Senior MEP Cost Manager - Real Estate

Turner & Townsend Alinea

The Role

Overview

Lead MEP cost planning, procurement and value management for real estate projects

Key Responsibilities

  • final accounts
  • cost variance
  • procurement process
  • cost reporting
  • value management
  • tender management

Tasks

-To ensure that final accounts are negotiated and agreed; validate the monthly payment claims and prepare payment recommendation for MEP related works/packages. -To take a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages -To ensure that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively -Where appropriate, lead a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities -To manage the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively -To conduct feasibility studies and writing procurement reports -To ensure the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and present them to the client -To apply Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and where appropriate involve Turner & Townsend’s specialist Value Management team -To ensure that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively -To manage estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and present the final cost plan -To manage the tender process for MEP packages including tender document, tender clarifications, interview and tender recommendation report if required.

Requirements

  • cost estimates
  • bills quantities
  • value engineering
  • tendering
  • contract knowledge
  • bachelor

What You Bring

-Candidate from Batam is preferred -Excellent technical knowledge and experience across the full range of Cost Management duties including: Cost Estimates, Bills of Quantities, Value Engineering, Tendering and Evaluation, Contract Knowledge, Change Orders and Final Account close-out -Experience from consultancy background, well versed with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) work experience is preferred. -Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiation, influence and persuade others -Team player with excellent leadership and problem solving skills -Candidates with experience in commercial, corporate and high tech experience are preferred. -A data and digital led business, with an authority on the economics of sustainability, that will take our service to the next level -Minimum 10 - 15 years' experience in related fields -Bachelor in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent

Benefits

-You can realise your career ambitions faster with London’s cost consultancy of choice

The Company

About Turner & Townsend Alinea

-Join forces with a global advisory leader to shake up real‑estate cost management. -Grew on backbone of bold city skyscrapers and landmark estates—from the Shard to Battersea Power Station and Wimbledon grounds. -Drives high‑stakes projects across sectors like data centres, life sciences labs, tall commercial towers and mixed‑use regeneration. -Takes cost control beyond numbers: digital tools and technical firepower fuel value‑led delivery in complex builds. -Packed with specialist micro‑teams—for façades, MEP, infrastructure and utilities—the London arm brings niche depth. -Blends boutique expertise with global muscle: a disruptive hybrid serving developer, investor and end‑user needs. -Anchored in capital’s skyline, yet stretching into transport, health, education, energy and hospitality projects.

Sector Specialisms

Data Centres

Commercial

Residential

Life Sciences

Retail

Sports, Leisure and Hospitality

Electricity Transmission and Distribution

Rail

Road

Sea Transport

Air Transport

Utilities

Mineral Extraction

Healthcare

Defence and Security