Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor, Construction

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $130k - $150k / 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 and deliver value-added 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 and present final cost plans and develop cost plans and estimates through 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, post-contract cost variances, change control, contingency, and commitment tracking • Prepare funding data 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 • Manage financial reporting, margin tracking, fee/resource forecasts, and internal business management systems • Develop parametric and hybrid cost models for estimating, benchmarking, and scenario analysis • Prepare detailed estimates and budgets for workplace construction projects, including new builds, remodels, and tenant improvements • Monitor project costs, financial risks, budget adherence, cash flow, accruals, and forecasting • Maintain financial documentation and ensure compliance with client policies, contracts, and SOX controls where applicable • Support AI-enabled cost modeling tools and scalable cost intelligence platforms • Collaborate with technical teams to translate cost workflows into digital solutions • Partner with clients and project teams on scope, cost, delivery strategy, value engineering, and data-driven recommendations • Mentor team members and identify, coach, and develop talent

🎯 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 • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Excellent communication skills • Comfortable operating in a client-facing role • Able to work independently and as part of a team • RICS accreditation or working toward it preferred • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Knowledge of parametric and hybrid cost models • Experience with cost estimating, budgeting, cost planning, cost controls, change management, financial risk management, forecasting, and cost reporting • Ability to leverage historical data, market intelligence, and industry trends • Ability to align cost plans with project schedules for cash flow, accruals, and forecasting • Ability to support AI-enabled cost modeling tools and digital cost solutions • Ability to communicate complex cost and risk insights to senior stakeholders • Ability to mentor team members and drive continuous improvement

🏖️ Benefits

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