Senior Cost Manager/Associate - Data Centres / Retail / Education / Defense

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com Producing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports. Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan. Tendering and procurement, including managing the prequalification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, conducting pre-tender estimates, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents. Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager. Progress claim assessments on site of drawings of the plan. Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place. Producing monthly post contract cost reports for the Line Manager to present to the client. ▪ Inputting into value engineering. Knowledge management – Ensure that key information and learning generated from each commission is entered into the Turner & Townsend internal database. Seek out opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to the appropriate line manager. Follow project governance processes and systems that are utilized throughout the project and cascade Turner & Townsend cost management procedures to the relevant staff. Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable Recognised degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or similar. Sound experience in cost planning and contract administration 5+ Years of experience in cost management roles with emphasis on consultancy roles. Has managed clients, contractors, and consultants directly in previous roles. Preferable RICS and AIQS accredited. Previous CostX experience is preferable. Intermediate to high level MS Excel experience. Must have a driving licence 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. At Turner & Townsend we firmly believe that our people are at the heart of our success and we continually strive to create a great place to work. We promote integrity in everything that we do and apply our expertise to shape a better environment for future generations and, ultimately, generate value for our communities. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. 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