Senior / Commercial Managers - Rail

TURNER & TOWNSEND; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure consultancy in the UK seeks Senior / Cost Managers with Rail experience to join their cost management team. The role involves administering contracts, managing project costs, and collaborating with client teams. Candidates should have at least 5 years of relevant experience and possess chartered status or a degree. This position supports hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Membership with chartered status preferred.
• 5+ years' experience in railway and construction.
• Experience delivering rail projects in a commercial environment.
• Experience mentoring and/or managing others.
• Knowledge of railway industry contracts and conditions.
• Experience resolving contractual disputes.
• Minimum of 5 years' railway and/or construction experience.

Responsibilities

• Administer contracts per project objectives.
• Provide project cost monitoring and reporting.
• Manage cost variance and contract cash flow.
• 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

Project cost monitoring

Contract administration

Cost control

Value engineering

Mentoring

Education

Membership of a relevant professional body or degree

Chartered status (MRICS/MCIOB preferred)

Job description

Overview

We are seeking Senior / Cost Managers / Quantity Surveyors with Rail experience to join our contract and cost management team to support our continuing growth and make a difference to both our business and 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 support hybrid working and embrace a forward-thinking approach to working.

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.

Qualifications / Experience

• 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.