Assistant Cost Manager: Budgeting & Valuation Specialist

Turner & Townsend; México; Presencial; MXN 600.000 - 1.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Turner & Townsend in Mexico offers a challenging role for a qualified Quantity Surveyor. You will prepare budgets, analyze costs, and support change orders across project lifecycles, working with design and construction teams.

The role requires 5+ years in cost management, proficiency in CostX, Excel, AutoCAD, and strong negotiation and communication skills, with a focus on delivering value and maintaining project budget integrity.

Formación

• Degree-qualified or equivalent in Quantity Surveyor, Engineering, Architecture.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in similar roles.
• Knowledge and understanding of the component parts of a project and overall construction costs.
• Ability to analyse and interpret commercial and technical project documentation.
• Ability to use a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office.
• Exceptional relationship building skills.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of the Construction process.
• Negotiation skills and ability to apply those skills internally, externally & with our supply chain.
• Positive attitude at all times and the ability to integrate and play active part in the Construction Team.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines.
• Keen to pursue personal development needs and maintain up-to-date knowledge.
• Working towards RICS membership or recently chartered.
• Conversant in all aspects of quantity surveying.
• Experience in utilising software systems e.g. CostX, CATO, BIM Measure.
• Experience in utilising Excel advance level.
• Experience in utilising AutoCAD.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare estimations according to all design phase.
• Monitor, control and prepare Valuations.
• Participate to value engineering sessions.
• Prepare and analyse change orders.
• Develop the primary project budget.
• Develop progress measurement criteria with vendors.
• Support quotation process responding to the questions of services/materials proponents.
• Produce cash flow forecasts for internal and client purposes.
• Quantify materials and labour for all phases of a project.
• Prepare Cost benefit analysis.
• Review project budget after design packages issuance by the technical team.
• Collaborate with the creation of the recommendation report.
• Participate in the weekly project and departmental meetings.
• Issue weekly progress reports on project costs including forecasting reimbursable expenses.

Conocimientos

Negotiation skills

Relationship building

Self-motivated

Commercial awareness

Good organisation

Educación

Quantity Surveying degree

Herramientas

CostX

CATO

BIM Measure

Excel (Advanced)

AutoCAD

Descripción del empleo

Turner & Townsend in Mexico offers a challenging role for a qualified Quantity Surveyor. You will prepare budgets, analyze costs, and support change orders across project lifecycles, working with design and construction teams.

The role requires 5+ years in cost management, proficiency in CostX, Excel, AutoCAD, and strong negotiation and communication skills, with a focus on delivering value and maintaining project budget integrity.