Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor. This is an excellent opportunity to advance your career with a great team, and work with well-known, prestigious clients on a diverse portfolio of commercial construction projects.
Responsibilities
Taking responsibility and being the first point of contact for the reporting of the overall commercial status of a project. Ensure accurate and timely cost reporting at a project and portfolio level, providing regular updates to the client on overall cost position as well as risk and cash flow variances.
- Own and manage the change process, as well as negotiating change orders throughout the project lifecycle.
- Communicate effectively and professionally with numerous parties including the general contractor, the ownerโs representatives and external stakeholders. Taking responsibility for Turner & Townsend coordination within the overall construction process.
- Manage forensic review of cost and carry out valuations on high value, time critical projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and monthly valuation processes.
- Extract data from several sources including complex spreadsheets, transforming it to fit operational needs to aid the project and portfolio as a whole.
- Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
- Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
- Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions with stakeholders.
- Strong leadership skills and ability to be a good mentor to other members of the team.
You will also be responsible for:
Pre-Contract
- Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
- Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices. Responsible for completing procurement and bid comparison sheets as well as recommendations for approval. Preparation of funding requests.
Post-Contract
- Responsible and first point of contact for overall commercial and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle, including forecasting and ensuring accurate cash flow reporting.
- Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
- Responsible for implementing the required commercial processes and procedures agreed between Turner & Townsend and our clients. Also aiding in continuous development and improvement of these systems.
- Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
- Carrying out the production of monthly cost and overall project status reports for presentation to the client.
- Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner, providing maximum value to the Client.
- Aiding in the compilation of as-built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.
- Working with numerous stakeholders to follow correct project close out procedures.
Requirements
- Experience working in a construction cost management role within the construction industry.
- College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a field related to construction.
- RICS accredited or working towards is valuable, but not required.
- Hybrid In-Office and Onsite working is required.
- Experience of leading cost and commercial management teams on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity in the investor developer, corporate occupier, data center and infrastructure space.
- Strong knowledge of construction industry legal and technical matters, such as different procurement routes and contract types.
- Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
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Turner & Townsend
Global consultancy providing project management, cost management, and advisory services for real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.
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