Cost Manager - Industrial Construction Projects, Mexico

Turner &Amp;Amp;Amp; Townsend Limited; Xico; Presencial; MXN 1,080,000 - 1,441,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global professional services company is hiring an experienced professional for an Engineering Cost Management role in Xico, Mexico. Candidates need a minimum of 6 years experience, a relevant degree, and fluency in English and Spanish. Responsibilities include conducting budget estimates, managing procurement processes, and interacting with stakeholders. The company promotes a healthy work-life balance and values diversity in the workplace.

Servicios

Flexible working environment

Opportunity for career growth

Inclusive work culture

Formación

• Minimum 6 years professional experience in engineering cost management.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
• RICS or AACE certifications required.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct budget estimates for feasibility studies.
• Manage procurement processes and negotiations.
• Prepare cost estimate reports and present to stakeholders.
• Review and evaluate payment applications.
• Chair commercial meetings with stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Fluent in English and Spanish

Strong Microsoft Excel skills

Knowledge of AutoCAD

CostX

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, or related

RICS or AACE certifications

Descripción del empleo

Full-time Department : InfrastructureTurner & Townsend is a global professional services company with more than 22,000 people in over 60 countries, headquartered in the United Kingdom.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.Me 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.

Job Overview

The candidate will be working with an international client, where all communication will be in English; therefore advanced English is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a budget estimate to support a feasibility study, using parametric cost analysis.
• Review designs at various stages (Concept, SD, DD & IFC), prepare quantity take-offs, and develop a quantified BOQ cost breakdown structure.
• Prepare a cost estimate report with all necessary qualifications and present the results to various stakeholders, including the client.
• Manage the procurement process, implement procurement and contracting strategies, and participate in negotiations ensuring that all stages – pre‑qualification, enquiry, analysis, bid evaluations, cost negotiations, selection and contract preparation – are performed effectively, including RFP revisions and evaluation.
• Verify that change control processes are managed effectively, document any changes in design, assess the value of change orders, negotiate the true value with the GC's, and process the change order through the client specific portal for approval and budget adjustment.
• Ensure that the general contractor's and subcontractor's payment applications are aligned and presented in accordance with the contract requirements.
• Review, evaluate, and recommend interim payments based on the executed progress completed, ensuring all substantiations are aligned with contract conditions and payments are recommended within the stipulated timeframes.
• Review, evaluate, negotiate and recommend the final commercial account closeout, ensuring all works are completed and substantial completion is approved by the engineer / project manager / client, while reviewing all contract requirements in parallel to ensure compliance.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with all stakeholders and internal peers / managers, leading client and stakeholder interfacing with confidence in reporting and presenting all commercial aspects of the project.
• Prepare the monthly cost report and present all project's commercial aspects—CO reviews / statuses, commercial progress, budget forecasts, risk assessments—to key stakeholders / client.
• Chair weekly / bi‑weekly commercial meetings with key stakeholders / client, reviewing all commercial aspects of the project with a focus on commercial & unforeseen risks and commercial progress.
• Ensure that key project information and lessons learned collected from each commission are reviewed and processed through Turner & Townsend's internal database.
• If applicable, manage the commission—ensure margin levels are achieved, T&T invoices are prepared and issued within required timeframes, commission resources are aligned with the SOW, and the internal commission delivery portal is continuously updated.
• If applicable, lead a cost management team, ensuring that the team is trained and guided in delivering all scope listed above.
• Depending on the circumstance, commute to the office and / or site.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years professional experience related to engineering cost management.
• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or any degree relevant to the position.
• RICS or AACE certifications / memberships.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.
• Strong Microsoft skills, specifically Excel & PowerPoint, CostX, and knowledge of AutoCAD.

Benefits & Culture

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.