Associate Director, Cost Management – Industrial & Logistics

Turner & Townsend alinea; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Associate Director to join our Industrial & Logistics team in London Real Estate. You will lead commissions, manage end-to-end cost management, and ensure client objectives are met through pre-contract to handover.

You will be responsible for estimating, cost planning, tendering, procurement, and post-contract cost reporting on large-scale logistics and industrial developments. The role requires MRICS qualification, strong leadership, and client-facing skills.

Qualifications

• Batchelors degree or Masters in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• Accredited MRICS member.
• Experience managing high value and complex projects within a consultancy environment.
• Commercially aware with excellent negotiation, communication and organisational skills.
• Actively contributes and supports technical thought leadership and IP.

Responsibilities

• Estimating and cost planning, including producing and presenting final cost plans.
• Tendering and procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing tender lists, creating preliminaries, undertaking tender analysis, producing tender reports and compiling contractual documentation.
• Managing post-contract cost variances and change control processes, escalating significant issues where appropriate.
• Taking personal responsibility for cost assurance and valuations on larger projects, ensuring timely and accurate cost reporting and commercial control.
• Producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to clients.
• Providing input into value engineering and cost optimisation exercises.
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with clients, developers, occupiers, contractors and fellow consultants at all project stages.
• Where appropriate, leading junior members of the cost management team, ensuring successful project delivery and supporting their professional development.

Skills

Client-facing

Negotiation

Communication

Organisational skills

Leadership

Cost management

Cost planning

Tendering

Procurement

Cost reporting

Value engineering

Whole-life costing

Contract administration

Education

Bachelor/Master in Quantity Surveying

MRICS

Tools

CostX

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Associate Director to join our Industrial & Logistics team in London Real Estate. You will lead commissions, manage end-to-end cost management, and ensure client objectives are met through pre-contract to handover.

You will be responsible for estimating, cost planning, tendering, procurement, and post-contract cost reporting on large-scale logistics and industrial developments. The role requires MRICS qualification, strong leadership, and client-facing skills.