Senior Cost Manager — Strategic Project Cost Leader

Avensys Consulting; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Avensys is seeking a Senior Cost Manager to lead cost planning, budgeting, and commercial reporting on major projects in Singapore. You will drive value engineering, cost control, and risk assessment across lifecycle stages.

The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, experience supervising junior cost managers, and the ability to collaborate with clients, consultants, contractors, and design teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in quantity surveying, construction management, or cost management.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant cost management experience.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Strong numerical, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience in cost planning, forecasts, change control, and commercial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own the preparation and review of cost estimates, cost plans, budgets, and forecasts.
• Lead value engineering and lifecycle costing exercises for projects or work packages.
• Prepare, review, and manage cost control reports, forecasts, and cash flow reporting.
• Manage project change control, including change orders, commitments, invoices, forecasts, and cost impact assessments.
• Review change orders, invoices, quotations, and docs for commercial accuracy and contractual alignment.
• Identify, assess, and manage commercial and cost risks within projects.
• Participate in pre-contract and post-contract discussions with commercial input.
• Represent cost management in client, project, contractor, and design team meetings.
• Assess and communicate cost impact of design changes, scope developments, and procurement decisions.
• Perform benchmarking, appraisals, and commercial analyses.
• Support negotiations, contract administration, final accounts, and close-out.
• Review work of Junior Cost Managers and provide coaching.

Skills

Cost Management

Budgeting & Forecasting

Change Control

Commercial Reporting

MS Office 365

Client & Stakeholder Communication

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying

Construction Management

Data Analytics in construction/cost focus

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Avensys is seeking a Senior Cost Manager to lead cost planning, budgeting, and commercial reporting on major projects in Singapore. You will drive value engineering, cost control, and risk assessment across lifecycle stages.

The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, experience supervising junior cost managers, and the ability to collaborate with clients, consultants, contractors, and design teams.