Associate Cost Manager - Infrastructure

TURNER & TOWNSEND; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking an Associate Cost Manager / Commercial Manager to join their team in Greater London, focusing on prestigious infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in cost management and a consultative approach, comfortable engaging with clients. Responsibilities include managing contracts, monitoring costs, and supporting stakeholder delivery. A great opportunity to shape impactful projects in a supportive and diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Cost / Commercial Management.
• Experience managing infrastructure projects (Rail, air, marine/ports).
• Experience in leading and managing teams.
• Experience on major programmes and infrastructure projects.
• Experience in leading and managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish professional relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Administer contracts according to project objectives.
• Monitor and report project costs accurately.
• Monitor cost variance and contract cash flow; ensure timely applications.
• Collaborate with client and contractor teams to deliver KPIs and value engineering.
• Manage contract change ensuring governance and best practice.
• Improve forecast and budget accuracy.
• Provide sound commercial knowledge to stakeholders.
• Ensure final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
• Lead people and commissions as needed.

Skills

Cost Management

Commercial Management

Consultative Approach

Team Leadership

Client Management

Infrastructure projects

Team leadership

Education

MRICS (preferably)

NEC3 contracts knowledge

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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

Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Infrastructure sector, we are looking to recruit an Associate Cost Manager / Commercial Manager for our prestigious infrastructure-based projects.

As an experienced individual you will come with a wealth of experience in cost management ready to apply your existing knowledge in a new and dynamic environment. We are looking for a candidate comfortable in having challenging conversations with a consultative approach that can bring the best out of their team and client.

Main Purpose of Role

• Establishing friendly, professional and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.
• Administering a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice.
• Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets.
• Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
• Leading people and commissions as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven Cost / Commercial Management experience
• Preferably MRICS • NEC3 contracts (in particular Option C - Target Cost)
• Post contract administration
• Experience of working on Major Programmes and Projects
• Experience of working on Infrastructure project (Rail, air, marine/ports, utilities highways)
• Experience in leading and managing teams

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.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

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