Associate

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a senior Cost Manager to lead end-to-end cost management for complex construction projects. You will interface daily with clients and cross-functional teams to ensure projects meet time, cost and quality targets, while managing margins and providing robust cost reporting.

Ideally you will have MRICS/AIQS designation and 6–11 years of experience in cost management within the construction sector, with proficiency in CostX, CATO or CADMeas VR5.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or Construction Management.
• MRICS or AIQS designation preferred.
• 6–11 years of industry experience in cost management.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost management commissions for medium to large projects or programmes.
• Interface with clients and consultants to ensure objectives, time, cost and quality targets are met.
• Monitor margins, forecast resources, and prepare cost plans and reports.
• Tendering, procurement and pre-tender activity, including tender analysis and documentation.
• Carry out post-contract cost control, variation assessments and valuations.

Skills

Cost management

Client interface

People management

Forecasting

Value engineering

Communication

Education

Quantity Surveying degree

MRICS / AIQS

Tools

CostX

CATO

CADMeas VR5

Job description

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.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

Turner & Townsend are leaders in professional services to the data centre sector globally. Please visit us at www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

To lead Cost Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex projects. To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.

• Taking a key role in interfacing with the client and other consultants throughout all project stages.
• Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time.
• Strong relationships are developed with clients and members of the cross-functional team.
• Margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts are kept track of on all commissions.
• 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.
• 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 and presenting to the client.
• Follow governance processes and systems that are utilised throughout the project and cascade Turner & Townsend cost management procedures to the relevant staff.

Qualifications

• A recognised degree qualification in Quantity Surveying or Construction Management desired.
• MRICS / AIQS qualified with considerable industry experience.

Skills and Experience:

• A strong background in the delivery of consultancy services to the sectors serviced by Turner & Townsend.
• Experience of leading cost management commissions for medium to large sized construction projects and/or programs of medium to high complexity.
• At least 6 to 11 years’ experience.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• People management experience, particularly in the context of managing a cost management team delivering a project.
• A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from project conception stage, through all of the operational stages to completion and post-project review.
• Preferred software – CostX, CATO, CADMeas VR5.

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

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