MEP Senior Cost Manager

As an MEP Senior Cost Manager at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and talented 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.

In this role you will:

• Actively partner with clients, responding to their requests accurately and on time
• Assist in creating cost analysis feedback and lessons learned to the client for future works
• Assist in the Bid Evaluation process including analysing data and identifying areas requiring additional investigation
• Be part of a larger team of cost managers delivering a robust cost management service to the client
• Expertly negotiate with contractors to agree materials quantities based upon detailed designs
• Partner in preparing and agreeing final accounts, including handling any claims to ensure the best value for the client
• Prepare budget cost estimates
• Resolve any commercial, change orders and contract issues quickly and fairly
• Support team leader with cost control, cost reporting and forecasting of electrical and mechanical scope of work

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Are an experienced cost manager on large scale construction projects with increasing levels of leadership
• Understand M&E Systems, have a strong ability to read services drawings and schematics, particularly mechanical
• Have a degree or comparable experience in mechanical engineering, or surveying
• Are chartered or are on the path to complete it. We can help!
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing, in English and Mandarin
• Excel in a collaborative and friendly team environment
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines
• Enjoy building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun

Since 1974, we’ve been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that, we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We’re a business on a journey – an agile business that is proud to be different.

About Cost Management

Our teams of cost managers deliver cost predictability, a high level of assurance and value for money on prestigious, cutting-edge projects around the globe for world-leading clients. Be a part of our collaborative, close-knit teams, who share comprehensive knowledge of international, regional and local construction costs and benchmarks. We champion both mentoring and reverse mentoring across all levels and roles, so you can benefit from the deep expertise and development supports within our organisation, regardless of your experience or seniority.

Our approach to DE&I

At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.

As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.