We have an exciting opportunity for a Cost Engineering Director to join our growing Energy & Natural Resources team. This is a leadership role focused on the delivery of high-quality cost engineering and cost management services across some of the UK's most complex and high-profile capital programmes and portfolios.
Key Responsibilities
Working with our clients and delivery partners, you will lead the development and implementation of best-practice cost engineering solutions across projects, programmes and portfolios. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality cost engineering, estimating, forecasting and cost management services across major capital programmes.
- Developing and implementing cost management strategies, procedures and governance frameworks that support successful project delivery and investment assurance.
- Establishing, maintaining and assuring Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), control budgets, cost baselines and performance measurement frameworks.
- Leading the preparation, review and assurance of estimates throughout the project lifecycle, including benchmark assessments, challenge sessions and independent reviews.
- Driving robust cost forecasting, trend management, change control and earned value management processes to provide accurate and reliable performance reporting.
- Providing strategic cost and commercial insight to clients, identifying risks, opportunities and emerging trends to support effective decision-making.
- Ensuring alignment and integration between cost, schedule, risk, scope and commercial management functions.
- Leading the development and implementation of cost assurance, governance and reporting processes to support executive and investment decision-making.
- Advising clients on industry best practice, digital cost management solutions and innovative approaches to cost engineering and project controls.
- Collaborating with project, commercial and supply chain teams to establish cost management requirements across delivery contracts and supplier organisations.
- Supporting business case development, investment appraisals and portfolio-level cost performance analysis.
- Driving continuous improvement in cost engineering methodologies, tools, systems and data analytics capabilities.
- Providing leadership, coaching and mentoring to cost engineering professionals, supporting capability development across the wider team.
- Assuring the quality, accuracy and integrity of all cost engineering deliverables and client outputs.
- Undertaking line management responsibilities, including performance management, career development and succession planning.
- Supporting business development activities, client relationship management and the growth of Turner & Townsend's Cost Engineering capability within the Energy & Natural Resources sector.