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About the Role:

• Act as the central coordination point for all project cost management activities, ensuring alignment between clients, consultants, contractors, procurement teams, and internal stakeholders on budget, cost, and financial objectives.
• Develop, monitor, and manage the project cost baseline, including cost plans, budgets, estimates, cash flow forecasts, cost reports, and financial tracking mechanisms to ensure effective cost control throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate with design, procurement, and construction teams to evaluate cost implications of design developments, material procurement strategies, and execution methodologies, ensuring optimum value and budget compliance.
• Lead cost monitoring and forecasting activities, including budget variance analysis, value engineering assessments, risk evaluations, and change management to maintain financial performance targets.
• Conduct regular cost review meetings to track budget utilization, forecast at-completion costs, variations, financial risks, savings opportunities, and overall project cost performance.

General Responsibilities 

• Develop, monitor, and control project budgets, cost plans, forecasts, and cash flow projections to ensure effective financial management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Track project costs against approved budgets, perform variance analysis, identify financial risks, and recommend corrective actions to maintain cost performance.
• Manage change orders, variations, cost impacts, and value engineering initiatives while safeguarding project financial objectives.
• Coordinate with design, procurement, and construction teams to support cost estimation, vendor evaluations, budgeting, and cost-effective decision-making.
• Prepare and maintain cost reports, financial dashboards, forecasts, and management presentations to support project controls, governance, and stakeholder reporting.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering
• Master’s degree in construction management(preferred)
• 12+ years of experience in project management for large-scale, Hospitality & Commercial projects within a PMC, developer, or consulting environment.
• Strong understanding of project planning, cost control, contract administration, construction methodologies, and regulatory compliance.
• Proficiency in project management software, scheduling tools (MSP/Primavera), and MIS/reporting systems.
• Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive teams toward timely and quality project delivery.

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 it.

• Being part of a growing global company.
• Career development and promotion from within culture.
• An organization 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 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.