Associate Director (m/f/d) Cost Management - Construction Projects

Turner & Townsend; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Turner & Townsend seeks an Associate Director (m/f/d) Cost Management for Construction Projects in Hamburg to lead complex real estate cost management across pre- and post-contract work. You will drive cost planning, feasibility studies and procurement, while guiding multidisciplinary teams and delivering client value.

The role requires a minimum of 10 years' experience in cost management on large construction schemes, plus fluency in English and German.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management or related field.
• Minimum 10 years in cost management on complex projects.
• Experience leading cost management commissions for large construction schemes.
• English and German language skills required.
• Knowledge of German construction market practices advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Provide estimate and cost planning across pre- and post-contract stages.
• Lead procurement activities: tender analysis and contract documents.
• Manage cost variances and change control for large projects.
• Produce monthly cost reports and present to clients.
• Lead cost management teams and mentor staff.
• Identify opportunities for value engineering and cost improvements.
• Maintain client liaison and cross-team collaboration.
• Drive improvements to cost management processes and templates.

Kenntnisse

Cost management

Team leadership

Client facing

German language

English language

Procurement

Value engineering

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Ausbildung

Degree in Quantity Surveying/Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

MS Office

Cost management software

Jobbeschreibung

Associate Director (m/f/d) Cost Management - Construction Projects

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

We are seeking a Cost Management Director (m/f/d) to deliver complex Real Estate projects and act as the day-to-day interface with our clients driving projects to achieve excellent outcomes.

You will have broad experience in pre-contract cost planning and estimating activities, and post-contract commercial management. You will bring your practical expertise and best practice experience and be comfortable operating in a client-facing role, leading teams and managing complex stakeholder relationships.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide estimate and cost planning including producing and presenting the final estimate.
• Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level.
• Compile feasibility studies.
• Perform all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, produce tender lists, tender analysis, produce tender report, and compile contractual documents.
• Manage post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage cost checks and valuation deliverables on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process.
• Produce monthly cost reports, including presenting to client.
• Lead value engineering initiatives and negotiate and settle final accounts.
• Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages.
• Provide leadership to cost management teams and ensure the delivery of appointed services scope.
• Identify opportunities to develop new business opportunities.
• Identify and implement improvements for cost management procedures, templates, and products.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10years' experience in cost management.
• Experience of leading cost management commissions for large construction projects of high complexity.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as procurement routes, value management and value engineering, and life cycle costing.
• People management experience, particularly in the context of managing a team delivering a project.
• Sound technical experience in all cost management areas; pre-contract, post contract and final account.
• Good understanding of all mechanical, process, electrical, and plumbing systems, as they relate to construction of projects and good understanding of all civils, structural and architectural aspects as they relate to construction of projects.
• Experience in the German construction industry with knowledge of contractual documentation is advantageous.
• English and German skills are required
• RICS accreditation is a plus
• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
• Sound organisational skills; ability to multi-task and be a team player.
• Working knowledge of MS Office software and modern cost management digital tools.

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