Senior Cost Manager – Water & Utilities Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Cost Manager to join our UK Infrastructure business, working on client and internal projects. You will oversee cost monitoring, forecasting, reporting and change management to ensure delivery within budgets and governance.

The role emphasizes collaboration with clients and contractor teams, driving value engineering, and final accounts negotiation across a range of infrastructure initiatives in the UK.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Communication

Contract management

Change management

Cost management

Change control

Valuation

Procurement

Estimating

Pricing

Reporting

Governance processes

Collaboration

Best practice

Line management

Commission management

Education

Degree qualified

Professional body membership

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Cost Manager to join our UK Infrastructure business, working on client and internal projects. You will oversee cost monitoring, forecasting, reporting and change management to ensure delivery within budgets and governance.

The role emphasizes collaboration with clients and contractor teams, driving value engineering, and final accounts negotiation across a range of infrastructure initiatives in the UK.