(MEP/CSA) Cost Manager (Advance Manufacturing)

Turner & Townsend; Malaysia; Hybrid; MYR 180.000 - 300.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Turner & Townsend in Malaysia is seeking an experienced Cost Manager (CSA or MEP) to join a project team delivering advanced manufacturing facilities. You will manage costs across design, procurement, and construction, supporting commercial decisions and value engineering.

Ideal candidates have 5–10 years in cost management within CSA or MEP packages, experience in manufacturing sectors, and a proven capability to coordinate with clients, consultants and contractors throughout project delivery.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline.

Aufgaben

• Cost Planning & Budget Management across all project stages.
• Contract administration including variations and claim handling.
• Cost Control & Reporting with monthly updates and risk reviews.
• Stakeholder management with clients, consultants, contractors and project teams.

Kenntnisse

Cost management

Procurement

Contract administration

Stakeholder management

Ausbildung

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related discipline

Jobbeschreibung

(MEP/CSA) Cost Manager (Advance Manufacturing)

• Full-time

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.

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Job Summary

We are looking for experienced Cost Managers (CSA or MEP) to join a project team delivering large-scale advanced manufacturing facilities. This role offers the opportunity to work on technically complex, fast-paced developments within one of the world's fastest-growing sectors.

Whether your expertise lies in Civil, Structural & Architectural (CSA) works or Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (MEP) systems, you will play a key role in managing project costs, supporting procurement strategies, and ensuring commercial excellence from design through construction and project close-out.

Key Responsibilities

Cost Planning & Budget Management

• Prepare and manage cost plans, estimates, budgets, and forecasts across all project stages.
• Monitor project costs and provide commercial advice to support key project decisions.
• Support value engineering initiatives and cost optimization exercises.
• Manage tendering activities including tender analysis, commercial evaluations, and contractor recommendations.
• Support procurement strategies for major CSA or MEP trade packages.
• Participate in contractor negotiations and contract awards.

Contract Administration

• Manage contract administration activities including variations, change orders, and contractor claims.
• Review and assess contractor payment applications.
• Support final account negotiations and project close-out processes.

Cost Control & Reporting

• Prepare monthly cost reports, cash flow forecasts, and financial updates.
• Identify commercial risks, cost trends, and mitigation strategies.

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with clients, consultants, contractors, and project teams.
• Participate in project meetings and provide commercial input throughout project delivery.
• Support collaboration between design, procurement, and construction teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline.

Experience

• 5–10 years of cost management experience within construction projects.
• Strong experience in either:
  • CSA packages (structure, architectural, façade, fit-out, building envelope), or
  • MEP packages (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, building services).
• Experience in advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, technology, industrial, data centre, or mission-critical projects is highly preferred.
• Previous experience with a cost consultancy, project management consultancy, contractor, or client-side organization is advantageous.

Skills

• Strong understanding of pre-contract and post-contract cost management.
• Experience in procurement, cost reporting, and contract administration.
• Excellent commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills.

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