Senior Cost Manager

Turner & Townsend; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Singapore is seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management on major construction projects. You will conduct feasibility analyses, prepare and present cost plans, tendering and procurement, and manage post‑contract cost variances.

The ideal candidate holds a degree in Quantity Surveying or related field, is a registered QS (RICS or SISV), and has extensive BIM costing experience.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 8 years' experience in cost and contract management of major construction projects as a cost consultant
• Registered Quantity Surveyor with RICS or SISV or equivalent
• Familiar with BIM for costing (Cost X, etc.)
• Excellent technical knowledge across Cost Management duties: estimates, bills of quantities, value engineering, tendering, contract knowledge, change orders, final accounts
• Team player with leadership and problem solving skills

Responsibilities

• To conduct feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning including producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procuring: managing pre-qualification, tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report, contractual documents
• Managing post contract cost variances and change control processes
• Carrying out valuations and cost checks for larger projects
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting to the client
• Inputting into value engineering and negotiating final accounts
• Interfacing with client and other consultants at all stages
• Assisting in the production of bid documentation
• Identifying improvements to cost management procedures and referencing line managers
• Knowledge management – input learning into internal database
• Financial management – track ongoing margin levels
• Process improvement – suggest improvements to internal systems

Job description

• To conduct feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager
• Responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Inputting into value engineering. Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Assisting in the production of bid documentation
• Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the internal database
• Financial management – Keeping track of the ongoing margin levels
• Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 8 years' experience in cost and contract management of major construction projects as a cost consultant
• Registered Quantity Surveyor with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) or equivalent
• Familiar with Building Information Modeling (BIM) for costing purpose (i.e.Cost X, etc.);
• Excellent technical knowledge and experience across the full range of Cost Management duties including: Cost Estimates, Bills of Quantities, Value Engineering, Tendering and Evaluation, Contract Knowledge, Change Orders and Final Account close-out
• Team player with excellent leadership and problem solving skills