Senior Cost Manager / Associate - MEP - Data Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced MEP Senior Cost Manager / Associate to join our growing Data Centre team based in Sydney. Working with leading developers, operators and contractors, you will support the delivery of some of Australia's most significant mission-critical data centre projects. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-value developments in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, contributing to the continued growth of our Data Centre sector across Australia.
The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement (single and two stage) and post contract reporting to the Client.
A good knowledge of MEP systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work both collaboratively but robustly with any main contractor and their MEP supply chain.
The successful candidate will be expected to mentor colleagues, help develop and advance our MEP digital systems & tools, promote MEP within Turner & Townsend and engage with the MEP community (engineers, contractors, manufacturers etc)
Key Responsibilities
Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to internal & external clients
Tendering (single and two stage) and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
Taking personal 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
Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
Inputting into value engineering
Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities
Experience and Skills:
A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle witihin the Data Centre sector
Professionally qualified (RICS or AIQS) or working towards
Ability to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.
Experience in delivering MEP elements of work for clients
Knowledge & contacts within the MEP supply chain (tier 1 and below)
Utilising digital software for delivery of cost management services
Commercially astute with good negotiation skills
Excellent people person and great communicator, both client facing and team based

Skills
Negotiation, Procurement

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid