Strategic Cost Manager & Tender Specialist

Veritas Design Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Veritas Design Group in Kuala Lumpur seeks a skilled Quantity Surveyor/Cost Estimator to manage cost planning, tendering, and financial control for projects. The role requires preparing cost plans, budgets, and tender documentation, and advising on procurement strategies and value management.

You will coordinate with architects and engineers, evaluate tenders and variations, and prepare interim valuations and final accounts while maintaining robust cost reporting and governance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare preliminary cost estimates, cost plans, feasibility studies, elemental cost analyses, and project budgets.
• Advise client and project team on construction costs, procurement strategies, contract arrangements, value management, and cost risks.
• Monitor project design to ensure it remains within the approved budget.
• Prepare bills of quantities, schedules of rates, tender documents, cost breakdowns, and other procurement documentation.
• Coordinate with the architect, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, and other consultants to obtain complete and coordinated tender information.
• Manage the tender process, including tender invitations, tender briefings, tender queries, addenda, tender evaluations, clarifications, negotiations, and tender reports.
• Evaluate tenders and prepare recommendations for the appointment of contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and specialist vendors.
• Prepare contract documents and ensure that agreed commercial terms are properly incorporated.
• Attend client, consultant, tender, contractual, and site meetings.
• Assess contractors’ progress claims, variation claims, loss and expense claims, fluctuations, provisional sums, and other contractual entitlements.
• Prepare interim valuations and recommend payment amounts based on verified work completed.
• Evaluate variation orders and advise the client on their cost and contractual implications.
• Maintain updated cost reports, cash-flow forecasts, variation registers, payment records, and final account status.
• Monitor committed expenditure and forecast the anticipated final project cost.
• Advise the project team on cost-saving opportunities and value engineering proposals without compromising design intent, quality, safety, or statutory compliance.
• Assist in the assessment of extensions of time, delay-related costs, and contractual claims where required.
• Prepare and negotiate the final account with the contractor and relevant parties.
• Verify contractual warranties, bonds, insurance documents, and other commercial deliverables.
• Maintain complete and accurate financial, tender, contractual, and cost records.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Management.
• Prepare and certify cost estimates, tender evaluations, valuations, variation assessments, and final account recommendations within the authorized scope.
• Verify the accuracy of quantities, rates, measurements, and cost calculations.
• Ensure that all cost reports accurately reflect the current financial position of the project.
• Provide timely advice on budget overruns, financial risks, contractual exposure, and cost implications.
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity in all tendering, procurement, and commercial matters.

Job description

Veritas Design Group in Kuala Lumpur seeks a skilled Quantity Surveyor/Cost Estimator to manage cost planning, tendering, and financial control for projects. The role requires preparing cost plans, budgets, and tender documentation, and advising on procurement strategies and value management.

You will coordinate with architects and engineers, evaluate tenders and variations, and prepare interim valuations and final accounts while maintaining robust cost reporting and governance.