Cost Manager

Job Description

We’re seeking a Cost Manager to own and drive cost management across multi-million to billion-dollar programs.

If you thrive in high-performance environments, love solving complex cost challenges, and want to be part of industry-defining work in semiconductors, data centers, cleanrooms, or pharmaceutical facilities.

What You’ll Be Doing

As our Lead MEP, Cost Manager, you’ll be a key partner to project leadership, ensuring our cost strategies are as innovative as our builds. You’ll:

Lead & Oversee cost estimation, budgeting, and forecasting across all MEP disciplines (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, etc.).

Validate & Review subcontractor bids, payment applications, and change orders.

Develop and maintain cutting-edge cost control systems and track KPIs.

Conduct risk-based cost analysis and scenario modeling for executive decision-making.

Coordinate with Planning Teams to align cost forecasts with scheduling realities.

Manage Full Lifecycle of change orders—evaluation to implementation.

Support Procurement strategies and contract development for MEP packages.

Advise Project Leadership on the cost impact of design changes.

Deliver Executive-Level Reporting with clear variance analysis and forecasting.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in mechanical, Electrical, Building Services Engineering, or a related field.
• Must have 10+ years’ experience in MEP cost management on large-scale construction projects.
• Deep technical knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, and utilities.
• Proficiency with cost control tools like CostX, Sage, Prism, Excel, and ERP systems.
• Familiarity with Lump Sum, GMP, Cost-Plus and other commercial frameworks.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Leadership ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and interact with clients.
• Experience with semiconductor fabs, cleanrooms, data centers, or pharma builds.
• Understanding of BIM-integrated cost planning and VDC workflows.
• Certifications like MRICS, CCP, PMP are a big plus.
• Bilingual in English & Korean (not mandatory).

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Medical, dental and vision coverage at no cost to you or your dependents (spouse and children). 100% of monthly premiums paid by the company.

Meals

• Complimentary breakfast and lunch each business day.
• Dinner provided when working overtime.

Retirement Plan

• Participation in our 401(k) plan.

Paid Time Off

• 12 days of PTO plus 10 federal holidays in Year 1, increasing up to 30 days of PTO after 10+ years of service.