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

Turner & Townsend; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Turner & Townsend seeks a Cost Management Director (m/f/d) to lead complex real estate projects in Germany. You will drive pre- and post-contract cost activities, manage client relationships, and lead cost management teams to deliver accurate estimates and value-driven outcomes.

You will guide procurement, budgeting, and cost reporting while coordinating cross-disciplinary stakeholders. German-English fluency, big-project experience, and leadership are essential for success in this client-facing

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in cost management
• Experience leading cost management commissions for large, high-complexity projects
• Knowledge of procurement, value management, and lifecycle costing
• People management experience leading project teams
• Strong technical skills in pre-contract, post-contract, and final accounts
• Good understanding of MEP and civil/structural aspects in construction
• Experience in the German construction industry and contractual documentation is advantageous
• English and German language skills are required
• RICS accreditation is a plus

Aufgaben

• Provide estimate and cost planning including producing and presenting the final estimate
• Estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed levels
• Compile feasibility studies
• Prepare procurement reports
• Manage pre-qualification, tender lists, tender analysis and reports
• Manage post-contract cost variances and change control processes
• Perform cost checks and valuations on larger projects
• Produce monthly cost reports and present to client
• Lead value engineering initiatives and settle final accounts
• Maintain liaison with client and other consultants across project stages
• Provide leadership to cost management teams and ensure service delivery
• Identify opportunities to develop new business opportunities
• Identify and implement improvements for cost management procedures and tools

Kenntnisse

People management

Client-facing

English & German

Presentation skills

RICS accreditation

Ausbildung

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Tools

MS Office

Cost management software

Procurement tools

Jobbeschreibung

Company 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

Job Description

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.
• Prepare procurement reports.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years' 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.

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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