Role Summary
As a Cost Manager for Data Centre Projects with an MEP focus, you will support the full range of cost management activities across data鈥慶entre developments. This includes cost planning, tendering, procurement support, and post鈥慶ontract cost control. You will work closely with clients, consultants, and contractors to ensure the project remains on budget and progresses smoothly.
Key Responsibilities
Project Support & Coordination
- Demonstrate good knowledge of pre鈥慶ontract and post鈥慶ontract cost management processes.
- Support estimating, cost planning, and rate analysis鈥攊ncluding helping prepare and present cost plans to clients.
- Assist with tendering and procurement activities such as preparing tender documents, reviewing bids, conducting tender analysis, and compiling contract documentation.
- Manage post鈥慶ontract cost variances and help coordinate change control activities, escalating major changes as needed.
- Work effectively across data鈥慶entre project scopes that involve significant building services (MEP) packages.
Governance & Reporting
- Prepare monthly post鈥慶ontract cost reports and assist in presenting them to clients.
- Contribute to value engineering discussions to identify cost鈥慹fficient solutions.
- Interface with clients, consultants, and contractors throughout each project stage.
- Recommend improvements to templates, processes, or tools within the cost management function.
- Ensure knowledge sharing by uploading key learnings, benchmarking data, and insights to internal databases.
- Collaborate as an effective team member and support Assistant Cost Managers where applicable.