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Job summary

A leading company in the utilities sector is seeking a Senior Cost Manager/Senior Quantity Surveyor to enhance its UK Infrastructure business. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing contracts and delivering project objectives while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. With a commitment to create a productive work environment and promote work-life balance, this role offers a challenging opportunity to significantly impact UK infrastructure.

Qualifications

Ideally Degree qualified or equivalent.
Working towards appropriate professional body membership or equivalent is beneficial.

Responsibilities

Establish professional relationships.
Administer contracts per project objectives.
Provide accurate project cost monitoring and reporting.

Skills

Excellent communication

Contract Management

Cost Management

Change Management

Valuation

Procurement

Education

Degree in a relevant subject

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Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

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.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

We are currently seeking a number of personable, enthusiastic and energetic individuals to join our contract and cost management team to support our continuing growth in the water / utilities sector and make the difference to both our business and to UK infrastructure.

Main Purpose Of The Role

You will be a Senior Cost Manager within our UK Infrastructure business working on a variety of client and Turner & Townsend projects and initiatives.

Key Accountabilities

Establishing friendly, professional and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.
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
Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders
Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed
Commission management as needed

Role Requirements

Previous experience or a sound and suitable understanding of the following will be a distinct advantage in applying for this role:

Excellent communication
Contract Management (NEC3 preferred)
Change management
Cost Management
Change control
Valuation
Procurement
Estimating
Pricing
Reporting
Governance processing
Collaborative approaches
Best for project attitudes
Sharing best practice
Line management
Commission management

Qualifications

Ideally Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
Ideally hold or be working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent.

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

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

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

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