MEP Senior / Lead Cost Manager (Data Centre Projects)

Overview

As a Lead Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager (MEP) 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:

Actively participate in the tender/bid process--from initial tender/bid documentation through analysis and reporting

Analyse cost reports and regularly review with senior management, as the MEP expert in the team

Conduct budget preparation including detailed cost modelling and benchmarking analysis, and reviews with senior management

Manage project costs against budget throughout your project, including cost reviews, value engineering, and cost saving initiatives to increase client value

Support the settlement of construction disputes/loss and expense claims with transparency

Support nimble project management and clear decisions through excellent cost documentation and timely communication

Foster top performance and growth for your team via excellent mentorship and leadership

Lead your team to deliver impeccable quality and client valu

We would love to hear from you if you:

Are an experienced cost or commercial manager on large scale construction projects with increasing levels of leadership

Have extensive cost manager experience focused on MEP, ideally from a consultancy background working on large and complex projects

Have an understanding of MEP Systems and ability to read services drawings and schematics

Are RICS chartered or are on the path to complete it. We can help

Have a degree or comparable qualification in construction, quantity surveying, mechanical or electrical engineering

Have a strong sense of ownership and accountability, and thrive in a fast paced environment

Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing

Are detail oriented and quality focused

Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines

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!