Senior Cost Manager - MEP

Turner & Townsend; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global project management firm in Singapore seeks a Cost Manager to oversee tendering, procurement, and cost management for major projects. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Quantity Surveying and 6-12 years of experience. Responsibilities include ensuring accurate cost checking, conducting valuations, and managing procurement processes. Successful candidates will possess strong negotiation and leadership skills, with a preference for those experienced in infrastructure and building sectors.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 - 12 years' experience in related fields.
• Experience as a MEP cost consultant preferred.
• Experience in infrastructure and building is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage tendering and procurement processes.
• Ensure timely and accurate cost checking and valuation.
• Provide regular reports on procurement progress.

Skills

Technical knowledge in Cost Management

Negotiation skills

Leadership and problem-solving

Excellent communication

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Cost Management

Job 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.

Job Description

• 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
• 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.
• Perform measurement of works and develop Notes On Pricing.
• Vetting of Packages Bid Form. Bidders qualifications and bidders list proposal for each procurement package.
• Perform general procurement (commercial and contractual) administration, management, and support.
• Provide regular report on procurement progress and cost tracking.
• Procurement package delivery status report.
• Develop implementation plan, including timing, resources, and program management necessary to achieve the identified savings per assigned work/project.
• Advising % of contingencies & projected cost escalation for labour + material.
• Participation during design meeting, bid interviews and negotiation.
• Determine Contractor’s Basis Of Estimate and provide professional advice.
• Drive for negotiations for change order and track the negotiation effort.
• Conduct sourcing events, including request for quotations (RFQ) or request for proposals (RFP), negotiations with bidders, bid awards with Decision Analysis (DA), and draft Tender Recommendation Report, as needed.
• Validating GC Cost of Works, Change Orders, Monthly Claim Recommendation

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 6 - 12 years' experience in related fields, with some experience functioning as a MEP cost consultant
• 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 infrastructure and building experience are preferred.
• Team player with excellent leadership and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiation, influence and persuade others