Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support construction cost management services for our clients. The ideal candidate will be driven and promote our Turner & Townsend purpose and values.
Responsibilities:
- Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors
- Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes
- Manage & monitor invoicing process
- Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
- Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.
- Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual
- Develop procedures governing handover of project
- Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis sheets, Change Control forms, and Cost Estimating sheets
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Project/Program specifications:
- Project/Program specific responsibilities:
- Operate Project Controls software by developing WBS, uploading financial data from SAP, and updating forecast based on inputs from various project stakeholders; Produce monthly cost report packages for multiple projects
- Develop/manage effective Work Breakdown Structure that meets each project needs while adhering to client standards.
- Review contractor work progress submissions and invoices to ensure consistency with approved forecasts and budgets
- Use existing Client SAP reports as a tool to gather data for cost reporting (actuals and commitments).
- Manage/maintain Project Change Logs and provide reporting
- Update the project cash flow in the Client portfolio management system
- Review and participate with the design services team and construction manager, in the development of the cost estimates.
- Market sector experience: Experience working on large-scale Life Sciences projects or similar preferred but not required.
- Project/program size in dollar value: Ranging from $100k to $50M+
- Software specific requirements: Experience of using project controls tools (such as Contruent/Prism or Ecosys) or PMIS highly desirable