Senior Cost Manager

About the role

As a Senior Cost Manager at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients. Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. We’re different and unique—our fresh thinking and focus on what matters has led to our evolution. We work in exciting innovative sectors with prestigious companies delivering major projects that create a more sustainable built environment. Our open culture and flat structure mean you can expect genuine care, respect, and empathy, and you can truly discover the power of team.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the tender/bid process—from initial tender/bid documentation through analysis and reporting
• Manage the change management process—identifying, analyzing, approving, and implementing changes that affect project cost
• Analyse tenders/bids to ensure client value for money
• Assist in the preparation and agreement of final accounts, including handling any claims to ensure the client gets best value from works undertaken
• Create estimates and cost plans for key client developments
• Oversee project spend by creating valuations and cost reports, and clearly communicate variations to your team
• Support nimble project management and clear decisions through excellent cost documentation and timely communication
• Support the settlement of construction disputes/loss and expense claims with transparency
• Foster top performance and growth for your employees via excellent mentorship and leadership

Requirements

• Experience as a Senior Cost Manager, ideally from a consultancy background
• Experience in pre‑contract cost management, including budget control, cost planning, preparing and initiating change forms for discussion with other project stakeholders
• Knowledge of alternative construction materials
• Chartered or actively working toward chartership (we can help)
• Degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communicator
• Ability to manage your own priorities and deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Strong relationship‑building skills with teams and clients, fostering shared purpose, openness, and fun
• Mentorship and leadership abilities to drive employee performance and growth

Benefits

• Mentorship and support from industry leaders
• Tools to grow and expand your skillset
• Opportunity to take real responsibility and steer your career progression
• Involvement in shaping business strategy
• Open culture and flat structure with genuine care, respect, and empathy
• Chance to discover the power of teamwork
• Work on exciting, innovative sectors with prestigious companies delivering sustainable built‑environment projects

Schedule

Onsite three days per week in Charleston, SC.