Cost Manager
Job ID
Job Type Permanent Full-time
Location Aus - Melbourne
Categories CPB Contractors, Eligible for Employee Referral Payment
Applications close
12 Feb 2026 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
CPB Contractors is Australia's leading contractor and the largest infrastructure construction company in our region. Part of the CIMIC Group, we are proud to be constructing Australia's future and do so collaboratively with our partners and clients.
We hire for careers, not project life. CPB Contractors has more than 50 major infrastructure projects in delivery, across all key sectors of the construction industry, including roads and bridges, rail, tunnelling, defence, airports, buildings and resources, providing you with career opportunities for years to come.
The Project
The Tram to Springvale Alliance (TSA) comprising CPB Contractors, BMD Constructions and Arup has been selected to deliver the Eastern Freeway Upgrades between Tram and Springvale roads. The major upgrade includes new express lanes, upgraded noise walls and revitalised sections of the Koonung Creek Linear Park.
The Project is being delivered under an Alliance Contract with Major Roads Projects Victoria (MRPV) as the Project Owner and TSA (CPB, BMD and Arup) as the Non-owner Participants (NOPs). Together they form the Alliance working as one to deliver this critical infrastructure project.
As a key component of the North East Link Program (NELP), this project will provide a safer, more efficient freeway connection for over 135,000 vehicles daily, removing 15,000 trucks from local roads, and reduce traffic across on the arterial road network crossing the Yarra River by 50,000 vehicles per day.
We're completing the link together and bringing it home for our community.
Your opportunity
* Demonstrate a personal commitment to the SHE Cultural Framework, policies, Safety Essentials and Management System requirements and expectations.
* Identifying and documenting the cost management system needs
* Monitor performance, train and develop cost management team
* Ensure compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements and all relevant Company and Group policies and processes
Reporting to the Planning & Controls Manager, the Cost Manager will sit within the project team and be accountable for:
* Cost forecasting and estimating
* Management of subcontractor claims for progress and variations, through to final account.
* Ensuring contracts and conditions are suitable to project interests and contract conditions.
* Compilation of portions of head contract payment applications.
* Month end financial reporting.
Our minimum requirements for this role are:
* Tertiary qualifications in building, quantity surveying or civil engineering.
* Experience in the administration and cost control of construction projects
We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, Veterans and Active Defence Reserve members, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. CPB Contractors is proud to hold the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Citation - Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.
We're always looking for ways to make CPB Contractors a more rewarding place to work and offer a unique set of benefits, including:
* A rewarding career where we support your development, training and promote from within.
* Opportunities across all construction sectors so that there is always an opportunity suitable for the next stage in your career.
* Competitive remuneration and excellent benefits including a health and wellbeing program, discount portal and company-funded salary continuance insurance.
* Flexible work arrangements and a culture that values diversity and innovation.
Please note: This role is being sourced through CPB Contractors directly and we will not accept applications via external recruitment agencies.
How to apply
Applications close
12 Feb 2026 AUS Eastern Daylight Time