Cost Manager - Real Estate

Sccsinternational; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Birmingham is seeking a Cost Manager to join our Real Estate team on iconic projects across the Midlands. You will work with clients, architects and engineers to optimise value for money and control costs from feasibility through to post‑contract closure.

The role requires a track record in cost management/quantity surveying and professional qualification (RICS or equivalent); degree or HNC level education is expected. Travel to sites may be involved.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Skills

Cost management / quantity surveying

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.

Turner & Townsend is currently recruiting for a Cost Manager within our Real Estate team to work with a variety of clients and across a number of iconic projects in the Birmingham area. The role may involve travel to various sites across the Midlands.

You’ll have 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 leadingconservators, 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 forindividuals possessing a keen interest in this spacewith a good knowledge of construction, whether from a Main Contracting or PQSbackground; who possessan outgoing/collaborative approach, to help guide the contractor and client through the process on a number of iconic Birminghamprojects.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

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
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages

Qualifications

Experience and Skills

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

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.

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