Cost Manager- Pharma/ Industrial Construction Projects

Turner & Townsend; Stockholm; On-site; EUR 40 000 - 70 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in professional services, Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager for major construction projects in the Nordics. The role involves collaborating with clients and managing costs effectively. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in cost management and construction, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to communicate effectively in English.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Opportunities for professional development

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Experience in construction and cost management throughout project lifecycle.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Fluent in English; Swedish is not essential.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the key contact for clients on cost management.
• Control and monitor costs against defined baselines.
• Lead planning sessions and compile project schedules.

Skills

Cost Management

Collaborative Approach

Strong Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Degree in a related field

Tools

Spreadsheets

Databases

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 currently are seeking a Cost Managers to support large construction projects in the Nordics, working collaboratively with the clients Project Manager and supply chain to provide cost management consulting to drive delivery and enable successful project outcomes.

As an experienced Cost Management Professional you will establish the required processes, templates and tools, and agree the baseline for cost and schedule, whilst monitoring performance against it and incorporating the impacts of risk, opportunities and change in a controlled manner. In order to do this you will:-

• Act as the key point of contact to the client overcoming delivery and commercial issues whilst preparing formal and ad hoc reports focusing on time, cost and quality targets.
• Control costs with your knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principals, procurement principals.
• Create and/or work within a cost report, summarizing financials in a executive level dashboard.
• Lead the evaluation of the projects time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls as necessary to enable the successful delivery of the project.
• Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile the master project/programme schedule, agreeing baselines and a critical path.
• Guide and influence the general contractor, ensuring they are progressing in line with the schedule and within agreed cash flow parameters.
• Understand procurement principals, collate lead times from vendors and client into the master schedule communicate the prioritisation of ordering materials and equipment to meet scheduled install dates.
• Work closely with the project team to stay informed on status of project changes, incorporating and communicating these to the project team to allow for approvals in the change management process.

Qualifications

• Experience in the construction of Life Science, Pharma, Hi Tech, Manufacturing,Industrial, Data Centres,or other related complex asset types.
• Proven experience in cost managementin all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Strong measurement and cost planning expertise
• Strong experience with spreadsheets and databases.
• Collaborative approach, able to develop strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, internally and externally.
• Good organization skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Demonstrated strong listening and communication skills.
• FluentEnglish language skills, both written and verbal. Swedish language skills are not essential.

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 atwww.turnerandtownsend.com/

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