Cost Planner/Senior Cost Planner - Aviation

Turner Townsend; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm in Camden Town seeks experienced Cost Planners and Senior Cost Planners to deliver estimates and cost plans for clients in the Infrastructure sector. You will produce comprehensive estimates, control the estimating process, and ensure best practice in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidates will have a strong background in Estimating or Quantity Surveying, with relevant software experience and professional membership preferred. Opportunities for remote work are available.

Qualifications

• High standard qualification in Estimating or Quantity Surveying.
• Experience in large project environments.
• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate and comprehensive estimates and cost plans.
• Control and manage the estimating process at project level.
• Support the change control process of their projects.

Skills

Estimating Software Experience

Project Management

Cost Planning

Education

Qualified in Estimating or Quantity Surveying

Tools

Estimating Software

Job description

Overview

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.

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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, as workload requires, our Cost Planners have the opportunity to work remotely (from the UK) on estimating tasks for our clients across the globe.

Responsibilities

• 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 be able 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

Qualifications

• 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.