Associate Director - Cost Management

Turner Townsend; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Birmingham is seeking an Associate Director for Cost Management to lead cost consultancy on a high-profile infrastructure project. The role requires delivering end-to-end cost management, guiding value engineering, and interfacing with clients and other consultants.

You will manage a cost management team, oversee procurement, cost plans, and post-contract cost reporting, with responsibilities across feasibility, reporting, and final accounts.

Qualifications

• Proven cost/ commercial management experience.
• NEC3 contracts experience, especially Option C Target Cost.
• Post-contract administration experience.
• Experience on major programmes and infrastructure projects.
• Infrastructure sector experience (rail, power, highways).
• Experience leading and managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end cost management commissions and client interface.
• Produce final cost estimates, cost plans and post-contract reports.
• Manage procurement processes and contract administration.
• Develop new business opportunities and cross-sell services.
• Lead a cost management team where appropriate.

Skills

Cost/Commercial Management

Team leadership

Procurement & contract administration

Value engineering

Post-contract administration

Feasibility studies & procurement

Client interface

Infrastructure/major programmes

Education

MRICS (preferred)

Job description

Associate Director - Cost Management

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, GB, B1 1

Closing Date: 2026-10-09

Application Deadline: 2027-01-09 07:01:23.06

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.

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Job Description

Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Infrastructure sector, we are looking to recruit an Associate Director level, Senior Cost Manager / Commercial Manager to undertake a lead role on a high profile, Birmingham based Infrastructure project. Due to the nature of the role we are keen to hear from individuals with experience in the renewables field, or any other major Infrastructure sectors (rail, highways, aviation and utilities).

Main Purpose of Role

The Associate Director performs the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions. To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value added cost management service.

Commission Management

• Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and where appropriate involving Turner & Townsend's specialist Value Management team
• Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan
• Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively
• Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively
• Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Value engineering and life cycle costing
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Leading a cost management team where appropriate, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities
• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities
• Working with Directors to construct bids for new work
• Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products to enhance the service provided to clients
• Staff management (where appropriate) - inputting into the formal management of Senior Cost Managers and Assistant Cost Managers or small cost management team, including recruitment interviews, resource management and staff appraisals

Knowledge and Experience

• 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 in the Infrastructure sectors (Rail, air, power, highways)
• Experience in leading and managing teams

Additional Information

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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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. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. To be an authorized Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, a formal written agreement must be in place, and the agency must be invited by the Recruitment Team to submit candidates for review.

Summary

• Type: Full-time
• Function: Engineering
• Experience level: Associate
• Industry: Construction