Cost Manager

Category; Qatar; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Cost Manager for its Real Estate team in Qatar. The role focuses on accurate measurement of building and MEP works, pricing to win work, and preparing detailed Bills of Quantities across large, complex projects including data centres and offices.

You will engage in pre- and post-contract services, manage variances, and lead change control while collaborating with clients and contractors to ensure financial success and project delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in Real Estate / Property cost consultancy.
• Pre-contract services from feasibility to tendering, measurement and pricing of BOQ.
• Post-contract services, interim applications, change management and valuation of variations.
• Familiarity with standard contracts; FIDIC preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate measurement capability for building and MEP works with accuracy and speed.
• Prepare detailed Bills of Quantities to support project delivery and margins.
• Manage post-contract cost variances and lead change control processes.
• Produce timely reports and information for informed decision-making.
• Interface confidently with clients, contractors and consultants as a trusted advisor.

Skills

Measurement accuracy

Pricing experience

Bills of Quantities

Post-contract cost control

Client interface

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

MRICS membership advantageous

Tools

CostX

Job description

Company 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

Turner & Townsend are looking to recruit a Cost Manager, to join our Real Estate team in Qatar working on a wide range of projects, often large and complex, which could include Data Centre's and Commercial office projects, which are primarily new build but could include fit-out and refurbishment.

With a leading market client base and a varied portfolio of projects, this is an exciting time to join the growing business unit and develop a career with Turner & Townsend.

You will be working within a professional and ambitious team, where you will receive excellent support but also have the opportunity to demonstrate working on your own initiative.

Key Accountabilities

• Demonstrate exceptional measurement capability for building and MEP works, where accuracy and efficiency directly impact project success and client confidence.
• Leverage your in-depth knowledge of market prices and building/MEP works pricing to deliver competitive, commercially astute estimates that win business and protect margins.
• Produce detailed, meticulously prepared Bills of Quantities that form the foundation of successful project delivery and client satisfaction.
• Skillfully manage post-contract cost variances, lead change control processes, and process interim applications with precision and commercial acumen, ensuring projects remain on track financially.
• Take personal ownership of all work produced, maintaining the highest standards of accuracy and attention to detail that reflect Turner & Townsend's reputation for excellence.
• Collaborating effectively with commission leads to ensure timely, accurate production of reports and information that drive informed decision-making.
• Interface confidently with clients, contractors, and fellow consultants, positioning yourself as a trusted advisor and integral member of the project team.
• Demonstrate ambition and initiative to progress your career to the next level, taking on increasingly complex responsibilities and mentoring opportunities within our growing business unit.

Key Experience Required

• Good knowledge of and experience in the Real Estate / Property sector working for a professional cost consultancy.
• Solid experience and capability of pre-contract services from feasibility through to tendering, measurement and pricing of building and MEP works for estimating and preparation of Bills of Quantities.
• Experience of post-contract services, interim applications, change management processes and variation valuation.
• Experience of working with standard form contracts, FIDIC preferred and knowledge of contract procedures.
• Professional approach and confident in performing your role.
• Ability to work with contractors' personnel with confidence and assurance.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar.
• Professional membership is an advantage i.e.MRICS.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar roles, such as Data Centres.
• Good knowledge of the construction industry and technical matters.
• Knowledge of CostX (BIM experience is an advantage).

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

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 arenot 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.

Turner & Townsend International Limited - Qatar, Qatar