Senior Cost Manager Quantity Surveyor – Commercial Real Estate Construction

Turner & Townsend are looking for an experienced Senior Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to provide cost management and quantity surveying services across commercial real estate and construction projects including office workplace campus development renovation tenant improvement and supporting infrastructure programs.

The successful candidate will act as a key day-to-day stakeholder interface delivering cost planning estimating change management value engineering cost control forecasting valuations final accounts and commercial reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

To be successful in this role you must possess strong communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated driven and capable of working independently as well as collaboratively within a team. This position requires leadership commercial acumen and a commitment to delivering best-in-class cost management solutions.


Responsibilities:

• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor in the development of cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Communicate or meet with contractors project managers and stakeholders to gather status information and prepare cost estimate updates.
• Prepare written comments on contractor submissions including executive summaries.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions including subcontractors suppliers quantities and design team inputs.
• Inform and drive engineering and design priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve project and scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects ensuring timely and accurate cost validation.
• Participate effectively in post-contract cost variance management and change control processes.
• Manage cost impact assessments contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and support value engineering sessions with project stakeholders.
• Develop cost plans and estimates through design phases delivering updated cost plans at key project milestones.
• Provide commercial input to design optioneering and value engineering exercises.
• Review contractor and subcontractor pricing and lead negotiations to achieve fair and competitive contract pricing.
• Perform quantity surveying cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Support cost auditing valuation reviews and implementation of robust cost validation procedures.
• Produce monthly cost reports for presentation to project stakeholders.
• Negotiate and finalize project accounts in a timely manner.
• Compile cost benchmarking data and maintain project cost records.
• Identify coach and mentor talent to support team development and knowledge sharing.
• Demonstrate leadership and excellence in service delivery consistent with organizational standards.
• Track project financial performance including margins forecasts and resource planning.
• Implement and maintain best-practice cost management processes methodologies and reporting systems.
• Promote collaboration accountability and a strong team culture across project stakeholders.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Quantity Surveying Construction Management Engineering Cost Management or a related construction discipline.
• 4 years of experience in quantity surveying cost management commercial management and construction project delivery.
• MRICS in progress.
• Experience leading cost management activities on medium to large-scale construction and infrastructure projects valued up to 27M.
• Strong background in cost planning estimating forecasting CVRs valuations procurement subcontract management change control and final accounts.
• Experience with NEC3/NEC4 contracts commercial reporting compensation events and contract administration.
• Sector experience includes water/wastewater utilities civil infrastructure highways industrial warehouse commercial workplace and campus development projects.
• Proven ability to improve project margins drive cost savings and support value engineering initiatives.
• Excellent communication stakeholder management negotiation and client-facing skills.

Additional Information :

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

The base salary range for this role is $135K-$175 USD. This range reflects the companys good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience skills qualifications and internal addition to base salary employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time