Senior Cost Manager (Healthcare) -Real Estate

Turner & Townsend alinea; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Cost Manager to join their expanding Healthcare team in Cambridge. In this dynamic role, you will support the delivery of significant healthcare projects, utilizing advanced digital cost management tools to optimize performance and ensure budget adherence. Collaborating with leading design teams and contractors, you will play a crucial role in managing costs and delivering procurement strategies. This position offers a chance to work in an inclusive environment that promotes career development and work-life balance, making it an exciting opportunity for professionals passionate about making a difference in the healthcare sector.

Benefits

Flexible Working Environment

Career Development Opportunities

Inclusive Workplace Culture

Qualifications

• Experience in cost management services, especially in healthcare.
• Working towards or holding a professional qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of major healthcare projects and programmes.
• Use bespoke tools to optimise cost performance and manage budgets.

Skills

Cost Management

Healthcare Sector Knowledge

Analytical Skills

Budget Management

Collaboration

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

Professional Qualification (MRICS, ACostE)

Tools

CostX

eTender Platform

Benchmarking App

Cost Control App

The Hive

Job description

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Company Description
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Job Description
Turner & Townsend is currently recruiting for a Cost Manager to join our growing Healthcare team in our Cambridge office. Our healthcare team are expanding nationwide delivering nationally significant transformative projects and programmes including International Children’s Eye Centre at Moorfields, Alder Hey in the Park Children’s Hospital-Acute and Leeds Children's Hospital. Locally, our London team are delivering high value healthcare schemes across London, primarily in the private sector utilising our industry leading digital cost management tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the end-to-end service delivery on new and exciting, major healthcare projects and nationally significant programmes.
• Using our bespoke tools and apps, powered by The Hive, you will optimise cost performance at every stage of projects.
• Work collaboratively with leading design teams, sector specialists and tier one main contractors to manage the design to budget.
• Use our Benchmarking app to analyse and test budgets using a reliable pool of national data.
• Use CostX and our cost planning app to improve collaboration with designers and highlight changes between design versions.
• Inform our clients of future cost trends by harnessing the analytical capabilities of our Market Rates App which captures, analyses and stores live national data at a component level.
• Deliver the procurement strategy utilising our eTender platform which produces a financial report on day one of the tender and compares and analyses tenders side by side efficiently and effectively.
• Deal effectively with post contract cost variances, the change control process and valuations utilising our Cost Control App.
• Produce monthly post contract cost control reports.

At Turner & Townsend we utilise market leading, in-house developed digital Cost Management technology, to ensure we are fully equipped to create value and achieve the best solutions for our clients. We work collaboratively with our clients to be innovative and lead change in the market. We work in an inclusive environment with clear direction, career development and progression paths.

Qualifications

• Minimum BSc in Quantity Surveying or similar.
• Demonstrable experience delivering cost management services in healthcare or the life sciences sector.
• Working towards or full membership of RICS (MRICS), ACostE or equivalent professional qualification (desirable).
• Knowledge of NEC forms of contract would be beneficial.

Additional Information
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.

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

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Finance and Sales

Industries: Construction