Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Engineer to support the delivery of large-scale capital construction, renovation, workplace, laboratory, and industrial projects. This role will serve as a key client-facing resource, providing cost management, commercial oversight, and project controls support throughout the project lifecycle. The ideal candidate will be proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
- Negotiate change orders and support commercial management activities throughout the construction lifecycle.
- Prepare cost plans, estimates, and budgets, presenting findings and recommendations to project stakeholders.
- Reconcile project cost changes and review contractor pricing to validate accuracy and completeness.
- Coordinate with project teams, contractors, consultants, and client stakeholders to gather project status information and prepare cost reports and forecasts.
- Review and provide written comments on contractor submissions, cost proposals, and commercial documentation.
- Coordinate all sources of cost information, including contractor, supplier, consultant, and design team inputs.
- Support project teams by identifying cost impacts, budget risks, and value improvement opportunities.
- Work proactively to resolve commercial and project controls issues with minimal supervision.
- Perform cost validation, cost checking, valuations, and benchmarking activities across multiple projects.
- Manage change control processes, cost variance reporting, contingency management, and commitment tracking.
- Prepare funding requests, executive summary reports, and value engineering analyses.
- Develop cost plans and estimates throughout design and construction phases, updating estimates at key project milestones.
- Provide commercial input into design reviews, procurement strategies, and value engineering exercises.
- Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and support commercial negotiations on behalf of the client.
- Perform quantity surveying, cost controls, and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure cost auditing, cost validation, and financial controls are implemented and maintained.
- Produce monthly cost reports, forecasts, and project performance metrics for client review.
- Support final account negotiations and project closeout activities.
- Maintain benchmarking databases and historical cost information for future reference.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to team development and knowledge sharing.
- Support financial management activities, including fee forecasting, resource planning, and project performance reporting.
- Implement and maintain company procedures, tools, and best practices.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.