Cost Manager/Project Quantity Surveyor - Construction

Turner & Townsend; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Opportunities for professional development

Commitment to work-life balance

Job summary

A global professional services firm is looking for a Cost Manager to join their Newcastle team. This position involves guiding clients on cost management through various construction projects. The ideal candidate should have a solid background in construction, excellent collaboration skills, and a degree or HNC level qualification. Join a company committed to diversity and professional development.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management services.
• Experience within the construction industry, ideally with PQS or Main Contracting.

Responsibilities

• Manage commissioning including feasibility studies and procurement reports.
• Perform cost planning and present the final cost plan.
• Oversee tendering and procurement stages.
• Manage post contract cost variances and change control.
• Produce and present monthly post contract cost reports.
• Producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting to the client.
• Interfacing with clients and other consultants at all project stages.

Skills

Construction knowledge

Cost management

Collaboration

Value engineering

Client liaison

Education

Degree or HNC level qualification

Professionally qualified (RICS or similar)

Job 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: Turner & Townsend

Overview

Turner & Townsend has an exciting opportunity for a Cost Manager to join our Newcastle Real Estate team to help guide our clients and their professional teams on a number of exciting and iconic projects across the Northeast.

You’ll have a real desire and commitment to understand how the builders of the past put together their buildings, and what that means to modern contractors. You’ll be working on a day-to-day basis with leading conservators, architects and engineers to ensure that the client and contractor deliver the best value for money – advising all parties on the best solutions from a qualitative and commercial perspective.

We’re looking for individuals possessing a keen interest in this space with a good knowledge of construction, whether from a Main Contracting or PQS background; who possess an outgoing / collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Commission Management, to include:
• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Inputting into value engineering
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages

Qualifications

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management / quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
• Ideally professionally qualified (RICS or similar)
• Degree or HNC level qualification

Experience and Skills

Company Values Statement:

We endeavour to create a work environment that reflects the culture of the company, and we encourage every member of our staff to embrace our commitment to be: Professional, Quality Driven, Goal Orientated, Customer Focused, Continuously Improving, Flexible, Open & Integrated.

Company Vision:

To become the leading global provider of professional services to the natural resources, infrastructure and property markets, rewarded for the value we create.

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.

Please find out more about us at Turner & Townsend

No recruitment agency fees apply. It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process.

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