Senior Cost Manager, Quantity Surveyor – Construction

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $130k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

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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, direction, and value-added cost management • Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle • Produce and present cost plans, estimates, budgets, and monthly cost reports • Review design services and general contractor cost estimates • Reconcile changes and validate contractor data • Gather project status information and prepare cost estimate updates • Review contractor submissions and prepare written comments and executive summaries • Coordinate cost information from clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and design teams • Drive engineering priorities based on cost impact • Manage cost checks, valuations, cost auditing, and cost validation • Manage post-contract cost variances, change control, contingency, commitments, and financial risks • 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 negotiations • Produce final accounts and built cost estimate records for benchmarking • Track margins, fee/resource forecasts, and financial reports using internal software • Implement business management systems, delivery methodologies, and tools • Develop parametric and hybrid cost models for estimating, benchmarking, and scenario analysis • Align cost plans with schedules for cash flow, accruals, and forecasting • Support AI-enabled cost modeling tools and scalable cost intelligence platforms • Translate cost management workflows into digital solutions with technical teams • Partner with clients and project teams on scope, cost, and delivery strategy • Communicate cost and risk insights to senior stakeholders • 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 • 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, procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Excellent communication skills • Client-facing experience • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Knowledge of parametric and hybrid cost models • Experience with cost estimating, budgeting, cost planning, cost controls, change management, cost reporting, forecasting, and financial risk management • Ability to use historical data, market intelligence, and industry trends for cost analysis • Knowledge of client financial policies, contract requirements, and SOX controls where applicable • 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 in addition to base salary • Comprehensive benefits package • Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Inclusive environment and equal opportunity employment • Confidential handling of applicant information

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