Cost Manager – Commercial Real Estate Construction

🕒 September 15

🌶️ New Mexico – Remote

🌶️ New Mexico – Remote

💵 $100k - $130k / 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, interviews, recommendations, and appointments • Develop and manage project estimates covering construction, fees, direct work, and other costs • Review junior team members’ estimates and present estimates, value engineering recommendations, and risk assessments to clients • Meet vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs • Use benchmark data from other projects to review estimates • Establish cost reporting schedules and review and present cost reports and forecasts • Review project budgets and spending forecasts with clients • Develop and maintain commercial risk registers • Host periodic 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 • Benchmark performance against successful commissions • Manage final accounting, post-contract audits, and account closeouts • Conduct post-contract client reviews, document lessons learned, and create training materials • Develop project handover procedures • Prepare and use bid analysis sheets, change control forms, cost estimating software, and take-off software

🎯 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 accredited or working towards it is valuable • Experience supporting cost management on medium or large-sized construction projects • Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Strong communication skills • Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary project team • Proficiency with Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software • SOX control responsibilities may apply and must be followed where applicable

🏖️ 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 applicant information

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