(MEP/CSA) Cost Manager (Manufacturing/Industrial) (Melaka)

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

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Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Cost Manager to support major capital projects within high‑tech manufacturing and industrial facilities. This role focuses on cost planning, budget control, and commercial management across construction, expansion, and equipment‑installation projects.

 

Job Responsibilities

 

• Manage full pre‑ and post‑contract cost management activities for semiconductor projects, including estimating, rate analysis, and preparation of final cost plans.
• Lead tendering and procurement processes—managing pre‑qualification, tender lists, tender analysis, reports, and contract documentation.
• Support change control and resolve post‑contract cost variances across cleanroom construction, tool‑installation packages, and facility upgrades.
• Prepare monthly cost reports and participate in cost presentations to project stakeholders.
• Contribute to value engineering exercises, identifying opportunities to optimise design, materials, and construction sequencing for semiconductor environments.
• Collaborate with clients, consultants, and multidisciplinary teams throughout all project phases, maintaining strong relationships and clear communication. 
• Support knowledge management efforts by capturing lessons learned and improving cost‑management procedures and templates.

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of cost management or construction experience, ideally within industrial or semiconductor facility projects.
• Strong understanding of QS methodologies, cost‑planning principles, and procurement processes. 
• Proficiency in Cost‑X or similar estimating software. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to support client interactions and fast‑paced technical environments.

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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