Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor

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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 • Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle • Produce and present final 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 NPA, subcontractors, and architects/engineers • Inform engineering priorities based on cost impact • Manage cost checks, valuations, cost audits, and cost validation processes • Manage cost impacts, contingencies, commitments, post-contract variances, and change control • 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 client-side negotiations • Align cost plans with schedules to manage cash flow, accruals, and forecasting • Develop parametric and hybrid cost models for estimating, benchmarking, and scenario analysis • Leverage historical data, market intelligence, and industry trends to improve cost outputs • Support AI-enabled cost modeling tools and scalable cost intelligence platforms • Collaborate with technical teams to translate workflows into digital solutions • Partner with clients and project teams to align scope, cost, and delivery strategy • Communicate cost and risk insights to senior stakeholders • Contribute to enterprise cost strategies, capital planning, and long-range forecasting • Mentor team members and drive continuous improvement • Track commission margins, fees, resource forecasts, and financial reports using internal software • Maintain business management systems, delivery methodologies, and SOX controls where applicable

🎯 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 • RICS accreditation or working toward it preferred • Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Ability to work in a client-facing role • USA-wide work location

🏖️ Benefits

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