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Cost Manager - Defence/Education

Sydney, Australia & New Zealand, auFull-time2026-11-08 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Prepare cost plans, price items from first principles, assess tender returns and contractor variations, and manage payment claims for construction projects.

Role type

Cost Manager

Builds

Cost plans, tender recommendations, payment recommendations, and market intelligence reports

Domain

Construction / Infrastructure

Required skills

Cost planning, first principles pricing, tender assessment, variation assessment, payment claim assessment, benchmarking, market intelligence, CostX, AIQS (RICS)

Preferred skills

Experience across project life cycle (pre-contract, procurement, post-contract)

Technologies

CostX, Hive

Responsibilities

Measure elements for cost plan preparation, price individual items from first principles, prepare cost reports, assess tender returns, assess contractor variations, assess payment claims, compile benchmarking data, utilize digital offering Hive

Seniority

Mid-level (2-3 years post graduate experience)