Leading Projects to Success

JLL has an opportunity for a Cost Manager with construction expertise and experience to take responsibility for the overall commercial success of technical projects—guiding teams and contractors in each phase to achieve outcomes that exceed clients’ expectations and meet JLL’s commercial objectives. Driven and ambitious by nature, you have a mastery of the ins and outs of business—from products and systems to processes, tools and best practices. You’ll need to collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders, collaborating with teams and taking the time to understand their point of view.

Making clients our first priority

The best person for this job is one who always considers what’s best for our clients. As such, you’ll maintain a strong and positive relationship with our clients by identifying their needs, requirements and constraints. While you act in the clients’ best interests throughout the project duration, you must make sure that the project’s revenue and payment cycles are properly managed.

Key Responsibilities

General Cost Oversight

• Maintain accurate cost data including ROMs, funding categories, contracts, and invoicing

• Develop site-level cost reports with variance analysis

• Submit and manage cash flow forecasts and accruals

• Escalate funding delays and cost risks

• Review invoices and resolve discrepancies

• Support contract drafting and claims logging

• Ensure data integrity and escalate issues

Project Lifecycle Support

• Intake Phase: Validate ROMs, funding attributes, and support procurement strategy

• Pre-Construction: Manage funding requests, develop budgets, review bids and contracts

• Execution: Track budget utilization, manage change orders, log savings

• Closeout: Ensure timely financial closure and provide cost performance data

Deliverables

• ROM estimates for all scheduled projects

• Cost reviews and recommendations for RFPs, claims, and change orders

• Weekly to annual site cost reports

• Cash flow and accrual tracking throughout project lifecycle

• Invoice reviews and payment recommendations

• Financial closeout reports and documentation

Sound like you? To apply you will have:

• Must be able to work in a fast-track environment with data centre (or similar critical facilities / construction) experience preferred

• Project Controls / Cost Management experience

• Excellent and persuasive communication skills

• Excellent analytical, logical and reporting skills

• 10+ years’ experience in a related field

• Strong understanding of construction projects cycle, scoping, planning, procurement, installation, testing and commissioning and close out, and handover to operations teams.

• Project management qualification preferred (PMI / PMP) but not essential

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, presentation, and reporting skills

• Logical approach and high attention to detail

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Construction / Quantity Surveying or Commercial related disciplines preferred