142 Cost Management jobs in Singapore

Overview
As an Associate - Cost Managament 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:
Act as the key account manager in the Singapore team, developing client relationships based upon partnership and trust
Foster top performance and growth for your employees via excellent mentorship and leadership
Lead your team to deliver impeccable quality and client value
Actively participate in the tender/bid process—from initial tender/bid documentation through analysis and reporting
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 clear decisions through excellent cost documentation and timely communication
We would love to hear from you if you:
Have a minimum 8 years of experience in cost management, ideally from a consultancy background, on large scale construction projects ideally in data centres or life sciences
Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline
Have experience in pre- and post-contract cost management on varied projects
Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
Are chartered or are on the path to complete it. We can help
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
All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.
About us
Linesight isa highly successfulglobal project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You seewe’renot like the others.We’redifferent. Unique.It’sour 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,inclusionand 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 areprovidedreasonable accommodation toparticipatein the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If yourequireassistanceor accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!
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Job Description

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Senior Cost Management Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in construction, manufacturing, or related industries, with skills in cost management, procurement, and project budgeting.

The Senior Cost Management Specialist will play a critical role in ensuring the success of projects by managing costs, preparing tender documents, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

1. Cost Estimation and Budgeting:

   • Prepare accurate cost estimates for door manufacturing, supply, and installation projects.
   • Develop and manage project budgets, ensuring cost efficiency and financial control.
   • Analyze project specifications and drawings to determine material, labor, and equipment costs.

2. Tendering and Procurement:

   • Prepare and submit tender documents, including bills of quantities (BOQ) and pricing schedules.
   • Evaluate subcontractor and supplier quotations to ensure competitive pricing and quality.
   • Negotiate contracts with suppliers, subcontractors, and clients.

3. Cost Control and Monitoring:

   • Monitor project costs throughout the lifecycle, identifying and addressing any variances.
   • Track and report on project expenditures, ensuring alignment with the approved budget.
   • Conduct regular site visits to assess progress and verify quantities.

4. Contract Administration:

   • Administer contracts, including variations, claims, and final accounts.
   • Ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions.
   • Resolve any disputes related to costs, payments, or contractual obligations.

5. Value Engineering:

   • Identify opportunities for cost savings without compromising quality or performance.
   • Recommend alternative materials or methods to optimize project costs.

6. Documentation and Reporting:

   • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all financial transactions and project documentation.
   • Prepare regular progress reports for management and clients.

7. Compliance and Standards:

   • Ensure all projects comply with Singapore's building codes, regulations, and industry standards.
   • Stay updated on market trends, material costs, and industry best practices.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Education:

• Diploma in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related field.

Experience:

• No experience required as a Quantity Surveyor, preferably with some experience in the door industry, construction, or manufacturing sectors.

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of construction materials, methods, and costs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and analytical skills.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications.

Attributes:

• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, career development and training opportunities, and a collaborative and supportive work environment.

Why Apply?

If you are a motivated and experienced Senior Cost Management Specialist with a passion for the door industry, we invite you to apply and contribute to the success of our projects in Singapore.

Our organization seeks a seasoned Construction Cost Management Specialist to develop and compile precise cost estimates and tender documentation, coordinate with internal teams, subcontractors, and suppliers, review and assess variations, value engineering options, and related cost impacts.

• Develop detailed project budgets and financial models.
• Coordinate with internal teams, subcontractors, and suppliers for accurate pricing and project information.
• Review and assess changes, value engineering options, and related cost impacts.
• Monitor and report on project expenditure throughout the tender process.
• Examine tender and contract terms, addressing commercial risks or ambiguities.
• Ensure all tender submissions meet required standards and regulations.

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience as a Construction Cost Manager within the construction industry.

As a Construction Cost Management Expert, you will oversee project expenses to drive business growth.

• Bills of Quantities: Prepare accurate estimates and quotes for sub-contractors by breaking down costs into detailed components.
• Cost Management: Lead project teams in controlling expenditures, ensuring timely payments to suppliers, and minimizing losses due to unforeseen circumstances.
• Project Administration: Collaborate with supervisors to prepare efficient claims for extensions of time, acceleration, prolongation, and cost recovery.
• Cost Control: Analyze and monitor project expenses to identify areas of cost inefficiencies and provide data-driven insights to stakeholders.

