Cost Manager - Bilingual (English and Korean)

  • Full-time
  • Department: Real Estate

Company Description

Who is Turner & Townsend?

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

Our purpose:

Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

Our values:

Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice

Job Description

  • Advise at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing cost advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives
  • Develop cost plans and contract documentation including budgetary estimates, bills of quantities and cost optional studies.
  • Demonstrated experience across all aspects of cost management on a range of projects from feasibility studies to final account close-out
  • Prepare tender documentation, evaluate, and prepare tender reports, review contractor valuations and other relevant documentation.
  • Motivate team members, and drive towards positive client outcomes and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • Critically analyse, challenge and brainstorm project requirements and deliverables, in order to find creative solutions and alternatives on behalf of clients
  • To take line management responsibility as required and advise upon the procurement of resources
  • Manage the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications
  • Ensure the production of formal project progress and other reports
  • Take a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
  • Take responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients

Qualifications

  • Excellent communication skills, and strong business acumen, with the ability to drive outcomes on behalf of clients, develop new business, leverage current opportunities, and coordinate with construction and design teams to meet deadlines and deliverables
  • A passion for work, and a strong commitment to producing high quality work, and in motivating others to strive for excellence, and to go the extra mile to meet client requirements
  • Experience in client management with solid experience in foreign client facing environment that requires incumbent to utilize critical business development skills and advisory skills to enhance project delivery on value management, value engineering and life cycle costing
  • Be able to develop new business and leverage current opportunities to grow a cost management team
  • An ambition and ability to help develop Cost Management business in-country or/and Asia is essential
  • Meticulous, organized, detail oriented with strong numerical and analytical skills
  • Fluency in English and Korean

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Additional Information

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. 

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 all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

 

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