the world’s most ambitious projects and programmes, turning challenges into opportunities and complexity into success.

Our expertise spans programme and project management, cost management, asset and commercial management, performance and controls, 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, while our partners retain a significant minority ownership. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with best‑in‑class programme, project, and cost management expertise across global markets.

As part of a project team, you will gain hands‑on experience in cost planning, cost management, and cost control for exciting building construction projects from theindustrial sectors (e.g. Data Centres, Pharma, Manufacturing).

In this role you will work on cost management and commercial control of Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) packages on a major Data Center project in Milan. The role offers exposure to all project phases, from design through construction and handover.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cost planning, budgeting, and financial reporting for MEP works.
• Review and analyze contractor and supplier quotations.
• Monitor project costs, forecasts, variations, and change orders.
• Support procurement and tendering activities.
• Prepare regular cost reports and track project KPIs.
• Take on increasing responsibility for your own project workstreams, helping to ensure effective cost management and financial control for our clients throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with design, construction, procurement, and client teams.
• Recent graduate from an engineering, construction economics, Quantity Surveying or construction‑related degree.
• Strong interest in project financial management, related tools, and the construction sector as a whole.
• Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbingknowledge.
• First practical experience in building construction projects.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project, and you are comfortable working with these tools on a daily basis.
• Enjoy tackling complex challenges and working in an international environment.
• Fluentin Italian and English;strong written communication skills, able to produce reports in both languages.
• Good command of Microsoft Office tools.

Our inspired people share our vision and our purpose. We offer a high‑quality working environment, where everyone has the opportunity and the capability to contribute to meaningful change.

We want our teams to thrive both professionally and personally. To achieve this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible work environment that supports a strong work‑life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunities employer. We value and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We actively encourage applications from candidates across all sections of society.

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