Construction Cost Manager | Quantity Surveyor

FacadeToday; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to support large-scale commercial and mixed-use construction projects, including high-rise developments and major urban programs. The role involves estimating, cost reporting, cost control, and post-contract activities, with SOX considerations as needed.

The base salary range is $100K-$135K USD, with potential bonuses and comprehensive benefits. On-site presence may be required depending on client needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in cost management within the construction industry.
• RICS accreditation or working towards it is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large construction projects (commercial office, high-rise, mixed-use, headquarters or major urban development).
• Knowledge of procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
• Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
• Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
• Manage & monitor invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions.
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.
• Develop procedures governing handover of project.
• Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to support large-scale commercial and mixed-use construction projects, including high-rise developments and major urban programs. The role involves estimating, cost reporting, cost control, and post-contract activities, with SOX considerations as needed.

The base salary range is $100K-$135K USD, with potential bonuses and comprehensive benefits. On-site presence may be required depending on client needs.