Turner & Townsend are looking for an experienced Senior Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to provide cost management and quantity surveying services across commercial real estate and construction projects, including office, workplace, campus development, renovation, tenant improvement, and supporting infrastructure programs.
The successful candidate will act as a key day-to-day stakeholder interface, delivering cost planning, estimating, change management, value engineering, cost control, forecasting, valuations, final accounts, and commercial reporting throughout the project lifecycle.
To be successful in this role, you must possess strong communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, driven, and capable of working independently as well as collaboratively within a team. This position requires leadership, commercial acumen, and a commitment to delivering best-in-class cost management solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
- Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
- Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor in the development of cost estimates.
- Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
- Communicate or meet with contractors, project managers, and stakeholders to gather status information and prepare cost estimate updates.
- Prepare written comments on contractor submissions, including executive summaries.
- Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions, including subcontractors, suppliers, quantities, and design team inputs.
- Inform and drive engineering and design priorities based on cost impact.
- Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve project and scheduling issues.
- Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, ensuring timely and accurate cost validation.
- Participate effectively in post-contract cost variance management and change control processes.
- Manage cost impact assessments, contingency management, and commitment tracking logs.
- Prepare funding data presentations and support value engineering sessions with project stakeholders.
- Develop cost plans and estimates through design phases, delivering updated cost plans at key project milestones.
- Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering exercises.
- Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead negotiations to achieve fair and competitive contract pricing.
- Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
- Support cost auditing, valuation reviews, and implementation of robust cost validation procedures.
- Produce monthly cost reports for presentation to project stakeholders.
- Negotiate and finalize project accounts in a timely manner.
- Compile cost benchmarking data and maintain project cost records.
- Identify, coach, and mentor talent to support team development and knowledge sharing.
- Demonstrate leadership and excellence in service delivery consistent with organizational standards.
- Track project financial performance, including margins, forecasts, and resource planning.
- Implement and maintain best-practice cost management processes, methodologies, and reporting systems.
- Promote collaboration, accountability, and a strong team culture across project stakeholders.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.