Cost Manager - Real Estate Full-Time

Turner & Townsend; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Cost Manager for the Real Estate team to work on iconic projects in the Birmingham area, with potential travel across the Midlands. You will collaborate with conservators, architects and engineers to deliver best value for money from a qualitative and commercial perspective.

We seek individuals with a strong cost management or PQS background and an outgoing, collaborative approach to guide contractors and clients through the process on multiple Birmingham

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering cost management across full lifecycle.
• Experience in Quantity Surveying for large projects.
• Excellent analytical and commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Assist on feasibility studies and write procurement reports.
• Estimate and cost plan, present final cost plan.
• Tendering and procurement including pre-qualification.
• Manage post‑contract cost variances and change control.
• Carry out cost checks and valuations on larger projects.
• Produce monthly post‑contract cost reports for client.
• Input into value engineering.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts.
• Interface with client and other consultants at all stages.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Project lifecycle

Education

RICS or equivalent qualification

Degree or HNC

Job description

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.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

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 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, to help guide the contractor and client through the process on a number of iconic Birmingham projects.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• 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

Experience and Skills

• 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

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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