Assistant Cost Manager - Urban Development Construction Projects

Turner & Townsend; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Mexico City is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to prepare estimations across design phases, develop budgets and monitor cash flow for real estate and infrastructure projects.

You will analyze project cost data, conduct change orders, and support value engineering, working closely with the project team to deliver accurate forecasts and reports.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or Architecture.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in similar roles.
• Knowledge of project components and construction costs.
• Ability to interpret project documentation.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Prepare estimations according to all design phase.
• Monitor, control and prepare valuations.
• Participate in value engineering sessions.
• Prepare and analyse change orders.
• Develop the primary project budget.
• Develop progress measurement criteria with vendors.
• Collect cost market data.
• Support quotation process responding to questions from 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 issued by the technical team.
• Collaborate on the recommendation report and participate in weekly project meetings.
• Issue weekly progress reports on project costs including forecasting reimbursable expenses.

Skills

Communication skills

Fluent English

Negotiation

Relationship building

Organisational skills

Proactive mindset

Analytical skills

MS Office

Construction cost knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Engineering or Architecture

Tools

CostX

CATO

BIM Measure

AutoCAD

Excel

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.

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 programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

*Activities might change accordingly.

• 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.
• Collect cost market data.
• 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.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Degree-qualified or equivalent in Quantity Surveyor, Engineering, Architecture.
• Minimum 3 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
• Excellent communication skills, both oral & written
• 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
• Fluent in English

Desirable:

• 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 levelExperience in utilising AutoCAD.

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.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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 of Turner & Townsend and are not 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.

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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 of Turner & Townsend and are not 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.