Cost Manager

LINESIGHT PTE. LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight is seeking a Cost Manager in Singapore to lead cost planning and analysis for data center developments. You will create estimates, manage tender processes, and communicate variances to project teams.

You will participate in settlements and final accounts, ensuring clients obtain best value from Works Undertaken. Strong collaboration, travel flexibility, and client-facing skills are required.

Qualifications

• Experience in pre- and post-contract cost management on varied projects, ideally large-scale.
• Strong communication and presentation skills are essential.
• Ability to travel for short periods to meet clients and teams.

Responsibilities

• Create estimates and cost plans for key client developments in data center projects.
• Support project management with cost documentation and timely communication.
• Participate in tender/bid documentation, analysis and reporting.
• Oversee project spend with valuations and cost reports; communicate variations clearly.
• Assist in final accounts, handling claims to ensure client value.
• Resolve commercial, change order, and contract issues promptly and fairly.

Skills

Cost estimation

Tender/bid process

Contract administration

Education

Cost management/ construction degree

Job description

As aCost Managerat 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:

• Create estimates and cost plans for key client developments within the data center industry
• Support nimble project management and clear decisions through excellent cost documentation and timely communication
• Actively participate in the tender/bid process--from initial tender/bid documentation through analysis and reporting
• Oversee project spend by creating valuations and cost reports, and clearly communicate variations to your team
• Support the settlement of construction disputes/loss and expense claims with transparency
• Resolve any commercial, change orders and contract issues quickly and fairly
• Assist in the preparation and agreement of final accounts, including the handling of any claims to ensure the client gets best value from works undertaken

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have experience in pre- and post-contract cost management on varied projects, ideally on large-scale projects
• Have a degree or comparable experience in a cost management or construction discipline
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines
• Are happy to travel for short periods to meet with your clients, partners and team
• Have strong communication and presentation skills
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

About us

Since 1974, we’ve been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We’re a business on a journey – an agile business that is proud to be different. We are Linesight. Dynamic. Driven. Different.

Our approach to DE&I

At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.

As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.