Cost Planner/Senior Cost Planner - Av...

Turner & Townsend Plc.; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking Cost Planners and Senior Cost Planners to join their dynamic team. This role offers the chance to work on diverse projects in the Infrastructure sector, including Rail, Airports, and Utilities. You will play a crucial role in producing detailed estimates and cost plans, managing the estimating process, and ensuring best practices are followed. With opportunities for remote work and a commitment to employee well-being, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact while enjoying a balanced work-life environment. Join a forward-thinking company that values your contributions and fosters professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Professional development opportunities

Health and wellness programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience in estimating or quantity surveying in large projects.
• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate estimates and cost plans efficiently.
• Manage estimating processes and support change control.

Skills

Estimating

Quantity Surveying

Commercial Assurance

Negotiation

Education

Degree in Estimating or Quantity Surveying

Membership of a relevant professional body

Tools

Estimating Software Packages

Job description

Cost Planner/Senior Cost Planner - Aviation

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

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. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

Owing to continued demand and our ambitious plans for growth, Turner & Townsend are looking to recruit Cost Planners and Senior Cost Planners with proven experience across the Infrastructure (Rail, Airports, Highways, Power, Water or Utilities) sector.

Cost Planners at Turner & Townsend make the difference for our clients by supporting them as an embedded resource within their organisation or through ad-hoc pieces of work for multiple clients across the Infrastructure sector as part of the Turner & Townsend Estimating Hub. Although our work is predominantly for UK-based clients, our Cost Planners have the opportunity to work remotely (from the UK) on estimating tasks for our clients across the globe.

Our team delivers a wide range of cost planning outputs for our clients, to support their decision making, including:

• Estimate Production (from Order of Magnitude estimates through to detailed estimates built up from first principles)
• Estimating Support to Major Programme Set up

As a Cost Planner at Turner & Townsend you will be responsible for:

• Production of accurate and comprehensive estimates and cost plans for projects in a timely and efficient manner.
• Control and management of the estimating process at project level.
• Production of estimates without management or supervision.
• Supporting development and promotion of estimating good practice within Turner & Townsend.
• Assisting in the achievement of departmental objectives.
• Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise to give best practice advice in line with business objectives.
• Prepare accurate and comprehensive Estimates and Cost Plans for large or complex Programmes or projects in a timely and efficient manner.
• Support the change control process of their projects.
• Support development of demonstration of Value for Money through production of reports and benchmarking analysis.
• Undertake commercial assurance and negotiation of contractors offers.

Minimum Requirements:

• Qualified to high standard in Estimating or Quantity Surveying with proven relevant experience.
• Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a large project environment.
• Previous experience of working with estimating software packages.
• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards.
• Desirable membership of RICS / CIOB / A. Cost E.

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.