Turner & Townsend are looking for an experienced Senior Cost Manager to act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value-added cost management service.
To be successful in this role you must have great communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing role. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, driven, and able to work independently as well as part of a team. In this significant position, you will be responsible for providing leadership and direction, embedding, and promoting the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend.
Responsibilities:
- Estimating and negotiating change orders across a complex, multi-package construction program.
- Provide estimate and cost planning, including producing and presenting final cost plans for large industrial facilities.
- Review and collaborate with design teams and general contractors in developing and validating cost estimates.
- Reconcile design and scope changes and ensure contractor data accuracy across multiple workstreams.
- Engage with contractors and project stakeholders to gather progress updates and maintain accurate cost forecasts.
- Prepare written commentary and executive summaries on contractor submissions and monthly reporting deliverables.
- Coordinate all sources of cost data, including contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and design teams.
- Inform and drive engineering and design decisions based on real-time cost impacts.
- Work proactively to resolve scheduling and commercial challenges on large-scale construction works.
- Manage cost checks, valuations, and financial controls across major industrial and infrastructure components.
- Support post-contract cost variance management and formal change control processes.
- Oversee cost impact assessments, contingency management, and commitment tracking logs.
- Prepare funding reports and participate in value engineering (VE) sessions to optimize cost without compromising performance.
- Develop and maintain cost plans through design milestones, ensuring alignment with project budgets.
- Provide commercial input to design development and value engineering exercises.
- Review contractor pricing and lead negotiations to ensure fair and market-aligned contract values.
- Perform quantity surveying, cost control, and change management throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure cost auditing, validation processes, and financial governance are effectively implemented.
- Produce and present monthly cost reports to stakeholders.
- Ensure final accounts are negotiated and closed out in a timely manner.
- Compile benchmark cost data from major industrial construction projects.
- Support team development through mentoring and collaboration.
- Demonstrate leadership excellence in service delivery aligned with company standards.
- Manage financial performance using internal systems, including margin tracking and forecasting.
- Implement business systems and methodologies to ensure consistent best practices.
- Promote a collaborative, high-performance culture across teams and stakeholders.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.