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Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 108 offices in 45 countries worldwide.

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Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an MEP/CSA Cost Manager in Shanghai office, supporting our clients deliver projects and programmes across a variety of sectors.

The position will be strong technique support to lead QS in the CSA/MEP specific deliverables within a larger project or leading direct CSA/MEP commissions, such as asset upgrade works.

The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage medium scale projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement (single and two stage) and post contract reporting to the Client.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Commission Management, to include the following, either as part of a larger project or leading an CSA/MEP direct commission:

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to internal & external clients
• Tendering (single and two stage) and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Inputting into value engineering
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, supervise and train ACM for technique skills improvement

Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor degree or above in cost management related major
• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
• Professionally qualified (RICS or similar)
• Ability to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.
• Experience in delivering CSA/MEP elements of work for clients
• Utilising digital software for delivery of cost management services
• Commercially astute with good negotiation skills
• Excellent people person and great communicator, both client facing and team based

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