Cost Manager - Water/Utilities

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 55.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Turner & Townsend in the UK Infrastructure team seeks a Cost Manager/Cost Consultant to support a growing portfolio of projects. You will monitor budgets, forecast costs, manage change control and collaborate with clients and contractors to deliver value and ensure governance.

Ideal candidates have NEC3 experience, strong communication and leadership, and a proactive approach to improving cost performance across the project lifecycle.

Qualifikationen

• Excellent communication
• Contract Management (NEC3, Option C preferred)
• Cost Management
• Change management and control
• Valuation
• Risk Management
• Procurement
• Estimating
• Pricing
• Reporting
• Collaborative approach and best-for-project attitude
• Sharing best practice
• People management
• Commission management
• Driving efficiencies through the project lifecycle
• Knowledge of procurement routes and value engineering

Aufgaben

• Establish relationships with clients and project teams
• Administer contracts in line with objectives and policies
• Provide cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to budget
• Monitor cost variance and cash flow and ensure timely applications
• Collaborate with client and contractor teams to deliver KPIs and value engineering
• Manage contract change within governance and best practices
• Improve forecast accuracy and budget reliability
• Provide commercial support to stakeholders
• Negotiate final accounts and close projects
• Lead teams and commissions as needed
• Identify and drive efficiency improvements

Kenntnisse

Contract Management

Cost Management

Change Management

Valuation

Risk Management

Procurement

Estimating

Pricing

Reporting

People management

Value engineering

Collaboration

Ausbildung

Degree or equivalent

Professional body membership (progressing)

Jobbeschreibung

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

We are currently seeking a number of personable, enthusiastic, and energetic Cost Managers/Cost Consultants, to join team, supporting our continuing growth and making the difference to both our business and to UK infrastructure.

You will be a Cost Manager within our UK Infrastructure business working on a variety of client and Turner & Townsend projects and initiatives.

Job Objectives

• Establishing friendly, professional and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.
• Administering a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice.
• Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets.
• Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
• Leading people and commissions as needed.

Qualifications

Previous experience or a sound and suitable understanding of the following will be a distinct advantage in applying for this role:

• Excellent communication
• Contract Management (NEC3, Option C preferred)
• Cost Management
• Change management and control
• Valuation
• Risk Management
• Procurement
• Estimating
• Pricing
• Reporting
• Collaborative approach and best-for-project attitude
• Sharing best practice
• People management
• Commission management
• Identifying and driving efficiencies and improvements through the project lifecycle
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.

Qualifications

• Ideally Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
• Ideally hold or be working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent.

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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