Full-Time

Senior M&E Cost Manager

Construction

Deadline 8/14/27
Linesight

Linesight

1,001-5,000 employees

Global construction consultancy and project management

No salary listed

Paris, France

Hybrid

Two days on-site per week required.

Bachelor's

Category
Accounting (1)

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Requirements
  • Experience as a Mechanical and Electrical Cost Manager, pricing engineer, building-services cost consultant, or equivalent.
  • Experience in a consultancy, technical design office, construction company, or similar construction-sector environment.
  • Chartered status or a career objective to obtain Chartered status.
  • Fluency in French and English.
  • A degree or equivalent experience in construction, business, finance, or a related field.
  • Experience leading projects.
  • Availability to work on-site two days per week.
Responsibilities
  • Analyze cost reports and regularly review them with senior management.
  • Prepare budgets, including detailed cost modeling, benchmarking analysis, and reviews with senior management.
  • Manage project costs against budget throughout the project lifecycle, including cost reviews, value engineering, and cost-saving initiatives to increase client value.
  • Monitor financial close-out for all projects, including settlement of all vendors.
  • Oversee and provide guidance on commercial change management and associated change evaluations.
  • Oversee requests for proposals through procurement for project services and products.
  • Proactively lead commercial risk-management efforts.
  • Review project-portfolio cash-flow and earned-value analytics.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in data centers, industrial infrastructure, or critical infrastructure.

Linesight provides professional consultancy and management support to the global construction industry from concept to completion. It uses multidisciplinary teams to offer market analysis, cost planning, risk assessment, and program management, drawing on global insights and local resources. Its long history since 1974, broad sector coverage, and worldwide footprint give it deep experience and local market knowledge that helps clients manage complex projects more effectively. Its goal is to help clients grow and run construction-related businesses by turning insights into practical outcomes across all project stages.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1974

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • June 2026 reports show U.S. construction growth returning, driven by infrastructure and data centers.
  • July 2026 Americas leadership hires expand sales and delivery across data, life sciences, energy.
  • August 2026 market insights emphasize supply-chain and long-lead equipment expertise clients urgently need.

What critics are saying

  • Data-center concentration ties Linesight to hyperscale capex pauses by Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.
  • Rising U.S. construction inflation, 4.5%-5.5% in 2026, squeezes fixed-fee advisory margins.
  • Competing consultancies can commoditize project controls; a lost anchor client would hit growth fast.

What makes Linesight unique

  • Linesight owns project controls, cost management, and procurement for hyperscale data centers globally.
  • Its 155 global data centers and 47 U.S. projects create hard-to-copy benchmarks.
  • The 2026 Project Controls Pathway builds accredited in-house talent and reduces delivery dependence.

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