Senior Cost Manager – Quantity Surveyor

🔥 42 minutes ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $130k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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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

• Serve as the primary day-to-day client interface for real estate construction projects • Deliver cost management services across a portfolio of real estate construction projects • Lead cost management through planning, design, construction, and closeout • Estimate and negotiate change orders throughout the construction lifecycle • Produce and present final cost plans and updated cost plans at design milestones • Review and develop cost estimates with design teams and general contractors • Reconcile changes and validate contractor data • 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 • Resolve scheduling issues proactively • Manage cost checks, valuations, cost auditing, and cost validation • Manage post-contract cost variances, change control, contingency, commitments, and funding data • Coordinate value engineering sessions and provide commercial input to design optioneering • Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead negotiations • Produce monthly cost reports for client presentation • Negotiate and agree final accounts • Compile built-cost estimate records for benchmarking • Coach and mentor talent • Track commission margins, fees, resource forecasts, and financial reports using internal software • Maintain internal business management systems, delivery methodologies, and tools • Promote Turner & Townsend’s purpose, values, vision, 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 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, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering • Excellent communication skills • Ability to work independently in a remote setting • Experience collaborating with project teams, clients, consultants, and contractors

🏖️ Benefits

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

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