Cost Manager – Commercial Real Estate Construction

🔥 13 hours ago

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $120k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Turner & Townsend

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10,000+ employees

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

🏠 Real Estate

Construction • Consulting • Real Estate

Turner & Townsend is a global consultancy business that serves clients in the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. With a commitment to building trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society, they focus on delivering better outcomes that positively impact the world. Their specialities include programme strategy and setup, programme management, cost and commercial management, project management, procurement, safety, health and quality, controls and performance, technology and data, and advisory services. With 75 years of experience, Turner & Townsend aims to transform performance for a greener, more inclusive, and productive world.

📋 Description

• Provide cost management services throughout the project lifecycle for commercial real estate construction projects • Advise clients on procurement strategies and manage vendor prequalification, proposals, bids, bid leveling, bid interviews, and appointments • Develop, review, and present project estimates, budgets, value engineering recommendations, and risk assessments • Meet with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs using benchmark data • Establish cost reporting schedules and review and present cost reports and forecasts • Maintain commercial risk registers and host meetings with project teams and vendors • Manage cost control, payment application assessments, contractor entitlements, change orders, payment requisitions, and contractual disputes • Manage and monitor invoicing processes • Benchmark performance against successful commissions • Manage final accounting, post-contract audits, and account closeouts • Conduct post-contract reviews, document lessons learned, and develop training materials • Develop project handover procedures • Develop and maintain parametric and hybrid cost models for estimating, benchmarking, and scenario analysis • Prepare detailed cost estimates and budgets for new builds, remodels, and tenant improvements • Align cost plans with schedules to manage cash flow, accruals, and forecasting • Support AI-enabled cost modeling tools and scalable cost intelligence platforms • Implement process improvements and collaborate with technical teams on digital cost management solutions • Partner with clients and project teams to align scope, cost, and delivery strategy • Communicate cost and risk insights to senior stakeholders • Contribute to enterprise cost strategies, capital planning, and long-range forecasting • Mentor team members and drive continuous improvement

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a construction-related field • Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in a cost management role in the construction industry • RICS accreditation or working toward it is valuable • Experience supporting cost management on medium or large-sized construction projects • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Strong communication skills • Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams • Client-focused, proactive approach • Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills • Ability to manage multiple priorities • Knowledge of bid analysis sheets, change control forms, cost estimating software, and take-off software • Ability to comply with client financial policies, contract requirements, and applicable SOX controls

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonuses may be available in addition to base salary • Comprehensive benefits package • Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace • Confidential handling of candidate information