Turner & Townsend is seeking a highly experienced Associate Director to join our San Francisco Bay Area Cost Management team. In this leadership role, you’ll guide the commercial delivery of complex construction projects for high-profile clients, while mentoring team members and driving strategic outcomes across all phases of the project lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings deep regional insight, strong professional relationships, and a well-rounded background in both pre- and post-contract cost management.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the senior commercial lead across multiple projects, ensuring accurate and timely cost reporting at both project and portfolio levels.
- Oversee change management processes, including negotiation and resolution of change orders throughout the project lifecycle.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with general contractors, client representatives, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and smooth execution.
- Conduct forensic cost reviews and valuations on high-value, time-sensitive projects.
- Extract and analyze data from multiple sources to support strategic decision-making and portfolio-level insights.
- Lead contingency tracking, cost impact analysis, and commitment management.
- Prepare funding data and facilitate value engineering sessions with senior stakeholders.
- Provide estimating support during design development, including quantity take-offs, cost benchmarking, and pricing validation.
- Review contractor and subcontractor pricing, lead negotiations, and prepare bid comparisons and funding recommendations.
- Oversee forecasting, cash flow reporting, and commercial risk management.
- Drive continuous improvement of cost management processes and procedures.
- Manage cost auditing, validation, and monthly reporting across multiple projects.
- Negotiate and finalize accounts to ensure maximum client value.
- Support project close-out and compile as-built cost data for benchmarking.
- Mentor and support junior team members, contributing to talent development and team growth.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.