Director - Cost Management

Turner & Townsend; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Australia is seeking a Director in our Cost Management team to lead and grow a high-performing group delivering cost management solutions for major real estate and infrastructure projects. You will build trusted client relationships, shape strategy, and ensure delivery excellence across programmes.

With 15–20 years of experience and a professional background in cost management or related fields, you will mentor teams, win new work, and contribute to the firm’s growth while

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified in construction, cost management, engineering, surveying or architecture.
• Bachelor in Quantity Surveying or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• 15–20 years’+ experience in consultancy and cost management within large projects.
• Experience delivering cost management commissions for medium to high complexity projects.
• Strong knowledge of procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Proven people management experience leading a cost management team.

Responsibilities

• Drive business development and expand market presence.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of cost management services across real-estate projects.
• Inspire and grow a high-performing team, fostering excellence.
• Build and maintain key client relationships as a trusted advisor.
• Champion service delivery excellence and contribute to strategic growth.

Skills

Cost management

Leadership

Business development

Client relationship management

People management

Education

Bachelor in Quantity Surveying

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. 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.

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.

Job Description

We’re seeking a visionary and inclusive leader to join us as a Director in our Cost Management team. You’ll bring strong expertise in leadership, managing cost management professionals within larger teams, business development and delivering successful solutions for clients.

In this role, you will:

• Drive business development and expand our presence in the market.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of cost management services across real-estate projects.
• Inspire and grow a high-performing team, fostering excellence and innovation.
• Build and maintain key client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor.
• Champion service delivery excellence and contribute to strategic growth.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified in one of the following fields: construction, cost management, engineering, surveying or architecture.
• Bachelor in Quantity Surveying or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• At least 15-20 years’ + 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, large, sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Strong people management experience, particularly in the context of managing a cost management team delivering a project.

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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