Cost Planner/Senior Cost Planner - Av...

Turner & Townsend Plc.; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services company is seeking Cost Planners and Senior Cost Planners with experience in the Infrastructure sector. The role involves producing detailed estimates and managing the estimating process for various projects. Opportunities for remote work are available, promoting a flexible working environment.

Qualifications

• High standard of estimating or Quantity Surveying with relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Producing accurate and timely estimates and cost plans.
• Managing the estimating process at project level.

Skills

Estimating

Quantity Surveying

Education

Membership of a relevant professional body

Tools

Estimating software

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 in the Infrastructure sector (Rail, Airports, Highways, Power, Water, or Utilities).

Cost Planners support clients by providing estimates and cost plans, either embedded within client organizations or through ad-hoc projects across the Infrastructure sector. While most work is for UK-based clients, opportunities for remote work from the UK on global estimating tasks are available.

Key deliverables include:

• Estimate Production from Order of Magnitude to detailed estimates based on first principles
• Estimating support for major programme setup

Responsibilities include:

• Producing accurate and timely estimates and cost plans
• Managing the estimating process at project level
• Supporting estimation best practices and departmental objectives
• Staying updated on technical developments to provide best practice advice
• Supporting change control and value-for-money demonstrations
• Commercial assurance and negotiation with contractors

Qualifications:

• High standard of estimating or Quantity Surveying with relevant experience
• Experience with estimating software
• Membership of a relevant professional body, ideally chartered (e.g., RICS, CIOB, A. Cost E.)

We promote a healthy, flexible working environment and are committed to diversity and inclusion. SOX control responsibilities may apply.