Cost Manager & QS — Drive Value on Global Projects

Turner & Townsend; Arizona; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Phoenix, Arizona is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support construction cost services across a diverse portfolio of projects. This role focuses on offering cost management expertise from early planning through delivery.

The ideal candidate will bring a Bachelor’s degree, 3–5 years’ experience, and a professional accreditation (RICS or working toward it), with strong communication and stakeholder management skills to advise clients and manage estimates,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in a cost management or quantity surveying role within the construction industry.
• RICS accreditation or working toward certification is valuable.
• Experience supporting cost management on medium to large-scale construction projects.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good understanding of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on strategies, manage prequalification of vendors, assess proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, make final recommendations to the client, attend and chair bid interviews, and manage the appointment process.
• Manage estimating services for full project lifecycles by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work, and other costs), reviewing estimates prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to clients, providing value engineering recommendations and risk assessments, meeting with vendors to validate and challenge costs, and utilizing benchmark data from similar projects.
• Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedules, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budgets and spend forecasts with the client, developing and maintaining commercial risk registers, and hosting periodic meetings with project teams and vendors.
• Manage cost control processes by reviewing payment applications, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing change orders, and making recommendations to the client while applying dispute prevention and resolution procedures.
• Manage and monitor the invoicing process.
• Benchmark performance against other successful commissions and comparable projects.
• Manage all facets of the final accounting process, including post-contract audits and account closeouts.
• Hold post-contract reviews with the client to capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement.
• Develop procedures governing project handover across varying project types.
• Perform all duties through the use and 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.

Skills

Cost management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Client advisory

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management/related field

Tools

Cost Estimating Software

Take-off Software

Job description

Turner & Townsend in Phoenix, Arizona is seeking a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to support construction cost services across a diverse portfolio of projects. This role focuses on offering cost management expertise from early planning through delivery.

The ideal candidate will bring a Bachelor’s degree, 3–5 years’ experience, and a professional accreditation (RICS or working toward it), with strong communication and stakeholder management skills to advise clients and manage estimates,