Senior Executive / Assistant Manager, Cost & Contract

About the role

K2 is an international developer, owner and operator of hyper-scale digital infrastructure assets, providing data centre environments to technology companies. It is hiring a Senior Executive / Assistant Manager, Cost & Contract to support data centre projects across its locations. The role covers construction contracts, consultancy service agreements, procurement and cost control.

Key responsibilities

• Support the project team through each data centre project life cycle, ensuring consistent application of internal policies and procedures for construction contracts and consultancy service agreements.
• Advise the project team on contract matters, procurement strategy and tendering procedures.
• Liaise with external consultants, contractors and suppliers, including maintaining a registry of approved external providers.
• Advise on construction costs, tender indices, market trends, benchmarking, value engineering and cost risks.
• Maintain the development cost database and provide regular cost reports, using financial indicators to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Execute procurement of provisional sum items for projects.
• Provide construction cost input for project feasibility studies and update project cost information and status.
• Drive business process and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Safeguard contract documents, drawings, final account statements, performance bonds and insurance policies, and perform other duties as assigned.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Building Management or its equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years' relevant working experience as a quantity surveyor; data centre industry experience preferred.
• Good understanding of the building services and data centre project lifecycle.
• Strong communication skills and good command of written and spoken English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Ability to work independently, be meticulous and analytical, and meet tight deadlines.

Required skills

• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel.
• Stakeholder management and collaboration skills.