Senior Cost Manager CSA

Turner & Townsend; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management consultancy in Singapore is seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor. The role involves conducting feasibility studies, managing tender processes, and ensuring accurate cost management across multiple projects. Ideal candidates have a degree in Quantity Surveying and at least 8 years of experience. Excellent communication skills and proficiency in BIM are essential. The company promotes a flexible working environment and values diversity.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Focus on work-life balance

Equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years' experience in full cycle quantity surveying scope.
• Experience in high tech manufacturing/life sciences projects is preferred.
• Registered Quantity Surveyor with relevant institutions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct feasibility studies and write procurement reports.
• Manage the tender process and analyze tenders.
• Make cost checks and valuations on projects.

Skills

Cost Estimates

Bills of Quantities

Value Engineering

Tendering and Evaluation

Contract Knowledge

Change Orders

Final Account close-out

Leadership

Problem-solving

Excellent communication

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Job description

Company Description

Working in partnership with our clients, we deliver major projects and programmes with skill and precision, by focusing on outcomes and driving high performance.

Delivering innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes across our sectors, we drive the success of our client’s projects and programmes through effective planning, highly skilled teams, and rigorous controls.

Our capabilities include asset management, controls and performance, cost and commercial management, digital, procurement and supply chain, programme advisory, project management and sustainability. Backed by our extensive experience, we focus on outcomes to transform client’s projects and programmes.

With over 133 offices across 47 countries, we are an organisation of over GBP 1.5 billion turnover and 12,000+ talented team members across the world. In 2025, we are combining with CBRE’s Project Management business to create the premier, differentiated programme, project, and cost management capability globally. Through this change, our profile in Asia will scale significantly, comprising a team of over 4000 staff across all major countries in region. The combination of our programme management and project management and commercial management capabilities will provide a unique opportunity to do things for our clients.

Who is Turner & Townsend?

Working in partnership with our clients, we deliver major projects and programmes with skill and precision, by focusing on outcomes and driving high performance.

Delivering innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes across our sectors, we drive the success of our client’s projects and programmes through effective planning, highly skilled teams, and rigorous controls.

Our capabilities include asset management, controls and performance, cost and commercial management, digital, procurement and supply chain, programme advisory, project management and sustainability. Backed by our extensive experience, we focus on outcomes to transform client’s projects and programmes.

With over 133 offices across 47 countries, we are an organisation of over GBP 1.5 billion turnover and 12,000+ talented team members across the world. In 2025, we are combining with CBRE’s Project Management business to create the premier, differentiated programme, project, and cost management capability globally. Through this change, our profile in Asia will scale significantly, comprising a team of over 4000 staff across all major countries in region. The combination of our programme management and project management and commercial management capabilities will provide a unique opportunity to do things for our clients.

Job Description

• To conduct feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• 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
• 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
• 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 full cycle quantity surveying scope, with experience in a cost consultancy
• 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
• Candidates with experience in High tech manufacturing / life sciences project, data centers, infrastructure, mixed development, public sector, and corporate end user workplace experience are preferred.
• Familiar with Building Information Modeling (BIM) for costing purpose (i.e. Cost X, etc.)
• Registered Quantity Surveyor with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) or equivalent;
• Team player with excellent leadership and problem solving skills
• English language skills are required and excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiation, influence and persuade others.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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