Senior Cost Manager - Real Estate

Sccsinternational; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Cost Manager to join the UK Real Estate team, guiding clients and consultants on high-profile projects across the UK.

The role involves cost planning from feasibility through procurement and post-contract delivery, with opportunities across sectors including city centre, manufacturing and residential schemes in both public and private sectors.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering high quality cost management and quantity surveying across the full project lifecycle.
• Ideally professionally qualified (RICS or similar).
• Degree or HNC level qualification.
• Ability to manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration and final accounts.
• Execute feasibility studies and cost planning including final cost presentation.
• Oversee tendering and procurement activities and manage pre-qualification, tender lists and analyses.
• Ensure timely financial reporting and valuations, interfacing with clients and consultants.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Contract knowledge

Negotiation

Education

RICS or similar

Degree or HNC

Tools

CostX

Excel

Primavera P6

Job 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 has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cost Manager to join our UK Real Estate team to help guide our clients and their professional teams on several exciting and iconic projects across the UK.

Main Purpose of Role

• You will take responsibility for projects as a client facing representative of our business from feasibility, through the cost planning process to procurement, tendering and post-contract delivery. Interfacing and building relationships with consultant and client teams will be key.
• You will also become a key part of our digital transformation of cost management utilising our industry leading digital software.
• You will have the opportunity to work across a range of sectors, including major City Centre developments, manufacturing, logistics and residential schemes in both the public and private sectors.

Scope

Our Senior Cost Managers handle commissions of varying sizes but will typically lead on projects ranging from £10-£50m with appropriate support depending on the complexity of the commission. The successful candidate will also directly support Directors in the delivery of some of the most high-profile projects in the region.

Role Objectives

• Pre and post-contract duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
• Completing feasibility studies.
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling contract documents
• Taking responsibility for timely and accurate financial reporting and valuations
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts
• Contribute to the development of the wider team providing the benefit of your experience to those in junior roles.

Skills Required

• Good knowledge of construction methods and procurement routes.
• sound knowledge of various forms of contract (JCT/NEC).
• Excellent measurement and cost planning expertise including use of NRM.
• Commercially astute with demonstrable negotiation and communication skills.
• Team oriented.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management / quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
• Ideally professionally qualified (RICS or similar)
• Degree or HNC level qualification
• Ability to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.

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.

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