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Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 112 offices worldwide.

Working with the world’s leading corporations, we enable the successful delivery of their world class Industrial, Science & Technology mission critical facilities. Turner & Townsend are leaders in professional services to the Data Centre’s, Life Sciences, Pharma, R&D facilities, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors globally. We have multiple IST Project/Programme Control opportunities and are hiring Controls Professionals with proven experience of delivery in these sectors. 

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Associate Director Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to take responsibility for end-to-end service delivery for cost management on our key technology client’s large-scale real estate construction program, and to act as key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value added service

Key Elements:

• Strong leadership skills; experience leading a Cost Management team, ensuring they deliver on all accountabilities.
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client, stakeholders and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Identifying opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products.
• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal databases and shared.
• Process improvement – Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.
• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients.
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities.
• Lead proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
• Attending relevant networking events and other promotional opportunities.
• Staff management – Inputting into the formal management of staff and recruitment interviews.
• Undertake Staff Performance reviews.
• Financial management – Utilizing the tools provided keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes that occur over the planning phase and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits.
• Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary. Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions.
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.

Job Objectives:

• Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time.
• Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment.
• Strong relationships are developed with clients and cross-functional team members.
• The team is effectively led.
• Line management responsibilities are effectively discharged.
• Business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross- selling opportunities, are identified and acted upon.
• Margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts are kept track of on all commissions.
• Key information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retained.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
• Solid technical experience in all cost management areas; planning, estimating, pre-contract post contract and final account.
• Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level.
• Understands cost (material prices, labor, productivities) as well as commit profiles, cashflow, LLE dates, and overall project cost.
• Experience preparing Cost Management estimates and reports.
• Experience with advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing.
• Experience with key aspects of business development.
• Good organization skills, ability to multi-task, and be a team player.
• Proficient with collaborative, cloud-based software including Costx or other related computer software.

Education/Experience:

• College or post-graduate degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveyor or a related field with a technical Focus or related technical field.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience working in a Cost Management or related role in the construction industry.
• Commercial Real Estate or related construction experience is required.
• US construction industry experience is required
• MEP experience is strongly preferred; Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing estimating experience within the construction industry.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. We also encourage our staff to strive to ‘make a difference’ and become involved in various working committees and forums (for example, Inclusion Working Group, Social & Wellness, Learning & Development, Corporate Social Responsibilities and Net Zero Vision).

At Turner & Townsend we offer a competitive remuneration package and company benefits.

Turner & Townsend value greatly and have a focus on Corporate Responsibilities (CR), this includes a day’s leave entitlement to support a local charity or community activity along with the opportunity to participate in several office events that held throughout the year.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from people from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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