Job Title

Manager

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Manager – Cost Monitoring

This role is responsible for leading and delivering end-to-end cost management assignments across the pre‑construction, construction, and closure phases of projects. The role requires acting as the single point of contact for the client, managing multidisciplinary stakeholders, and ensuring budget certainty, cost governance, and commercial compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

About the Role:

• Lead the planning, coordination and control of projects from inception to completion.
• Establish excellent working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of the project.
• Establish and maintain project governance, cost reporting protocols, and communication structures.
• Define and manage the overall project budget, ensuring all assumptions, exclusions, and risks are clearly documented.
• Develop and manage concept, schematic, and detailed cost plans aligned to evolving design intent.
• Validate costs at each design stage and highlight potential budget risks or opportunities.
• Support the Client in defining consultant procurement strategies.
• Prepare estimates and budgets at different stages of the project
• Verify Running Account bills and issue payment recommendations.
• Issue monthly cost reports, tracking budget, commitments, variations, and forecasts.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to team assigned to the project.
• Review deliverables prepared by the team to ensure quality, accuracy, and consistency.
• Contribute to internal best practices, templates, and process improvements.

About You:

Bachelor’s in civil engineering / Architecture and/or MBA in Construction management / Real Estate

Minimum 7 – 10 years’ experience in cost management, commercial advisory, or project controls

• Strong commercial acumen and cost control expertise
• Stakeholder and client management
• Contractual and procurement knowledge
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• High-quality reporting and presentation abilities
• Ability to lead assignments independently
• High attention to detail and the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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