Cost Manager – Commercial Real Estate Construction

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist in managing costs for extensive corporate real estate, office, and workplace development initiatives.

• Provide guidance to clients on procurement methodologies and oversee vendor prequalification, proposals, bids, bid leveling, interviews, recommendations, and selections.

• Supervise project cost estimation for construction, fees, direct work, and additional expenses.

• Evaluate estimates from junior team members and deliver estimates, value engineering suggestions, and risk assessments to clients.

• Conduct meetings with vendors to review, verify, and contest costs; compare estimates with data from other projects.

• Set up cost-reporting timelines and review and present cost reports and forecasts.

• Assess project budgets and spending forecasts with clients; maintain commercial risk registers.

• Facilitate regular meetings with project teams and vendors.

• Oversee cost management, payment application evaluations, contractor entitlements, change orders, payment requisitions, and contractual disputes.

• Manage and track invoicing processes.

• Compare performance metrics with successful commissions.

• Handle final accounting, post-contract audits, and account closures.

• Carry out post-contract evaluations, document lessons learned, and develop training materials.

• Create project handover protocols.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related construction field.

• At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in a cost management position within the construction sector.

• RICS accreditation or progress towards it is advantageous.

• Experience in cost management for medium to large commercial, corporate interiors, workplace, office, or regional hub construction projects.

• Previous experience in construction consultancy is highly preferred.

• Solid understanding of construction industry technical aspects, including procurement methods, value management, and value engineering.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Proficiency in using or preparing Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.

• Must comply with SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonuses may be available.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Healthy, productive, and flexible work environment.

• Work-life balance.

• Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace.