Turner & Townsend Hiring! Full Time (MEP-CSA) Cost Manager (Data Centre) in Johor - Ricebowl

Role Overview 

As a Cost Manager, you will manage the core cost management services for complex construction projects, including mission-critical data centre developments, ensuring cost, quality, risk, and governance objectives are achieved. You will play a key role in supporting Turner & Townsend’s clients through the full project lifecycle, delivering best-in-class commercial outcomes while fostering a collaborative, high-performing project environment.

Project Support & Cost Management

• Deliver pre-contract and post-contract cost management services across construction projects, including data centres, critical facilities, and infrastructure-led developments.
• Prepare order-of-cost estimates, cost plans, and elemental cost analyses, with a strong understanding of CSA and MEP-heavy cost structures typical of data centre projects.
• Undertake rate analysis, benchmarking, and cost modelling for specialist packages such as MEP systems, electrical infrastructure, cooling systems, and fit-out works.
•  Lead tendering and procurement activities, including: Pre-qualification and tender strategy development, preparation of preliminaries and tender documentation, tender analysis, clarification, and recommendation reports,
• Support change control and post-contract cost management, managing variations, compensation events, and cost impacts arising from design development and client changes, escalating major issues where required.

Governance, Reporting & Client Interface

• Prepare monthly post-contract cost reports, cashflows, and forecasts, supporting formal client presentations and governance reviews.
• Provide commercial input into Value Engineering and cost optimisation exercises, particularly for high-value MEP and specialist trade packages common in data centre projects.
• Interface professionally with clients, consultants, contractors, and specialist vendors at all project stages.
• Support Turner & Townsend’s commercial governance, risk management, and cost assurance standards on live projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost management processes, templates, benchmarking data, and digital tools, sharing best practices within the business.
• Contribute to knowledge management, ensuring project data, lessons learned, and cost intelligence are captured in Turner & Townsend’s internal systems. 
• Collaborate effectively within the cost management team and, where appropriate, provide guidance and oversight to Assistant Cost Managers.

• Bachelor’s degree in Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Construction, Engineering, or a related discipline (Master’s degree advantageous).
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in cost management or construction-related roles (e.g. cost manager, quantity surveyor, construction manager, procurement, project management, consultancy).
• Strong understanding of quantity surveying principles, tools, and methodologies, including both pre- and post-contract functions.
• Exposure to or strong interest in data centre, mission-critical, or MEP-intensive projects is highly advantageous.
• Native-level and business-level proficiency in English.
• Proficiency in CostX or equivalent cost estimation software; familiarity with benchmarking databases and digital cost management tools is an advantage.