Turner & Townsend
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.
Senior Cost Estimator – EV Construction Management
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Turner & Townsend
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
• Act as the primary day‑to‑day commercial interface with the client during design and construction. • Provide cost planning, estimating, and forecasting services, including producing and presenting cost plans at key design and construction milestones. • Establish and maintain robust cost control, change management, and commercial governance processes. • Estimate, review, negotiate, and manage change orders throughout the construction lifecycle. • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing for accuracy, entitlement, and value for money, leading negotiations on behalf of the client where required. • Manage contingency, commitment tracking, cost‑to‑complete forecasting, and cost variance analysis. • Perform post‑contract quantity surveying, cost control, valuations, and payment certification. • Carry out accurate interim valuations, cost checks, and commercial audits on medium to large construction projects. • Review and provide written commentary on contractor submissions, including executive summaries. • Administer cost and commercial aspects of contracts, supporting correct application of contractual mechanisms. • Ensure final accounts are negotiated, agreed, and closed out in a timely and defensible manner. • Compile built‑cost data and benchmarking records to support future phases and portfolio planning. • Collaborate with owners, project managers, design teams, and contractors to support cost development and design progression. • Inform and influence engineering and design priorities by assessing and communicating cost, risk, and schedule impacts. • Coordinate all sources of cost data, including GC submissions, subcontractor pricing, supplier inputs, direct procurement, and quantities from A/Es. • Participate in value engineering and design optioneering exercises, supporting cost optimization without compromising performance or schedule. • Prepare funding data, executive cost presentations, and reporting materials for stakeholder review. • Support commercial management of infrastructure‑intensive and operationally critical systems, including: • Manage cost and change implications associated with phased delivery, fast‑track construction, and evolving operational requirements. • Produce accurate monthly cost reports, forecasts, and commercial dashboards for client presentation. • Utilize internal systems to manage commission financial performance, margins, and resource forecasting. • Implement and maintain Turner & Townsend Business Management Systems and delivery methodologies. • Identify, coach, and mentor junior staff, supporting professional development and technical excellence. • Act as a role model for collaboration, integrity, and consistent service delivery.
🎯 Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related construction discipline. • Experience estimating in the New York market. • 5–7+ years of relevant experience in a cost management or quantity surveying role within the construction industry. • Proven experience delivering cost management services on medium to large, complex construction projects, ideally within mission‑critical, industrial, infrastructure, or campus‑scale environments. • Background in construction consultancy or client‑side cost management strongly preferred. • Strong knowledge of construction contracts, procurement routes, valuations, change control, and final account processes. • Experience supporting MEP‑intensive works, infrastructure packages, and utility‑driven construction scope. • RICS accreditation or progress toward chartership preferred. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with confidence engaging senior stakeholders.
🏖️ Benefits
• Bonuses • Comprehensive benefits package • Healthy, productive and flexible working environment • Respect for work-life balance
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