Senior Cost Manager (High Tech / Data Centre Construction …, Melbourne

Overview As a Senior Cost Manager 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. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients. Responsibilities
- Actively participate in the tender/bid process—from initial tender/bid documentation through analysis and reporting.
- Manage the change management process—identifying, analysing, approving, and implementing changes that affect the project cost.
- Analyse tenders/bids to ensure client value for money.
- Assist in the preparation and agreement of final accounts, including the handling of any claims to ensure the client gets best value from works undertaken.
- Create estimates and cost plans for key client developments.
- Oversee project spend by creating valuations and cost reports, and clearly communicate variations to your team.
- Support nimble project management and explicit decisions through excellent cost documentation and timely communication.
- Support the settlement of construction disputes/loss and expense claims with transparency.
- Foster top performance and growth for your employees via excellent mentorship and leadership. Qualifications
- Have experience as a senior cost manager, ideally from a consultancy background, on complex construction projects.
- Have experience in pre‑contract cost management, including budget control, cost planning, preparing and initiating change forms for discussion with project stakeholders and knowledge of alternative construction materials.
- Are chartered or on the path to complete the chartership. We can help.
- Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline.
- Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing.
- Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines.
- Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun. 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. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, we would love to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rxnr2