Cost Engineering Lead

Turner & Townsend; Port Talbot; Presencial; GBP 70 000 - 110 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Turner & Townsend in the United Kingdom is seeking a Cost Engineering Lead to support construction and manufacturing projects for our Real Estate team. We welcome Cost Controllers with experience on major Pharma or Biotech projects, or other highly regulated sectors.

Responsibilities include cost estimates, procurement, tendering, cost planning, reporting, and client interface; lead post-contract cost work and change control; develop best practices using Prism and Ecosys with SAP/Oracle.

Qualificações

• Graduate in a relevant discipline with experience in project controls for major projects.
• CIMA qualification is welcome or expected for progression.
• Experience in cost engineering across lifecycle stages is preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare cost estimates, procurements and tendering documentation.
• Develop cost plans and present final cost plans to clients.
• Manage post-contract cost reporting and change control processes.
• Interface with clients and other consultancies throughout project stages.

Conhecimentos

Life Sciences knowledge

Procurement

Cost estimation

Tendering

Cost reporting

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Formação académica

Relevant degree

CIMA qualification

Ferramentas

Prism

Ecosys

SAP

Oracle

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Life Sciences division for a Cost Engineering Lead to support in the delivery of construction and manufacturing projects for our Real Estate team. We are seeking applications from Cost Controllers with experience in working on major construction projects for the Pharmaceuticals or Biotech sector or similar highly regulated fields i.e., Nuclear, Oil & Gas etc.

Job Objectives

• Pre and post-contract duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
• Completing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling the contractual documents
• Taking responsibility for timely and accurate cost checks and valuations
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts
• Maintain central feedback and learning on cost estimating from prospects and projects and contribute to updating of best practices in estimating

Skills Required

• Technical knowledge of Life Sciences, Pharma,Biotech, or other related facility asset types for period of 5 years+
• Good knowledge of all methods of construction and procurement.
• Experienced with or managing team that uses multiple estimating tools and applications.
• Strong experience with spreadsheets and databases.
• Collaborative approach, able to develop strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, internally and externally.
• Good organization skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Demonstrated strong listening and communication skills.
• Proven cost and/or commercial management experience, ideally within a consultancy environment.

Qualifications

Typically, a qualified graduate in a relevant discipline with proven working experience in the delivery of project controls services for major projects or programmes. Additionally, we would welcome applicants who are CIMA qualified.

Experience

Delivered cost engineering across a range of major projects, preferably across multiple sectors. Worked across the full project lifecycle including for pre-investment decision, design development, execution, and commissioning phases.

Has experience in working to cost engineering procedures and processes, and the ability to define project cost procedures and standards to which the project and/or programme will adhere to.

Highly conversant with cost management systems such as Prism and Ecosys, including for the interface with corporate finance systems such as SAP and Oracle. The cost engineer would have an appreciation of business rules, and how project funding and performance aligns with business financial account requirements within the project or programme environment.

Additional Information

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