Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor – Construction Management

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to work with our San Francisco Bay area team. This is a great opportunity to advance your career with a great team and work with well-known prestigious clients on a diverse portfolio of construction projects.


Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for the commercial status of projects delivering accurate and timely cost reporting at both project and portfolio levels.
• Lead the change management process including negotiation of change orders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Communicate professionally with general contractors client representatives and external stakeholders ensuring seamless coordination across all phases of construction.
• Conduct forensic cost reviews and valuations on high-value time-sensitive projects.
• Extract and analyze data from multiple sources to support project and portfolio-level decision-making.
• Manage contingency tracking cost impact logs and commitment tracking.
• Prepare funding data and facilitate value engineering sessions with stakeholders.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

Pre-Contract

• Provide commercial input during design development and value engineering exercises.
• Review contractor and subcontractor pricing lead negotiations and prepare bid comparisons and funding recommendations.

Post-Contract

• Oversee all commercial and change management activities including forecasting and cash flow reporting.
• Implement and continuously improve commercial processes and procedures.
• Manage cost auditing validation and monthly reporting.
• Negotiate and finalize accounts to ensure maximum client value.
• Support project close-out and compile as-built cost data for benchmarking.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Construction Management Quantity Surveying Engineering or a related technical field.
• Proven experience in cost management within the construction industry ideally on large-scale or complex projects.
• Strong understanding of MEP systems procurement strategies and contract types.
• Experience in sectors such as commercial data centers high-tech manufacturing or mission-critical environments.
• RICS accreditation (or working toward it) is a plus.
• Excellent communication negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Must be available to work from the San Francisco office at least three days per week.

Additional Information :

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our clients needs.

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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. 

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