Assistant Cost Manager

Turner & Townsend; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Commission Manager to take responsibility for end-to-end cost management delivery on major commissions. You will handle pre/post-contract cost control, prepare detailed cost plans, participate in tendering and procurement, and present financial analyses to clients and senior management.

Ideal candidates bring 7–13 years of civil cost management experience, proficiency in BOQ methods (POMI, NRM, IS), and leadership skills to guide a cost management team while

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering / Construction / QS.
• 7-13 years civil cost management experience.
• Experience in tendering, procurement, bid evaluation.
• Skilled in post-contract cost control & change management.
• Ability to prepare detailed cost plans across all design stages.
• Proficient in BOQ preparation (POMI, NRM, IS).

Responsibilities

• Commission management including pre-contract and post-contract cost management.
• Produce monthly post-contract cost reports and present to the client.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts with clients and consultants.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Lead a cost management team where appropriate and drive process improvements.
• Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients.

Skills

Cost management experience

Tendering & procurement

Post-contract cost control

Cost planning & BOQ prep

Education

Civil Engineering

Construction / QS

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 programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include program, 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery and To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service. Cost Managers handle commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project.

Key Accountabilities

Commission Management, to include:

• Possesses in-depth knowledge of pre-contract and post-contract cost management.
• Experienced in estimating, rate analysis, and cost planning, with the ability to develop and present final cost plans to clients.
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager
• 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
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

Marketing and business development, to include:

• Identifying opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and reporting such opportunities to the appropriate line manager and by making effective use of the marketing database
• Assisting in the production of bid documentation
• Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
• Understanding the Turner & Townsend 2+2=5 philosophy and identifying cross-divisional opportunities

Internal management accountabilities, to include:

• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database
• Financial management – Utilising FMS in order to keep track of the ongoing margin levels
• Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager

Reporting

Depending upon the context, a Cost Manager is likely to report to a Senior Cost Manager, Area Manager or Associate Director.

Key Performance Indicators

• Commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time
• Service delivery on commissions is in line with the conditions of appointment
• Good relationships are developed with clients and members of the cross-functional team
• They work as an effective member of the cost management team, including where appropriate, taking effective responsibility for Assistant Cost Managers
• Opportunities are identified to develop new business with existing clients
• Margin levels are kept track of on all commissions
• Key information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retained

Should adhere to the company's global environmental policy

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering / Construction / QS.
• 7-13 years civil cost management experience.
• Experience in tendering, procurement, bid evaluation.
• Skilled in post-contract cost control & change management.
• Ability to prepare detailed cost plans across all design stages.
• Proficient in BOQ preparation (POMI, NRM, IS).

Additional Information

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

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 ofTurner & Townsend and arenot 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.

By clicking the link above or any third-party link within this posting, you are leaving this site and going to a third-party website where the third-party website's terms and privacy policy apply