Assistant Cost Manager

Linesight; South Carolina; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight is seeking an Assistant Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our global project and cost management consultancy. You will work with experienced teams to monitor progress, prepare cost estimates, and manage change logs.

We value clear communication and strong relationships with clients and teams, supporting your career progression within Linesight’s open culture and diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Need strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Ability to collaborate in a dynamic project team.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Attend meetings and design reviews to monitor progress and communicate impacts.
• Participate in site walks with GC, Cost Manager and client PM.
• Consolidate data to prepare estimates and cost reports.
• Maintain change management logs with accuracy.
• Collaborate with Cost Management team on client tasks.
• Monitor financial close-out and vendor settlements.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree in project management or construction

Job description

Overview

As an Assistant Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Attend key meetings and design reviews to monitor progress, actively collaborate on solving problems and communicate impacts to partners
• Participate in site walks with GC, Cost Manager and client PM, assessing progress and identifying potential cost impacts
• Effectively consolidate data to prepare detailed estimates, and ad-hoc cost reports and analyses
• Maintain the project change management logs, with detail focus and accuracy
• Partner with the extended Cost Management team to complete complex client tasks
• Monitor the financial close-out on all projects including settlement of all vendors

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline
• Are chartered or are on the path to complete it. We can help.
• Have experience in pre- and post-contract cost management on varied projects
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

About Us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!