Cost Manager – Life Sciences

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🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

⏰ 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

• Support planning, delivery, and financial management of life sciences construction projects • Advise clients on procurement strategies and manage vendor prequalification • Assess proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents; make client recommendations • Attend and chair bid interviews and manage vendor appointment processes • Develop, review, and present project estimates covering construction, fees, direct work, and other costs • Present value engineering recommendations and risk assessments • Review, validate, and challenge vendor 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 applications, contractor entitlements, change orders, and contractual disputes • Manage and monitor invoicing • Benchmark performance against successful commissions • Manage final accounting, post-contract audits, and account closeouts • Conduct post-contract reviews, document lessons learned, and create training materials • Develop project handover procedures • Use bid analysis sheets, change control forms, cost estimating software, and take-off software • Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities

🎯 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 strongly preferred • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Strong communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Opportunity to affect change • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace • Confidential handling of information