As an
Associate - Cost Management
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
Act as the key account manager in the Singapore team, developing client relationships based upon partnership and trust
Foster top performance and growth for your employees via excellent mentorship and leadership
Lead your team to deliver impeccable quality and client value
Actively participate in the tender/bid process—from initial tender/bid documentation through analysis and reporting
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 clear decisions through excellent cost documentation and timely communication
We Would Love To Hear From You If You
Have a minimum 8 years of experience in cost management, ideally from a consultancy background, on large scale construction projects ideally in data centres or life sciences
Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline
Have experience in pre- and post-contract cost management on varied projects
Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
Are chartered or are on the path to complete it. We can help
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
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!
Job Details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Consulting
Industries: Construction
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Job ID: 39579

Location: Singapore, SG

Area of interest: Audit, Accounting & Finance

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Hybrid Working

Opening date: 19 Sept 2025

Job Summary

• The Director, WRB Cost Management will be working closely with the Head, WRB Cost Management in providing ideas, analytics and insights for the strategic and financial decisions facing the WRB CEO, CFO and Management Team (WRB MT). This includes forecasting costs related financial performance and analytics, competitive performance, and benchmarking. This position will be closely partnering with all WRB Finance Leads, including Segment, Regional and Country teams for internally and externally communicating WRB's costs related financial performance and is the primary liaison with the Central and Group Finance teams, including Group FP&A for all WRB cost matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide regular updates to the WRB CEO, CFO and LT on overall WRB Business costs related financial performance highlighting areas of opportunity and provide early warnings of the challenges ahead

• Be responsible for the WRB costs FP&A outcomes and one of the key contacts for WRB LT, WRB Finance leaders and Group FP&A for WRB's costs performance related matters

• Manage the annual Corporate Planning exercise for WRB costs, supporting target setting and allocation of resources within overall guardrails of strategy and affordability
• Support FP&A transformation agenda including improving speed, timeliness and quality of costs data available within FP&A systems and exploring and deploying new automation tools and future system-based analytics.

• Be a team player and motivate colleagues in the WRB Cost Finance teams (including extended team in Chennai & Bangalore) ensuring that the team together works to deliver its collective agenda

• Participate and contribute to risk discussions as required to facilitate better external and internal communication of WRB's risk matters at key WRB & Group forums as required for matters relating to costs related financial performance of WRB impacting costs financial performance Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates and the regulatory requirements and expectations to the role

• Represent the WRB Cost finance function in all costs and/or performance management related forums

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• WRB CEO
• CFO and Management Team (WRB MT)
• Head, WRB Cost Management

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in FP&A team

Skills and Experience

Our Ideal Candidate

• 10+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis at a senior level gained at a leading, global financial services firm, preferably banking
• Proven problem solver using quantitative techniques, strong analytical skills with ability to develop proof of concept frameworks and business cases
• Strong business partner who can influence and effectively challenge C-suite stakeholders
• Demonstrated track record of leading and managing broad processes, while challenging the status quo and embracing the spirit of transformation.
• Strong people leader with ability to lead and grow teams of international talent, with a proven ability to work across teams and influence a broad range of stakeholders
• Be an inspirational people leader who looks for opportunities to grow others, develop talent, give clarity and guidance, drive purpose, and enhance decision quality across the team
• Be a leader who helps to grow the Bank, harnessing a strategic mindset and the ability to navigate complex situations and ambiguity

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Performance Management
• Business partnering and influencing
• External reporting & Competitive analysis
• Balance Sheet Management
• Risk and Control
• Business Knowledge (WRB)

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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Associate Director, Cost Management (MEP)
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Company Description
Working in partnership with our clients, we deliver major projects and programmes with skill and precision, by focusing on outcomes and driving high performance.
Delivering innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes across our sectors, we drive the success of our client’s projects and programmes through effective planning, highly skilled teams, and rigorous controls.
Our capabilities include asset management, controls and performance, cost and commercial management, digital, procurement and supply chain, programme advisory, project management and sustainability. Backed by our extensive experience, we focus on outcomes to transform client’s projects and programmes.
With over 133 offices across 47 countries, we are an organisation of over GBP 1.5 billion turnover and 12,000+ talented team members across the world. In 2025, we are combining with CBRE’s Project Management business to create the premier, differentiated programme, project, and cost management capability globally.
Job Description
Act as Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions or multiple commissions.
To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value added cost management service.
Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.
Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
Leading value engineering and life cycle costing exercise.
Motivate team members, and drive towards positive client outcomes and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Critically analyze, challenge and brainstorm project requirements and deliverables, in order to find creative solutions and alternatives on behalf of clients.
To lead a cost management team, ensuring that the team members deliver on all accountabilities.
To identify & act upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products and hence improve the service provided to clients.
To take line management responsibility as required.
Qualifications
Degree qualifications in Quantity Surveying, construction management, engineering or similar discipline with more than 15 years’ work experience.
Experience from consultancy background, well versed with mechanical and electrical (M&E) work experience.
Experience working on a range of projects across industry sectors particularly in public sector, mixed development, industrial, semiconductor, lifescience/pharma, data center, hi tech, infrastructure etc.
Excellent communication skills.
Strong business acumen, with the ability to drive outcomes on behalf of clients, develop new business, leverage current opportunities, and coordinate with construction and design teams to meet deadlines and deliverables.
Experience in client management with solid experience in client facing environment that requires incumbent to utilize critical business development skills and advisory skills to enhance project delivery on value management, value engineering and life cycle costing.
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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