Senior Manager, Cost

The role

The Senior Manager, Cost APAC will implement strategic direction for the Construction Cost Management program. You will manage Construction Cost Control Operations across multiple sites and provide cost estimating support to internal teams.

What you will do

• Implement strategic direction for the Construction Cost Management program
• Manage and overview Construction Cost Control Operations across multiple sites
• Perform pre-contract cost estimation and benchmarking
• Conduct Value Engineering and Cost/Function optimization workshops
• Challenge proposed design solutions to drive best value
• Assist Construction and Procurement Department in issuing, reviewing and analyzing Contractor bid returns
• Participate in post-bid interviews to identify complete bids
• Produce Tender Reports to support bid review and recommendations
• Provide Cost Management and Cost Review support during construction
• Track monthly construction accruals and report to the APAC Financial Team

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or similar
• 10+ years of proven experience in successful deliveries of large scale construction projects valued at MYR 400m and above
• Successfully delivered high value projects (MYR 400m and above) at the right cost and across different jurisdictions
• Ability to work autonomously
• Excellent communications skills
• Excellent report and bid writing skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Willing to make decisions and be accountable for them
• Ability to deliver effective presentations to customers, peers and management
• Good leadership competence to lead multi-disciplinary teams across multiple geographies

Nice to have

• Prior Data Centre project experience

About the company

AirTrunk is a hyperscale data centre company that operates a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region.