Cost Manager, Construction Projects

INGEPSY; Cundinamarca; Presencial; COP 90.000.000 - 170.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Turner & Townsend busca un Cost Manager con 6–8 años de experiencia en proyectos de construcción, con movilidad para viajar al sitio fuera de Bogotá. El rol exige una visión metódica para estimar costos, gestionar presupuestos y coordinar informes de avance.

Se valorará dominio de inglés y español, experiencia en empresas globales y certificaciones como RICS o AACE. Colaborarás estrechamente con clientes y equipos para asegurar resultados precisos y a tiempo.

Formación

• 6–8 years of professional experience in construction projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Architecture or Mechanical Engineering.
• High degree of accuracy and local market cost knowledge.
• Experience with global companies.
• Fluent English and Spanish.
• RICS certification preferable.
• AACE CCP or CCT preferable.

Responsabilidades

• Asistir en estudios de viabilidad y redactar informes de adquisiciones.
• Estimación y planificación de costos para producir y presentar el plan de costos final.
• Desarrollo de procedimientos de costos; licitaciones y contratación.
• Gestión de variaciones de costos post-contrato y control de cambios.
• Revisar propuestas de subcontratistas, gestionar contratos y cambios.
• Analizar presupuesto del proyecto y monitorizar gastos.
• Preparar informes mensuales de costos post-contrato y presentarlos al cliente.
• Incorporar mejoras de valor y negociar cuentas finales.
• Interfazar con cliente y otros consultores en todas las etapas.
• Dirigir un equipo de gestión de costos cuando sea necesario.

Conocimientos

Fluent English

Fluent Spanish

Educación

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineer, Architect or Mechanical Engineer

Herramientas

RICS (preferable)

AACE CCP (preferable)

AACE CCT (preferable)

Descripción del empleo

Descripción del trabajo

This role will need travel to on site job, outside Bogotá.

The Cost Manager demonstrates a methodical approach and superb interpersonal skills. Outstanding Cost Manager is not only great at analyzing costs, but they also know how to read people and tailor their negotiation strategies to ensure the best possible outcome.

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Development of the cost procedures.
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, 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.
• Review and approve subcontractor proposals, manage contracts, and change requests.
• 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.
• Analyze the project budget, monitor expenditure and costs against delivered products and services.
• Review payment applications, monitor invoicing and ensure payments are in order.
• Report the progress at regular intervals with the SCM, and manage communications with all stakeholders until project delivery and financial close out; Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Review monthly reports as presented by Contractor, and present to the SCM and Client.
• Inputting into value engineering.
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities.
• Financial management –Utilising Financial Management Systems to keep track of the ongoing margin levels.
• Process improvement –Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
• Knowledge management –Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database: share systemized lessons learned.
• The job holder is required to carry out all tasks within his/her level of skill and ability.

Qualifications

• 6 - 8 years of professional experience in construction projects.
• Bachelor´s Degree in Engineer, Architect or Mechanical Engineer.
• High degree of accuracy and local market cost knowledge.
• Worked for global companies previously.
• Fluent English & Spanish
• RICS, “preferable”
• AACE CCP, CCT” preferable”

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.