Associate Director, Estimating - Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Associate Director in Estimating to lead the production of accurate cost estimates and cost plans for major infrastructure programmes. You will drive best-practice estimating, mentor junior staff, and engage with Directors to win new work with clients.

Based in the UK, you will interface with clients and other consultants at all stages of projects, oversee bid teams, and contribute to growth of the estimated cost management capability within Turner & Townsend.

Qualifications

• Qualified in Estimating or Quantity Surveying with proven experience.
• Experience using estimating software packages.
• Experience on major programmes and in infrastructure (rail, air, power, highways).

Responsibilities

• Lead or manage production of accurate estimates and cost plans for projects/programmes.
• Develop and promote estimating best practices within the firm.
• Interface with clients and other consultants at all project stages; lead bids for new work.

Skills

Estimating experience

Team leadership

Client liaison

Bid development

Education

Estimating/Quantity Surveying degree

RICS/CIOB membership desirable

Tools

Estimating software

Job description

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

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.

Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Infrastructure sector and we have a thriving UK Estimating team making the difference for a large number of clients both in the UK and Overseas. We are now looking for talented Associate Director-level Estimating professionals to work on a wide variety of exciting projects/programmes and support the leadership of our ambitious growth plans.

Our team deliver a wide range of Estimating outputs for our clients, to support their decision making, including:

• Estimate Production (from Order of Magnitude estimates through to detailed estimates built up from first principles)
• Estimating Support to Major Programme Set up

As anAssociate Director within the Estimating team at Turner & Townsend you will be responsible for:

• Leading or managing the production of accurate and comprehensive estimates and cost plans for projects/programmes
• Playing a leading role in the development and promotion of estimating good practice within Turner & Townsend;
• Playing a leading role in the achievement of departmental objectives;
• Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise
• Working with Directors to construct bids for new work
• Providing direction to staff working for you and with you on specific tasks.
• Acting as a role model for less experienced staff
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities
• Staff management (where appropriate)
• Knowledge management

Qualifications

• Qualified to high standard in Estimating or Quantity Surveying with proven relevant experience
• Previous experience of working with estimating software packages;
• Desirable membership of RICS / CIOB /A. Cost E.
• Experience of working on Major Programmes and Projects
• Experience of working in the Infrastructure (Rail, air, power, highways) sector
• 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.