Senior Cost Manager – Energy

🔥 17 hours ago

🌶️ New Mexico – Remote

🌶️ New Mexico – 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 cost management services • Provide leadership and direction aligned with Turner & Townsend’s purpose, values, and vision • Negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle • Produce and present final cost plans • Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor with data accuracy • Gather project status information and prepare cost report and latest estimate updates • Prepare written comments on contractor submissions, including executive summaries • Coordinate cost information from NPA, subcontractors, quantities from architects/engineers, and suppliers • Inform engineering priorities based on cost impact • Resolve scheduling issues proactively • Manage cost checks and valuations on larger projects • Manage post-contract cost variances, change control, contingencies, and commitment tracking • Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions • Develop cost plans and estimates through design milestones • Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead client-side negotiations • Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management throughout the project lifecycle • Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation • Negotiate and agree final accounts • Compile built cost estimate records for benchmarking • Identify, coach, and mentor talent • Track commission margins, fees, and resource forecasts using internal software • Implement business management systems, delivery methodologies, and tools • Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a construction-related field • Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the energy 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 • Extensive experience working in SAP • Knowledge and experience utilizing Ecosys • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Client-facing experience • On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working environment that respects work-life balance • Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion • Opportunity to affect change and succeed in work and life • Confidential handling of candidate information