Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor

Turner & Townsend are seeking a Senior Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to work with our Seattle team, on a role located in Des Moines, IA, and key clients on a wide portfolio of Data Center, Commercial Real Estate, High-Tech & Manufacturing projects, which vary from medium to high complexity.

Responsibilities:

• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level.
• Assist on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
• Perform all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, produce bid list, bid analysis, produce bid report, and compile contractual documents.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable refer major changes to line manager.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process.
• Produce monthly post contract cost reports and present to client.
• Provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts.
• Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages.
• Provide leadership to cost management team when necessary, ensure the delivery on all of accountabilities.
• Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to appropriate line manager, and utilize marketing database.
• Identify improvements for cost management procedures, templates, and products, and refer ideas to appropriate line manager.

Requirements

• Good technical experience in all cost management areas; pre-contract, post contract and final account.
• Demonstrate solid presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, AutoCad Navisworks, and/or other related computer software.
• Good organization skills, ability to multi-task, and be a team player.
• Development of strong relationships with clients and cross-functional team members.
• Experienced in variety of methods of procurement and forms of contract.
• Experience with advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing.

Education/Experience:

• College degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field with a technical focus.
• 1-5 relevent experience
• Solid experience preparing large-scale cost estimates.
• Proven track record managing large-scale projects at a program level.
• Experience managing cost for Industrial or Manufacturing sectors is beneficial.