Senior Cost Manager – Commercial Real Estate

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 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

• Act as the key day-to-day client interface for commercial real estate construction projects • Deliver value-added cost management services across a diverse construction project portfolio • Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle • Produce, present, and update cost plans and estimates at design milestones • Review and participate in design team and general contractor cost estimate development • Reconcile changes and verify contractor data accuracy • Gather project status information and prepare cost estimate updates • Prepare written comments and executive summaries on contractor submissions • Coordinate cost information from clients, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, and engineers • Inform engineering priorities based on cost impact • Resolve scheduling issues proactively • Manage cost checks, valuations, cost auditing, and cost validation processes • Manage post-contract cost variances, change control, contingency, and commitment tracking • Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions • Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead client-side negotiations • Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation • Negotiate and agree final accounts • Compile built cost estimate records for benchmarking • Coach and mentor talent • Track commission margins, fee/resource forecasts, and financial reports using internal software • Maintain internal business management systems, delivery methodologies, and tools • Promote Turner & Townsend’s values, vision, and one-business culture • Adhere to SOX controls where applicable

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a construction-related field • Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience in a cost management role in the construction industry • RICS accredited or working towards it is preferred • Experience leading cost management on medium or large-sized construction projects of medium to high complexity • Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Excellent communication skills • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary project teams • Client-facing and stakeholder management experience • Additional on-site presence may be required depending on client needs

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work opportunity • Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Inclusive and diverse workplace • Confidential handling of applicant information