About this Planning & Billing Engineer role at Cushman & Wakefield
Job Title
Planning & Billing Engineer
Job Description Summary
This role is responsible for planning, monitoring, billing, and cost control activities for commercial construction projects. The incumbent will support project execution by preparing project schedules, tracking progress, managing client and contractor billing, monitoring budgets, and ensuring timely project reporting and financial control.
Job Description
About the Role:
- Prepare and maintain detailed project schedules, baseline programs, and milestone tracking for commercial construction projects.
- Monitor project progress against approved schedules and generate periodic progress reports, dashboards, and MIS.
- Prepare, verify, and process client RA bills, subcontractor bills, and quantity reconciliations.
- Coordinate with site teams, contractors, consultants, and clients for progress measurement and billing approvals.
- Prepare BOQs, quantity take-offs, rate analysis, cost estimates, and budget tracking reports.
- Monitor project costs, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions to ensure budget compliance.
- Prepare cash flow forecasts, resource planning reports, and project progress presentations.
- Track project productivity, material consumption, and work progress against planned targets.
- Support change order management, variation claims, and contractual documentation.
- Ensure proper documentation and maintenance of project records, billing registers, and planning reports.
- Coordinate with Civil, MEP, and commercial teams to ensure seamless project execution and reporting.
- Assist project leadership in project reviews, forecasting, and achieving timely project completion.
About You:
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in Planning & Billing functions within commercial construction projects.
- Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling techniques, billing processes, and cost control methodologies.
- Experience in preparation of BOQ, quantity surveying, client billing, subcontractor billing, and project reporting.
- Proficient in Primavera P6, MS Project, Advanced Excel, AutoCAD, and construction planning tools.
- Good understanding of construction contracts, project budgeting, and commercial management processes.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple project priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.
- Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Civil Engineering is mandatory.
Why join Cushman & Wakefield?
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;
- Being part of a growing global company;
- Career development and a promote from within culture;
- An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.
We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.
That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.
We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.
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