Assistant Cost Manager

Job Description Summary

We are looking for an Assistant Cost Manager for our Site-based team working at a Hyperscale Data Centre Campus. You will be highly organized, have excellent communication and team working skills and thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You will have experience coordinating and managing commercial process flows and deliverables.

This role will be supporting construction and retrofit projects in a live environment – with full collaboration and coordination with other teams and stakeholders.

What This Job Involves

Report to and support the Cost Manager on the related tasks listed below:

• Assist in the delivery of Commercial, Cost and Procurement tasks.
• Support the development of client commercial and procurement briefs.
• Conduct cost evaluations of contracts under supervision.
• Assist in administering contracts, ensuring compliance with terms and conditions.
• Support the compilation of procurement and tendering documents.
• Help develop project cost and procurement documentation, programs, and budgets.
• Assist in monitoring and reporting on contractor and sub-contractor commercial progress.
• Support the management of consultant team contracts while maintaining focus on time, cost and quality.
• Assist in preparing and updating monthly dashboard reports to track project financial performance.
• Support the creation of detailed weekly and monthly reports on commercial positions
• Help conduct cashflow analysis and forecasting for ongoing projects.
• Assist in evaluating contractors quotes and comparing them against project budgets.
• Support the compilation and review of tendering documentation.
• Help analyze tender returns and assist in contract negotiations.
• Contribute to the development of project cost documentation and master budgets.
• Assist in monitoring and reporting on main and specialist sub-contractors commercial progress against contracts.
• Support the management of consultant team contracts to ensure design compliance with commercial contracts and budgets.
• Help prepare cost evaluations of contracts to meet client expectations and budgets.
  
  

Interested An ideal candidate would need to have the following qualifications

• Fluent in written and spoken Mandarin and intermediate level of English requried
• 2-4 years experience in a related field.
• Degree Qualification in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or related field.
• Experience in construction site environments.
• Good communication and reporting skills.