Senior / Commercial Managers - Rail

Turner & Townsend; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking Senior / Cost Managers / Quantity Surveyors with Rail experience to join our UK Infrastructure team on a client office basis, supporting a Rail project or programme. We support hybrid working and employ a forward-thinking approach to how we work.

You will administer contracts, monitor costs, forecast, and collaborate with client and contractor teams to deliver KPIs, value engineering, and governance-compliant change management.

Qualifications

• Chartered status with degree-level education preferred.
• Experience delivering rail projects in a commercial environment.
• Mentoring or management experience.
• Knowledge of railway industry conditions of contract.
• Experience resolving contractual disputes.
• At least 5 years of railway/construction experience.
• Ability to work on contracts independently.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Rail project experience

Mentoring / management

Independent contract work

Commercial awareness

Knowledge of contracts

Dispute resolution

Chartered status

Education

Degree-level education

Job description

Senior / Commercial Managers - Rail

2026-10-16T00:00:00

Leeds

West Yorkshire

GB

LS1 3

Any

Turner & Townsend

2026-11-17T10:00:20.113

Company Description

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.

Job Description

We are currently seeking a number of personable, enthusiastic, and energetic Senior / Cost Managers / Quantity Surveyors with Rail experience to join our contract and cost management team to support our continuing growth and make the difference to both our business and to UK infrastructure.

You will be a Senior / Cost Manager within our UK Infrastructure business embedded in a client office with our teams working on a Rail project or programme.

We are currently supporting hybrid working and embrace a forward-thinking approach to working.

Job Objectives

• 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.

Qualifications

• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level preferred.
• Successful experience of delivering rail projects in a commercial environment.
• Experience of mentoring and/or management.
• Knowledge of railway and construction industry conditions of contract.
• Experience resolving contractual disputes.
• At least 5 years' relevant railway and/or construction experience.
• Ability to work on contracts independently.

Additional Information

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 #LI-CH1SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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Summary

• Type: Full-time
• Function: Engineering
• Experience level: Mid-Senior Level
• Industry: Construction