Assistant Project Manager

Job Title

Assistant Project Manager

Job Description Summary

This role is responsible for managing end-to-end project commercial and billing functions, including BOQ management, cost control, measurement and valuation, billing cycles, and variation management. The position ensures alignment with project budgets, contractual obligations, cash flow requirements, and overall financial performance.

Job Description

About the Role:

• Act as the central coordination point for all billing, cost control, and commercial activities, ensuring alignment between clients, consultants, contractors, and internal project teams.
• Support the development and management of the project cost baseline, including BOQs, rate analysis, billing structures, cash flow forecasts, and budget tracking for effective financial control.
• Coordinate with site, design, and procurement teams to ensure accurate measurement, valuation, and certification of work done in line with contract provisions.
• Lead and manage the billing cycle (RA bills, client invoicing, subcontractor billing), ensuring timely submission, verification, and certification.
• Conduct regular commercial and billing review meetings to track cost performance, variations, claims, and cash flow status.
• Prepare, review, and validate RA bills, final bills, and subcontractor bills, ensuring compliance with contract terms and project milestones.
• Evaluate BOQs, estimates, rate analysis, and cost plans for accuracy, completeness, and commercial viability.
• Monitor project financial progress using cost reports, variance analysis, and MIS dashboards, identifying deviations from the budget and recommending corrective actions.
• Manage and track variation orders, change management, claims, and contractual correspondences to safeguard project commercial interests.
• Coordinate with procurement teams to ensure cost-effective material sourcing, rate finalization, and control over project expenditure.
• Conduct periodic site measurements and verifications to ensure billing accuracy, work progress validation, and reconciliation with executed quantities.
• Prepare and maintain key commercial documentation, including BOQs, bill registers, cost reports, cash flow statements, variation logs, and billing trackers.
• Support project management in forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning, ensuring alignment of project costs with overall business objectives.
• Prepare and maintain planning documentation, including baseline schedules, look-ahead programs, progress reports, S-curves, recovery schedules, and risk registers, to support informed decision-making and project governance.

About You:

• Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Masters Degree in Construction Management (preferred).
• 7+ years of experience in project management for large-scale Hospitality and 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 (MS Project/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:

• Being part of a growing global company.
• Career development and a promotion-from-within culture.
• An organization committed to Diversity Inclusion.

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment. We achieve this through a flexible and agile work environment, leveraging technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression, foster a promotion-from-within culture, provide access to global opportunities, encourage continuous learning and development, and reward our employees with a comprehensive benefits program.

DEI Statement

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, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community. It means we go far beyond talking about it. We live it every day. If you want to live it too, join us.

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