Cost Manager - Real Estate Projects (Birmingham)

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

Job summary

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

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering cost management/quantity surveying services across the full 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
• Inputting into value engineering
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Client liaison

Education

RICS or similar

Degree or HNC level

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