Director of Cost Management

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🌵 Arizona – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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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

• Lead and develop a team of Cost Managers • Deliver cost management services for a large-scale construction project • Ensure service excellence, continued growth of the cost management offering, and client engagement • Lead client communications and oversee cost management team services • Research construction market conditions and analyze official published data • Produce thought leadership reports on the construction market • Lead strategic and operational management of Cost Management Services • Manage resource planning, financial management, business generation, training, and development • Set team strategy and ambition in line with the Business Plan • Develop people and promote learning, respect, and inclusivity • Maintain knowledge management and share commission learning internally • Identify and implement process improvements • Ensure quality standards compliance and participate in ISO audits • Develop priority plans, risk mitigation, KPIs, management controls, and critical success factors • Undertake internal BMS audits and coordinate or represent the office during external audits • Develop market understanding, act as a brand ambassador, and create client opportunity pipelines • Identify cross-selling opportunities • Participate in leadership and staff meetings and deliver presentations • Track revenue, margins, monthly fees, and resource requirements using internal software • Prepare proposals and RFP responses • Attend networking and promotional events • Train and mentor staff and support career development • Partner with talent acquisition to attract talent and plan staffing needs • Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a construction-related field • 15+ years of relevant cost management or quantity surveying experience • 2+ years managing high-performing cost management teams in a consulting environment • Prior people management experience • Proven track record of managing successful cost management service delivery for clients • Exceptional business development acumen and ambition to drive business growth • Major construction sector experience with high-caliber clients in commercial real estate, data centers, life sciences, industrial manufacturing, natural resources, or related sectors • Excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational, and communication skills • Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work options • Healthy, productive and flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Inclusive environment • Opportunity to affect change • Equal opportunity employment