Turner & Townsend
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.
Senior Cost Manager, Quantity Surveyor – Data Center Construction
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Turner & Townsend
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
• Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle across multiple project phases and work packages • Provide estimate and cost planning, including producing and presenting final cost plans • Review and participate in design services and general contractor cost estimate development • Reconcile changes and validate general contractor data • Communicate with the general contractor, project manager, and stakeholders to gather status information and prepare cost estimate updates • Prepare written comments and executive summaries on general contractor submissions • Coordinate cost information from suppliers, subcontractors, quantities, and design teams • Inform engineering priorities based on cost impact • Resolve scheduling issues proactively with minimal supervision • Manage cost checks and valuations on larger projects • Manage post-contract cost variances, change control, cost impact assessments, contingency management, and commitment tracking • Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate value engineering sessions • Develop and update 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 • Maintain cost validation and auditing processes • Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation • Negotiate and agree final accounts in a timely manner • Compile built cost estimate records for benchmarking • Identify, coach, and mentor talent • Track margin levels, fee/resource forecasts, and financial reports using internal software • Implement internal Business Management Systems, delivery methodologies, and tools • Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities • Serve as a day-to-day stakeholder interface and provide leadership on commissions
🎯 Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a construction-related field • Minimum 5–7 years of relevant cost management experience within the construction industry • Experience leading cost management on medium to large, moderately to highly complex construction projects • Strong knowledge of construction industry technical matters, procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Experience supporting large-scale commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or campus-style construction programs preferred • RICS accreditation or active progress toward accreditation preferred • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating with project teams and stakeholders • Client-facing experience and comfort operating in a stakeholder interface role
🏖️ Benefits
• Remote flexibility • Healthy, productive and flexible working environment • Work-life balance support • Opportunity to affect change • Inclusive environment • Confidential handling of applicant information
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