Senior Cost Manager - Real Estate

Sccsinternational; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Senior Cost Manager for our Real Estate team in the Dublin area. You will work with clients and across iconic projects, guiding contractors and clients through procurement, cost planning, and post‑contract cost management.

The role requires a strong background in construction cost management, with experience in delivering high-quality cost plans and final accounts, and a collaborative approach to project teams.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering cost management/quantity surveying services across the full lifecycle.
• Professionally qualified (RICS or similar) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist feasibility studies and write procurement reports.
• Estimate and cost plan; produce and present the final cost plan.
• Tendering and procurement; manage pre-qualification stage.
• Manage post-contract cost variances and change control processes.
• Carry out cost checks and valuations on larger projects with timely reporting.
• Produce monthly post-contract cost reports and present to the client.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts; interface with client and consultants.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Education

Degree or HNC level qualification

Job 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.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is currently recruiting for a Senior Cost Manager within our Real Estate team to work with a variety of clients and across a number of iconic projects in the Dublin area.

We’re looking forindividuals possessing a keen interest in this spacewith a good knowledge of construction, whether from a Main Contracting or consulting background; who possessan outgoing/collaborative approach, to help guide the contractor and client through the process on a number of iconic projects.

Key Responsibilities

Commission Management, to include:

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages

Qualifications

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management / quantity surveyingservices across the full project lifecycle
• Professionally qualified (RICS or similar) preferred

Significant experience in the Irish market

• Degree or HNC level qualification

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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