At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver.  As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Turner & Townsend are engaged to support our clients with many complex projects, responsible for all aspects of cost management and project delivery and we are seeking the ideal Cost Manager / Estimator to act as the day-to-day interface with the client and drive large-scale projects to achieve excellent outcomes. You have a chance to be a key player in our technological future, as part of a team of innovative professionals shaping our built environment.

This role is to provide cost control and estimating services on our high-profile technology client’s construction programs. To be successful in this role you must have great communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing role.

Who are you?

You are a Cost Manager / Estimator with a minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience working on data center, heavy industry, manufacturing, healthcare/life sciences and/or commercial real estate or relatable large-scale construction projects.

• Developing cost plans and estimates from concept through detailed design.
• Supporting Client land acquisitions.
• Delivering and presenting updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Reviewing proposed design changes/new technologies and prepare estimates within appropriate accuracy levels.
• Understanding design stages and estimate levels.
• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
• Preparing cash commit forecasts for the construction life cycle.
• Working collaboratively with stakeholders in the preparation of estimates/ cost plans.
• Analyzing labor markets and cost drivers such as Unions & Tax.
• Supporting our Client’s with monthly presentations.
• Delivering Life Cycle Costing models.
• Benchmarking integration to ensure accurate data capture.

• A minimum of 5 years experience in a construction cost management role such as Estimating, Cost Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Cost Controls etc.
• College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Excellent communicator and thrives in a client facing role.
• Experience supporting program level cost management for medium or large scale construction projects.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as value management and value engineering.
• US experience is strongly desirable.
• Data Center experience also strongly desirable.

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