Cost Manager/Senior Cost Manager - Data Centre Full-Time

Turner & Townsend; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Auckland, New Zealand, is seeking a Cost Manager with strong post‑graduate experience to support cost planning, tender analysis and reporting across real estate, infrastructure and related sectors.

You will price items from first principles, assess tender returns and variations, and prepare payments and reports. The role uses CostX and Hive for delivering project outcomes, with opportunities across pre- and post‑contract work.

Qualifications

• 3+ years post graduate experience.
• RICS member or pathway toward membership.
• Experience in CostX preferred.
• Experience across pre-contract, procurement and post-contract activities.

Responsibilities

• Measure all cost elements for preparation of cost plan.
• Price items within a cost plan from first principles including market engagement where required.
• Preparation of cost reports.
• Assessment of tender returns and preparation of tender recommendation report.
• Assessment of contractor variations.
• Assessment of contractor payment claims and preparation of a payment recommendation to the Superintendent.
• Compilation of benchmarking and market intelligence data.
• Utilisation of our digital offering, the Hive, for implementation of all deliverables.

Skills

Cost management

Tender analysis

Financial reporting

Benchmarking

Value engineering

Education

RICS member or pathway

Tools

CostX

Job description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 62 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

• Measurement of all elements for preparation of cost plan
• Pricing of individual items within a cost plan from first principals including market engagement where required
• Preparation of cost reports
• Assessment of tender returns and preparation of tender recommendation report
• Assessment of contractor variations
• Assessment of contractor payment claims and preparation of a payment recommendation to the Superintendent
• Compilation of benchmarking and market intelligence data
• Utilisation of our digital offering, the Hive, for implementation of all deliverables

Qualifications

• 3+ years post graduate experience
• RICS member or currently on the pathway to membership
• Experience in CostX preferred
• Experience across the life cycle of projects with experience in pre-contract, procurement, and post contract activities

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.

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