Senior Cost Manager (MEP)
The opportunity
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor - MEP at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
In this role, you will:
- Analyse tenders/bids with a particular focus on MEP packages to ensure client value for money.
- Support the settlement of construction disputes and loss/expense claims related to mechanical, electrical, and process installations with transparency.
- Foster top performance and growth for your employees through strong mentorship and leadership, particularly within MEP cost management.
- Assist in the preparation and agreement of final accounts, including the handling of MEP-specific claims to ensure the client gets the best value from works undertaken.
- Develop estimates and cost plans for key client developments, with an emphasis on MEP elements.
- Provide cost documentation and timely communication to support agile project management and clear decision-making, particularly on MEP-related matters.
- Actively participate in the tender/bid process—from initial tender/bid documentation through analysis and reporting—with a focus on mechanical, electrical, and process installations.
- Oversee project spend by creating valuations and cost reports, ensuring clear communication of variations within MEP scope.
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Have a degree or comparable experience in Quantity Surveying, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a similar field.
- Have experience in cost management with varied contracting strategies, particularly within MEP.
- Have a technical understanding of mechanical, electrical, or process (MEP) systems and installations.
- Have 3+ years’ experience within Data Centres, Oil & Gas, Pharma, or heavy industrial projects, ideally with exposure to complex MEP systems.
- Have an understanding of, and the ability to read, MEP services drawings and schematics.
- Have excellent IT, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Enjoy a dynamic environment where you can manage your own priorities and deadlines.
About us
Since 1974, we’ve been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We’re a business on a journey – an agile business that is proud
to be different.
We are Linesight. Dynamic. Driven. Different.
About Cost Management
Our approach to DE&I
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
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