Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor, Healthcare Construction

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $130k - $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 design services and general contractor cost estimates • Reconcile changes and verify contractor data accuracy • Gather project status information and prepare cost estimate updates • Prepare written comments and executive summaries for contractor submissions • Coordinate cost information from project stakeholders, suppliers, subcontractors, and architects/engineers • Drive engineering priorities based on cost impact • Manage cost checks, valuations, cost auditing, and cost validation • Manage post-contract cost variances and change control processes • Track cost impacts, contingencies, and commitments • Prepare funding data 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 negotiations • Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation • Negotiate and agree final accounts • Compile built-cost estimate records for benchmarking • Coach and mentor talent • Manage commission margins, fee/resource forecasts, and financial reports • Implement business management systems, delivery methodologies, and tools • Promote Turner & Townsend’s values and one-business culture • Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities

🎯 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 accreditation or progress toward it preferred • Experience leading cost management on medium or large construction projects of medium to high complexity • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Good 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 • Ability to operate in a client-facing role • Ability to work proactively with minimal supervision • Ability to lead, mentor, and coach talent • Ability to use internal software for margin, fee, resource forecasts, and financial reporting • Ability to implement and maintain business management systems and delivery methodologies • Compliance with applicable SOX controls

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work option • Healthy, productive, and flexible working environment • Work-life balance • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace • Opportunity to affect change and have a voice