Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor, Construction

🔥 7 hours ago

🌶️ New Mexico – Remote

🌶️ New Mexico – Remote

💵 $140k - $170k / year

⏰ 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 • Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle • Produce and present final cost plans • Review and develop cost estimates with design services teams and general contractors • Reconcile changes and verify contractor data • 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 and architects/engineers • Drive engineering priorities based on cost impact • Resolve scheduling issues proactively • Manage cost checks and valuations on larger projects • Manage post-contract cost variances and change control processes • Track cost impacts, contingencies and commitments • Prepare funding 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 • Establish robust cost auditing, valuation and cost validation processes • Produce monthly cost reports for clients • Negotiate and agree final accounts • Compile built-cost estimate records for benchmarking • Coach and mentor team members • Manage commission margins, fee/resource forecasts and financial reports using internal software • Maintain business management systems, delivery methodologies and tools • Develop cost models for rapid estimating, benchmarking and scenario analysis • Prepare cost estimates and budgets for workplace construction projects, including new builds, remodels and tenant improvements • Monitor costs, financial risks and budget adherence • Align cost plans with schedules for cash flow, accruals and forecasting • Support AI-enabled cost modeling and scalable cost intelligence platforms • Implement process improvements and collaborate on digital solutions • Partner with clients and project teams on scope, cost and delivery strategy • Provide data-driven recommendations and value engineering • Contribute to enterprise cost strategies, capital planning and long-range forecasting • Drive continuous improvement and uphold applicable SOX controls

🎯 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 construction-industry cost management role • RICS accredited or working towards it preferred • Experience leading cost management on medium or large, medium- to high-complexity construction projects • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management and value engineering • Excellent communication skills • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Client-facing experience • Experience developing parametric and hybrid cost models • Experience preparing detailed cost estimates and budgets for workplace construction projects • Knowledge of cost planning, bid review, procurement strategy and cost analysis reporting • Experience monitoring project costs, financial risks and budgets • Ability to use historical data, market intelligence and industry trends for cost outputs • Knowledge of cash flow, accruals and forecasting • Knowledge of client financial policies, contract requirements and SOX controls • Experience with change orders, financial documentation and cost reporting • Interest or experience supporting AI-enabled cost modeling tools and digital cost intelligence platforms • Ability to translate cost management workflows into digital solutions • Ability to communicate complex cost and risk insights to senior stakeholders

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonuses may be available • Comprehensive benefits package • Healthy, productive and flexible working environment • Work-life balance • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace