Assistant Manager, Cost Control (Technical Services)
Key Responsibilities
- Assist Assistant General Manager of Projects Department in contractual and cost management as well as reporting of financial status of maintenance works and/ or asset enhancement projects from inception to final account stage with emphasis on proactive, up-to-date and accurate monitoring of expenditure, variations and cash flow.
- Prepare estimate/ budget for feasibility studies of potential maintenance works and/ or asset enhancement projects.
- Work with Project Managers and Business Departments to prepare budgets, business justification of assigned design studies or works.
- Prepare and facilitate to present to the Company on budget CAPEX and OPEX forecast in an accurate and professional way.
- Liaise with Project Managers to develop Cost Plan and predicted cash flow of approved maintenance works and/ or asset enhancement projects for on-going monitoring.
- Advise on procurement route and contractual arrangement of new works, asset enhancement works and maintenance works.
- Work with Project Managers to manage interim valuations and cash flow of projects.
- Ensure the change control procedure is strictly followed and processed and closely manage all associated cost and contractual implications.
- Work with Project Managers and Design Team to prepare and check cost-benefit analysis of various design schemes of proposed design schemes for decision by the Company.
- Work with Project Managers to assess and advise on contractual dispute and claims of projects.
- Work with Project Managers to prepare regular project management reports and up-to-date and accurate cost reports of projects to the Company.
- Co-ordinate with other internal departments on day-to-day project budget, cost, contract, legal and insurance related matters.
- Control of documentation of projects through Web-based Documentation Management System.
- Work with Project Managers to prepare and recommend final account of works.
- Carry out cost analysis of completed maintenance works and/ or asset enhancement projects.
Skills, Qualifications and Experience Requirements
- Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
- A Corporate Member of MHKIS or MRICS or equivalent is preferable.
- Minimum 10 years working experience in cost estimation and cost control for maintenance works and/ or asset enhancement projects.
- Good at presentation, commercial negotiation, variation management and cost data analysis.
- Able to work under pressure and commit to project deliverables.
- Fluent in spoken Cantonese and English and fluent in written English and Chinese.