Cost Manager

Turner & Townsend; India; On-site; INR 900,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in India seeks a Quantity Surveyor to join our cost management team on private and public sector projects. You will assist in feasibility studies, prepare cost estimates, oversee procurement, and manage post‑contract cost reporting.

You will lead cost checking, value engineering, and interfacing with clients and consultants, ensuring governance and timely delivery across multiple projects with adherence to QA/QC procedures.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying (minimum requirement).
• BORAQS registration is preferred; RICS is an added advantage.
• Proficient in CostX application.

Responsibilities

• Assist in establishing client requirements and feasibility studies.
• Manage and own estimating and cost planning activities, including presenting cost estimates.
• Oversee procurement processes from pre-qualification to contract preparation and analysis.

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

BORAQS registration

RICS (advantage)

Tools

CostX

Job description

At Turner & Townsend, we are 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. With more than 22,000 professionals in 247 offices across 62 countries, we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, providing the skills and insight to improve the way they develop, deliver and operate their physical real estate assets.

Across private and public sectors, our talented professionals provide the most innovative solutions for our clients’ greatest challenges. Our clients value our proactive and client-centric approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality of the work we deliver. As a result, our employees get to work for the top global brands on some of the most exciting projects around the world.

Please visit our website:www.turnerandtownsend.com

Description of roles and responsibilities:

• Assistinginestablishinga client's requirements and undertaking feasibility studies
• Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project whereappropriateor applicable, and where necessary involving Senior Management
• Managing and taking ownership of estimating and cost planning activities to include presenting the Cost Estimates
• Managing and taking ownership of the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, Bills of Quantities, analysis,selectionand contract preparation are performed effectively
• Maintaining awareness of the different building contracts in current use
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively
• Providing advice on contractual claims
• Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively
• Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Value engineering, riskmanagementand life cycle costing where applicable
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Whereappropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver onall ofthe above accountabilities
• Ensuring that QA/QC procedures areadhered to at all times
• Establishing friendly,professionalandappropriate relationshipswith clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.
• Administering a variety of contractsin accordance withprojectobjectivesand policies.
• Providingaccurateproject cost monitoring,forecastingand reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro-activelymonitoringand managing cost variance and contractcash flow, andensuring that applications are made correctly andin a timely manner.
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, andobjectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projectsremainwithin 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
• Leading people and commissions as needed

• Minimum 4-5 years of progressive experience
• Degree in Quantity Surveying as a minimum
• BORAQS registration, RICS is an added advantage
• Proficient in Cost X application
• Proven experience in handling multiple projects

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