Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Construction

Turnertownsend; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our team and deliver comprehensive cost management services on complex construction projects.

This role will support the successful planning, procurement, delivery, and closeout of major capital construction programs, ensuring robust cost control, commercial governance, and financial accountability throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years of relevant cost management experience on construction projects.
• RICS accreditation is valuable and considered a plus.

Responsibilities

• Advise client on strategies and manage bid processes and evaluations.
• Develop project estimates covering construction, fees and direct costs.
• Prepare cost reports, forecasts and risk assessments for clients.
• Oversee payment assessments, change orders and contract disputes.
• Lead final accounting, post-contract audits and lessons learned.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Contract administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field

RICS accreditation (valued)

Tools

Cost estimating software

Take-off software

Bid analysis sheets

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor to join our team and deliver comprehensive cost management services on complex construction projects. This role will support the successful planning, procurement, delivery, and closeout of major capital construction programs, ensuring robust cost control, commercial governance, and financial accountability throughout the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in construction cost management, quantity surveying, and contract administration, with experience working on large-scale industrial, manufacturing, life sciences, mission critical, or technically complex construction projects. They will be driven to deliver excellent client outcomes while promoting Turner & Townsend's purpose and values.

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.

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.
• Strong communication skills.

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

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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.

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