Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor – Construction

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – 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 • Provide leadership and direction while promoting Turner & Townsend’s purpose, values, and vision • Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle • Produce, present, and update cost plans and estimates at design milestones • Review design services and general contractor cost estimates • Reconcile changes and verify contractor data accuracy • Gather project status information and prepare cost estimate updates • Review contractor submissions and prepare written comments and executive summaries • Coordinate cost information from project stakeholders, suppliers, subcontractors, and architects/engineers • Inform engineering priorities based on cost impact • Manage cost checks, valuations, cost auditing, and cost validation processes • Manage cost variances, change control, contingency, commitments, and financial risks • Prepare funding presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead client-side negotiations • Produce monthly cost reports and negotiate final accounts • Compile built-cost estimate records for benchmarking • Track 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 • Align cost plans with schedules for cash flow, accruals, and forecasting • Support AI-enabled cost modeling and scalable cost intelligence platforms • Collaborate with technical teams to translate workflows into digital solutions • Partner with clients and project teams on scope, cost, and delivery strategy • Provide value engineering and data-driven recommendations • Contribute to enterprise cost strategies, capital planning, and long-range forecasting • Identify, coach, and mentor talent and drive continuous improvement

🎯 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 • Experience leading cost management on medium or large, medium- to high-complexity construction projects • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Good knowledge of procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Excellent communication skills • RICS accreditation or progression toward it preferred • Client-facing experience • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Knowledge of construction industry technical matters • Ability to develop and maintain parametric and hybrid cost models • Experience preparing cost estimates and budgets for workplace construction projects • Knowledge of bid review, procurement strategy, cost analysis, financial risk, budget adherence, forecasting, change orders, and SOX controls • Ability to support AI-enabled cost modeling tools and digital cost intelligence platforms • 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 support • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace • Confidential handling of applicant information