Associate Director - Cost Management

LINESIGHT PTE. LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global project and cost management consultancy in Singapore is seeking an experienced Associate Director - Cost Management to lead client relationships and team performance. Candidates should have 8+ years of experience in cost management and a degree in a relevant discipline. This role offers opportunities for mentorship and a dynamic working environment with a focus on collaboration and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in cost management, ideally from a consultancy background.
• Experience with large scale construction projects, ideally data centres or life sciences.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as key account manager in the Singapore cost management team.
• Lead the team to deliver quality and client value.
• Participate in the tender/bid process.
• Create estimates and cost plans for client developments.

Skills

Cost management

Leadership

Communication

Client relationship building

Education

Degree in project management or construction discipline

Job description

As an Associate Director - Cost Management at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

In this role you will:

• Act as the key account manager in the Singapore cost management team, developing client relationships based upon partnership and trust
• Foster top performance and growth for your employees via excellent mentorship and leadership
• Lead your team to deliver impeccable quality and client value
• Actively participate in the tender/bid process—from initial tender/bid documentation through analysis and reporting
• Create estimates and cost plans for key client developments
• Oversee project spend by creating valuations and cost reports, and clearly communicate variations to your team
• Support nimble project management and clear decisions through excellent cost documentation and timely communication

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have a minimum 8 years of experience in cost management, ideally from a consultancy background, on large scale construction projects ideally in data centres or life sciences
• Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline
• Have experience in pre- and post-contract cost management on varied projects
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
• Are chartered or are on the path to complete it. We can help
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines.
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun

About Us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment.We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!