Senior Manager, Cost & Contract

Kuok Group Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital infrastructure development firm in Singapore is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to ensure effective contract management and construction costs oversight. The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years of experience, especially in the data centre industry, and possess a Bachelor's degree in Building Management. Strong communication skills and proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel, are essential. This role offers the opportunity to work independently and drive continuous improvement initiatives across projects.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years' relevant experience as quantity surveyor or in data centre industry.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines while being meticulous and analytical.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effectiveness in application of internal policies for contracts.
• Advise project team on contract matters and procurement strategy.
• Engage with external consultants and suppliers for project needs.
• Maintain development cost database and provide regular cost reports.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings using financial indicators.

Skills

Quantity surveying experience

Building services understanding

Strong communication skills

Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel

Ability to work independently

Good command of English

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Building Management or equivalent

Job description

Located at the heart of Asia, Kuok Group Singapore (KGSg) is a dynamic, diversified conglomerate with global reach and established brands in the digital infrastructure, maritime and real estate sectors.

Our businesses include the digital infrastructure business of K2 Strategic, maritime entities such as POSH, PCL, and PaxOcean, which together form part of Kuok Maritime Group, and the real estate business of Allgreen Properties.

At KGSg, we nurture young talent through mentorship, leadership development, and cross‑functional exposure, offering diverse career pathways and global opportunities across our businesses.

Explore your future with KGSg today!

Job Description

K2 is an international developer, owner and operator of hyper‑scale digital infrastructure assets. We are the specialists in providing critical digital infrastructure in the form of Data Centre environments to leading technology companies, we lay the physical foundations of the internet, cloud services and tomorrow's digital solutions, today.

With a proven track record operating to world leading service levels, we pride ourselves in being technically focused long term partners, providing our customers peace of mind when investing in significant physical network, storage and computing resources that provide the digital solutions to millions of users around the world everyday.

We seek to hire the best talent in the industry, who has the passion and motivation to join the growing team in K2.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Ensure effectiveness and consistency in application of internal policies and procedures for construction contracts and consultancy service agreements.
• Support and advise project team on contract matters, procurement strategy and tendering procedures.
• Engage and liaise with external consultants, contractors, and suppliers including managing a registry of these approved external providers.
• Advise project team on construction costs, tender indices, market trends, benchmarking, value engineering and construction related cost risks.
• Maintain development cost database and provide regular cost reports.
• Using financial indicators, trends and models, identify opportunities for cost savings.
• Execute procurement of provisional sum items for projects.
• Provide construction cost input for project feasibility studies.
• Drive business process/continuous improvement initiatives.
• Update of project cost information/status.
• Safekeeping of contract documents and drawings, statement of final accounts, performance bonds and insurance policies (if anyli>
• Perform other duties as assigned or instructed.

Experience and Skills

• 8-10 years' minimum relevant working experience as quantity surveyor and/or in data centre industry preferred.
• Good understanding in building services centre project lifecycle.
• Proficiency in MS Office especially Excel.
• Strong communications skills and good command of written and spoken English. Additional language will be an advantage.
• Ability to work independently, meticulous, analytical, proactive and able to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Building Management or its equivalent.