Cost Manager - Civil

Turner & Townsend; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking a Cost Manager based in Bengaluru, India. The successful candidate will manage the core functions of cost management services for construction projects, ensuring that cost control and quality objectives are met. They will collaborate with clients to deliver effective cost management services, requiring a Bachelor's degree and 6-10 years of relevant experience. Proficiency in Cost-X or similar software is a must, alongside strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years experience in cost management or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of quantity surveying, tools, and methodologies.
• Native proficiency in local language, business-level proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage cost management services for construction projects.
• Support in estimating, rate analysis, and cost planning.
• Produce monthly post contract cost reports for clients.

Skills

Cost estimation

Rate analysis

Cost planning

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Construction, Engineering, or a related field

Master’s degree

Tools

Cost-X or equivalent cost estimation software

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.

Website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Role Overview

As a Cost Manager, you are expected to manage the core functions of cost management services for construction projects, ensuring cost control and quality objectives are met. You are expected to ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service and foster a collaborative and high‑performing project environment.

Key Responsibilities

Project support and coordination

• Possesses in-depth knowledge of pre-contract and post-contract cost management services.
• 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 procurement, 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 support in change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to reporting manager.

Governance & Reporting

• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and supporting the presentation to the client.
• Provide inputs to Value Engineering exercises, where applicable.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database.
• Collaborate to deliver our best work – Work as an effective member of the cost management team, including where appropriate, taking effective responsibility for Assistant Cost Managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Construction, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree is a plus.
• 6-10 years’ experience in cost management or construction projects (e.g. cost manager, construction manager, procurement, project manager, vendor, consultant etc.).
• Strong understanding of quantity surveying, tools, and methodologies.
• Native-level proficiency in local language, Business‑level proficiency in English.
• Proficiency in Cost-X or equivalent cost estimation software.
• Proficient communication and interpersonal skills.

Additional Information

• Achieve ≥ 85% satisfaction score from clients and internal stakeholders in post-project reviews.
• Achieve 100% compliance with internal governance processes and external regulatory standards (e.g., safety, environmental).

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