Cost Manager - Construction Management

Turner & Townsend; Nashville, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend seeks a Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to join our Nashville team, supporting construction cost services for diverse real estate, data center and infrastructure programs. The role emphasizes client-focused delivery with a proactive approach to problem solving.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of cost management experience, strong collaboration skills, and a passion for delivering excellence in complex projects. On-site with flexibility to meet client needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in a cost management role in construction.
• RICS accreditation or working towards it is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise client on strategies, prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid leveling, and chairing bid interviews.
• Develop project estimates including construction, fees, direct costs and other costs; review, present and advise on estimates.
• Establish cost reporting schedules; review cost reports and forecasts with the client; maintain risk registers.
• Oversee cost control: evaluate payment applications, change orders, contractor entitlements, and dispute avoidance/resolution.
• Manage invoicing processes and benchmarking; support final accounting and post-contract closeouts.

Skills

Cost management

Estimating

Vendor management

Bid analysis

SOX compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management

RICS accreditation (valued)

Tools

Cost estimating software

Take-off software

Job 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 programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Manager and/or Quantity Surveyor to join our growing Nashville team, supporting construction cost services for a diverse portfolio of projects across real estate developments, data centers (including major hyperscale facilities), and civil and local government infrastructure programs.

The ideal candidate is a motivated and client-focused professional who is passionate about delivering excellence and embodies the Turner & Townsend purpose and values. This individual will thrive in a collaborative environment, bring a proactive approach to problem-solving, and contribute to the successful delivery of complex, high-profile projects.

Responsibilities

• Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bidlevellingdocuments, making final recommendations tothe 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 withthe 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 toclient, 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 ofproject.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
• RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable
• Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.

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